Program Evaluation of the radKIDS® Youth Personal Empowerment Safety Education Program.

ABSTRACT: Developing sound evidence of program effectiveness can be difficult for many programs initiated by schools and communities, and impedes many beneficial programs from broader dissemination. This paper shares results of an evaluation approach used with a bullying and victimization prevention program with elementary school children called the radKIDS® Personal Empowerment and Safety Education Program. The purpose of this study was to examine indicators of initial effectiveness of the radKIDS® program for elementary school child safety skill development and instructor training to reduce child victimization and associated trauma and empower healthy psychosocial child development. The study involved 330 active radKIDS® instructors surveyed during two separate two-week

SUBMITTER: Johnson-Shelton D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11413255 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature