Dr. Scott of the Child Resiliency Programme presents Pathways to the Prevention of Violence at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. View the Gleaner article below or Here: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20200208/child-resiliency-programme-transforms-risk-children
The Child Resiliency Programme is the recipient of the 40th National Leadership Prayer Breakfast award.
A short summary of some of the important details of the programme at the close of this school year.
Dr. Scott presents “Sports, Dance, Music, from Risk to Resiliency” at ISPCAN Conference, December 2018 Founded by Henry Kempe in 1977, ISPCAN is the only international non-profit organization that brings together the range of professionals that work toward the prevention and treatment of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
The Child Resiliency Programme Handbook now published and available in the National Library and for purchase.
“At the end of the day it comes down to promoting caring relationships and high expectations and getting kids involved,” says Dr Kim Scott, one of the research participants, who leads the Child Resiliency Programme in Jamaica which uses sport and cultural arts to build the confidence and resilience of underprivileged and vulnerable young people.