Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP)
Problems addressed
Externalizing behaviors/problems
Internalizing behaviors/problems
Drug abuse
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
Children (4 to 13 years)
Teenagers (14 to 17 years)
Where the program was applied
Education establishment
Country of application
United States
Description

This is a program for students focused on preventing school violence. The aim is to teach positive communication skills together with a peer mediation program to reinforce the skills in the daily lives of students.
The program is taught in weekly 50-minute sessions and includes three curricula:
1) The sixth grade curriculum (RIPP-6) focuses on general violence prevention and is taught in 25 sessions throughout the school year;
2) The seventh grade curriculum (RIPP-7) addresses the use of conflict resolution skills in friendships and is taught in 12 sessions at the beginning of the school year;
3) The eighth grade curriculum (RIPP-8) focuses on how to make a successful transition to high school and is developed in 12 sessions at the end of the school year.

Impact evaluations

Impact evaluation studies have shown that the program had a statistically significant effect on the measures of violent behavior, attitude towards violence, and life satisfaction. However, there were no significant effects in terms of reducing drug abuse, anxiety, or physical aggression [1] [2].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Farrell, A. D., Meyer, A. L., Sullivan, T. N., & Kung, E. M. (2003). Evaluation of the Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP) seventh grade violence prevention curriculum. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 12, 101-120.

[2] Farrell, A. D., Valois, R. F., Meyer, A. L., & Tidwell, R. P. (2003). Impact of the RIPP violence prevention program on rural middle school students. Journal of Primary Prevention, 24, 143-167.

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