Introduction to Prevention and Intervention Programs
To Prepare:
- Review the Final Project Guidelines and the Learning Resources on prevention and interventionprograms.
- Think about the field of prevention/intervention research and development.
By Day 3
Post in your own words an explanation of what prevention and intervention programs are. How doesdevelopmental research inform their creation? Which aspects of social and emotional development can be supported by interventions? In what contexts are these programs implemented, and what would be the most effective ways to implement them? Please support your arguments with references to scholarly sources.
Learning Resources
Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.
Required Readings
Clarke-Stewart, A., & Parke, R. D. (2014). Social development (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
- Chapter 8, “Peers: A World of Their Own” (pp. 227–250)
Social Development, 2nd Edition by Clarke-Stewart, A.; Parke, R. D. Copyright 2014 by John Wiley & Sons – Books. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons – Books via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Durlak, J. A., Weissberg, R. P., Dymnicki, A. B., Taylor, R. D., & Schellinger, K. B. (2011). The impact of enhancing students’ social and emotional learning: A meta-analysis of school-based universal interventions. Child Development, 82(1), 405–432. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01564
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Guerra, N. G., Williams, K. R., & Sadek, S. (2011). Understanding bullying and victimization during childhood and adolescence: A mixed method study. Child Development, 82(1), 295–310.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Holder, H. (2010). Prevention programs in the 21st century: What we do not discuss in public. Addiction, 105(4), 578–581.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Lansford, J. E., Yu, T., Pettit, G. S., Bates, J. E., & Dodge, K. A. (2014). Pathways of peer relationships from childhood to young adulthood. Journal of Applied DevelopmentalPsychology, 35(2), 111–117.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Answer preview
Prevention and intervention programs can be described as practices and approaches that are used to delay or reduce chronic illnesses, mental disorders, and substance abuse in targeted groups (Holder, 2010). The targeted groups could be the local community, gender groups, schools, elderly, and pregnant women to mention a few. The overall objective of the…
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