| Program Name | Seattle Social Development Project (SSDP) |
Seattle Social Development Project is a universal, comprehensive school-based intervention that reduces childhood risks of delinquency and drug abuse — including poor and inconsistent family management practices, early conduct disorders, peer rejection, and academic failures — by enhancing protective factors, such as pro-social bonds, and attachment and commitment to school. SSDP incorporates both social control and social learning theories. SSDP is actually a series of programs — with teachers, parents, and children — progressively incorporated throughout the early grades. SSDP is presently being revised and should be commercially available in 2001. It is reviewed in this SourceBook as it was evaluated as of March 1999. The Seattle Social Development Project has been selected by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence for inclusion among its “Promising Programs.” It is also highlighted in Communities that Care Prevention Strategies: A Research Guide to What Works.
Target Population
- Grade Level: from First grade to Sixth grade
Target Behaviors
- Alcohol and/or drug use
- Social competency/life skills
- Violence-related behaviors
Significant Effects
- Alcohol use
- Other drug use
- Violence-related behaviors
- Other behaviors
- Associated factors
Contact
J. David Hawkins, Ph.D. and Richard Catalano, Ph.D. University of Washington Social Development Research Group
9275 Third Avenue NE, Suite 401
Seattle , WA 98115
Phone: 206-685-1997
Fax: 206-543-4507
E-Mail: sdrg@u.washington.edu
URL: http://depts.washington.edu/sdrg/
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