Research and Evaluations of ACT Raising Safe Kids
ACT has been named a Model Program in the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP’s) Model Programs Guide.
ACT Against Violence Parents Raising Safe Kids Program: Effects on Maltreatment-Related Parenting Behaviors and Beliefs (2011). By Knox, Michele; Kimberly Burkhart and Kimberly E. Hunter. (Journal of Family Issues 2011 32:55-74)
Something to Celebrate, 2011. By Dr. Gwendolyn Puryear Keita, APA executive director for the public interest. (APA Monitor on Psychology May 2011, 42 (5) 45)
Pilot Evaluation of the ‘ACT Parents Raising Safe Kids’ Violence Prevention Program (2010 April 29). By Howe, T., Porter, B. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 1(3), 193-206
Better Parenting: An APA-Sponsored Violence Prevention Program Improves Parents’ Skills and Decreases Their Use of Harsh Discipline, an Independent Study Finds. Dec.2010. By Novotney, A. Monitor on Psychology, 41(11), 48.
ACT Against Violence: A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Parent Raising Safe Kids Program. May 2010. By Weymouth, L. Humboldt State University: Psychology Department.
ACT has been identified by the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) as a top program in the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Kaminski, Jennifer Wyatt & Linda Anne Valle, Jill H. Filene & Cynthia L. Boyle (2009) A Meta-analytic Review of Components Associated with Parent Training Program Effectiveness. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology (2008) 36:567–589 & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Parent Training Programs: Insight for Practitioners. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control; 2009.
