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Best Practices

The Conflict Center's services and products are aligned with "Best Practices" for Violence Prevention as established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

In addition, our classes and curriculum are aligned with Model / Exemplary Programs (Evidence-based Programs) that have been evaluated to be effective in reducing levels of violence. For more...

 

Additional Background/Reading

Best Practices

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action (Best Practices), June, 2002, published by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. [Copia en Espanol]
The Best Practices Sourcebook
  •  Chapter 1 reviews general principles for planning, implementing, and evaluating an "Intervention Program"
  •  Chapter 2 selects and describes the four most effective strategies for intervention programs (Best Practices) that are used to reduce youth violence:
1. Improve Parent and Family relations
For a detailed description of how The Conflict Center classes align with Best Practices for this intervention strategy, please see the TCC Parent-Family Alignment Map.
  
2. Provide Home Visitations;
  
3. Improve Social and Conflict Resolution Skills
For a detailed description of how The Conflict Center classes align with Best Practices for this intervention strategy, please see the TCC Social-Cognitive Skills Alignment Map.
  
4. Provide Mentoring for At-Risk Youth.
  
  •  The Best Practices Sourcebook provides detailed information about specific intervention "Programs" that have been evaluated and demonstrated to be effective.
 
  •  These programs are drawn from real-world experiences of professionals and advocates who have successfully worked to prevent violence among children and adolescents.
  
  •  The sourcebook also documents the science behind each best practice and offers a comprehensive directory of resources for more information about programs that have used these practices.
  

World Report on Violence and Health, published by the World Health Organization, October 2002 [En Espanol]
This report raises awareness about the problem of violence globally. It views violence as predictable and preventable.

World Report on Violence and Health
  •  Specific objectives are to:
    — describe the magnitude and impact of violence throughout the world;
    — describe the key risk factors for violence;
    — give an account of the types of intervention and policy responses that have been tried and summarize what is known about their effectiveness;
    — make recommendations for action at local, national and international levels.
  •  The report covers the following topics:
    1. Violence – a global public health problem
    2. Youth violence
    3. Child abuse and neglect by parents and other caregivers
    4. Violence by intimate partners
    5. Abuse of the elderly
    6. Sexual violence
    7. Self-directed violence
    8. Collective violence
    9. The way forward: recommendations for action
  

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Model / Exemplary Programs

Several research organizations identify and evaluate the effectiveness of peacemaking / violence prevention programs. They include:

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
 
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Programs that have been demonstrated to be the most effective in preventing or reducing levels of violence are identified. Although each evaluating organization has its own nomenclature, they generally classify the top programs as "Exemplary" or "Model" or "Proven" or "Blueprints Model" programs.

Several examples are illustrated below:

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, published by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, January 2001 in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
  • reviewed the scientific literature,
  • analyzed key new data sources,
  • identified and quantified risk factors and protective factors, and
  • presented effective youth violence intervention and prevention strategies.

 

Blueprints for Violence Prevention, OJJDP Juvenile Justice Bulletin, July 2001 published by the U.S. Dept of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
This publication provides information to communities on a broad array of violence prevention and intervention programs that have been proven to be effective.

Blueprints for Violence Prevention
  • provides information to communities on a broad array of violence prevention and intervention programs that have been proven to be effective.
  • identifies 11 "Blueprints Model" programs out of the more than 500 that have been reviewed to date and found to meet those rigorous standards.
  • The Blueprints programs featured in this Bulletin have demonstrated their effectiveness in reducing adolescent violent crime, aggressive delinquency, substance abuse, and predelinquent aggression and conduct disorders.

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