Essay On School Based Intervention Programs

Juvenile delinquency typically follows a similar trajectory to that of normal adolescent development. Youth tend to follow a path of delinquency rather than engaging randomly. With school based intervention programs, it can allow for families, schools and communities to intervene in a child’s life before they develop antisocial behaviors and end up in the juvenile justice system. Schools provide regular access to children through their development years. School based intervention programs can provide change to delinquent behaviors in and outside of the school. I found a school-based program to reduce violence, which is a universal school based program. The program is designed to reduce violence and teach students about the problems of violence and prevention. Depending on the grade,
The program is offered in a classroom and is offered to all children regardless of violent behavior. The program also targets “high-risk” areas and schools. These schools are located in areas with low socioeconomic status and high crime rates. Strengths to this program are they differentiate their curriculum based on age level. An example of this is the program seeks to reduce disruptive and antisocial behavior in elementary and middle school children by modifying behavior and changing the associated cognitive and affective mechanism. High school and some middle school will shift approach and focus on bullying, dating violence as well as general violence. This approach focuses on social skills and emphasizes the development of behavioral skills. With that being said, a downfall to this program, just like other school based programs is that it does not extend past the school days and hours. Children need consistency across the board and this program needs to spread into the community and in the home in order to have a higher reduction of