Complete the following readings prior to class:
Browne, G., Gafni, A., Roberts, J., Byrne, C., & Majumdar, B. (2004). Effective/efficient mental health programs for school-age children: A synthesis of reviews. Social Science and Medicine, 58(7), 1367-1384.
Durlak, J. A., Weissberg, R. P., & Pachan, M. (2010). A meta-analysis of after school programs that seek to promote personal and social skills in children and adolescents. American Journal of Community Psychology, 45(3), 294-309.
REQUIRED PROGRAM: THIRD STREET COMMUNITY CENTER
Answer the following questions (minimum of one paragraph for each question) and bring a typed, hard copy to class for our in-class discussion/activity:
Brown, Gafni, Roberts, Byrne, and Majumdar (2004) discuss the prevalence of mental health problems in youth and review a number of programs that aim to support this population.
Identify ways that your program is helping to build resilience in the target population.
Identify ways that your program uses one or more of the SAFE techniques and any outcomes that you see in relation to this approach.
If your program does not use any of the SAFE techniques, how is this impacting effectiveness of your program? In which ways could change be made?
