Main description:

This unique volume reports on the largest long-term preventive intervention study ever conducted with children at risk for serious violence and poor life outcomes. From first through 10th grade, Fast Track provided multicomponent interventions to support children, families, and schools in achieving positive social, emotional, and academic outcomes. The book explores the developmental processes associated with early aggression, describes how each component of FastTrack was developed and implemented, and summarizes outcomes up to 20 years later. Vivid case studies track the impact of comprehensive school- and family-based programming on children's pathways through the elementary and high school years. The concluding chapter offers recommendations for using Fast Track components in future violence prevention initiatives.

See also the authors' Social and Emotional Skills Training for Children: The Fast Track Friendship Group Manual, a step-by-step guide to implementing one of the core components of Fast Track.

Contents:

Foreword, Patrick H. Tolan
1. Setting the Context for Youth Violence Prevention
2. The Developmental Model and Prevention Program Design
3. Project Design, Sample, and Screening
4. The Fast Track Intervention in the Elementary School Years
5. Impact of the Fast Track Intervention during the Elementary School Years
6. The Fast Track Intervention in Middle and High School
7. Outcomes during the Middle School and High School Years
8. Major Prevention Outcomes
9. Implications for Developmental Theory and Research on the Prevention of Violence
10. How Can Communities Address the Problem of Future Violence by Focusing on High-Risk Young Children?