Major
Components of PATHE |
1.
Staff, student and community participation in planning |
2.
School-wide organisational changes aimed at increasing academic
performance |
3.
School-wide organisational changes aimed at enhancing school
climate |
4.
Programs to prepare students for careers |
5.
Academic and affective services for high-risk youth |
Protective
Factors Addressed |
Individual |
·
Recognition
· Resiliency
· Competencies and skills |
Social Domains:
Family, School, Peer Group and Neighbourhood |
·
Bonding
· Healthy beliefs and clear standards
· Pro-social opportunities
· Reinforced for pro-social involvement |
Risk Factors Addressed |
Individual/Peer |
·
Friends who engage in the problem behaviour
· Early initiation of the problem behaviour
· Early and persistent antisocial behaviour
· Gang involvement |
School |
·
Academic failure
· Lack of commitment to school |
Family |
·
Family conflict
· Family history of the problem behaviour
· Family management problems
· Favourable attitudes toward the problem behaviour
· Favourable parental attitudes toward the problem
behaviour |
Community |
·
Availability of drugs
· Community laws and norms favourable toward drug use,
firearms and crime
· Low neighbourhood attachment and community disorganisation |
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Notes
PATHE
(Positive Action Through Holistic Education)
Sources
Kontos, L. and D. C. Brotherton, eds. Encyclopedia
of Gangs. Greenwood Press, 2008.
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