Fast Track | Plataforma de Evidencias

This is a program for the prevention of chronic and severe behavioral problems for socially and economically vulnerable children and adolescents.
It includes a universal primary intervention designed for all adolescents in the school setting and a specific intervention for high-risk children, including school tutoring, parent groups, social skills training for children, and home visits.
The program maintains particularly intensive interventions during school transitions, such as the transition from primary to secondary school.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation showed that children who participated in the program were less likely to have serious behavioral problems and demonstrated greater social cognition, but with no effect on school performance or social competencies [1].
The study had a quasi-experimental design involving preschool children with disruptive behaviors and their parents from 54 schools in four geographic areas with high crime and poverty [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Bierman, K., Coie, J. D., Dodge, K. A., Greenberg, M. T., Lochman, J. & McMahon, R. J. (2002). Evaluation of the first 3 years of the Fast Track prevention trial with children at high risk for adolescent conduct problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 30(1), 19–35. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014274914287

Information source

Crime Solutions