Reaching Educators, Children, and Parents (RECAP)

An Effective Practice

Description

The Reaching Educators, Children, and Parents (RECAP) program is a semi-structured, school-based skills training program that lasts for one academic year. It is a comprehensive program designed for children experiencing co-occurring internalizing problems (e.g., withdrawn, anxious, and depressed behavior) and externalizing problems (e.g., aggressive, oppositional, and impulsive behavior). The program consists of four components. These include (a) support for a structured classroom environment via teacher training and in-classroom consultation on implementation, (b) classroom lessons focusing on skills training, (c) individual and small-group sessions with students, and (d) parent training.

Goal / Mission

The primary goal of the program is to reduce the level of children's psychological problems, as well as preventing the development of more serious problems among children who are not referred for formal mental health services.

Results / Accomplishments

Two studies of the program found s0ignificant treatment effects for reducing children's levels of both internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies
Primary Contact
Susan S. Han, Ph.D.
Psychology and Human Development
Vanderbilt University, #552
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 343-1671
susan.han@vanderbilt.edu
http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/departments/psych/in...
Topics
Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders
Health / Children's Health
Community / Social Environment
Organization(s)
Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies
Source
Promising Practices Network
Date of publication
Oct 2006
Location
Nashville, TN
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Target Audience
Children