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Linking Interests of Families and Teachers is a community-based intervention program designed to decrease rates of juvenile delinquency in at-risk youth. The goal of the LIFT program is to prevent the development of conduct problems, such as oppositional defiant disorder oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder conduct disorder, by lowering the probability of antisocial behavior and increasing prosocial behavior within school, home, and community settings. This intervention was developed by researchers at the Oregon Social Learning Center http://www.oslc.org/ in 1991, in response to the increasing rates of juvenile delinquency in their community and the high rates of violent crime committed by adolescents and teens. ==What is it?== LIFT is a prevention program that uses principles of community psychology and is aimed at 1st and 5th grade students in areas with high rates of juvenile delinquency. LIFT is a 10-week intervention consisting of 20, 1 hour sessions run by trained professionals such as psychologists and counselors. The three main interventions are: parent training, school-based social skills training, and systematic communication between parents and teachers. The creators of LIFT hypothesized that by using a service already in place (public schools) the program would lower the probability of antisocial behavior, and increase prosocial behavior within school, home, and community settings.〔Reid, J. B., Eddy, J. M., Fetrow, R. A., Stoolmiller, M. (1999) Description and immediate impacts of a preventive intervention for conduct problems. ''American Journal of Community Psychology, 27'', 483-517.〕 The school-based component consists of classroom instruction on specific problem solving skills, skills practice in small groups, and a cooperative free-play game. The free-play game is a modification of the Good Behavior Game. The parent component includes group meetings for parents held at school, once a week for 6 weeks. The meetings are moderated by a trained counselor who utilizes presentations, video examples, role plays, and home practice activities to teach effective limit-setting and conflict resolution skills. The parent-teacher communication component requires that phones and answering machines be installed in the classroom for teachers to leave a message about the day’s events. Parents are invited to call at any time and teachers are expected to return calls regularly. Weekly newsletters are also sent home about LIFT activities in school to keep parents informed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Linking Interests of Families and Teachers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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