| Description of the study: | Antisocial behaviours, including violence and aggression, are serious and pervasive problems and have substantial personal, social and community costs. Unless aggressive behaviour is dealt with in childhood, it remains stable throughout life. Effective early intervention/prevention programs that are multifaceted and use a co-ordinated approach involving aggressive children, their parents and teachers are required if delinquency and violence are to be reduced. The Exploring Together Program is such a program. It not only focuses on the child's problematic behaviour but also assists the child to develop new or more appropriate social skills. It helps parents develop and learn new or different parenting skills and strategies so that overall, the family unit can be strengthened. The program helps the people who are important in the child's life (namely parents and teachers) to work together for the long term benefit of the child. |
|---|
