Naslov
FRIENDS Resilience prevention program at the community level in Croatia.

Autori
Trbus, Marina ; Garašić, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
10th International Scientific Conference 'Research in Education and Rehabilitation Sciences- ERFCON 2023 / - , 2023

Skup
ERFCON 2023: 10th International Conference: Research in Education and Rehabilitation Sciences

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 05.05.2023. - 07.05.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
mental health interventions ; FRIENDS resilience program ; evidence based program implementation

Sažetak
Studies in Croatia continually indicate a need for interventions for mental health promotion and prevention of internalizing problems (Novak & sur., 2021 ; Antičević, 2021 ; Buljan Flander & sur., 2020). A World Health Organisation (WHO, 2004) report on the “Prevention of Mental Disorders” cited the Australian developed FRIENDS programme (Games, Thompson & Barrett, 2019) as an evidence-based programme effective at all levels of intervention for anxiety and depression in children, including targeted, selective, and universal prevention programmes. The CBT-based FRIENDS resilience programmes are developmentally sensitive with four separate programmes standardised for age-groups: “Fun Friends” for ages 4–7, “Friends for Life” for ages 8–11, “My Friends Youth” for ages 12–15, and the “Adult Resilience Program” (Barrett, 2011) for ages 16 years and above. During 2022/2023 Croatia was a 16th country in the world to translate and adapt FRIENDS programme. Considering what works in prevention (Nation & sur., 2003) this presentation will address implementation of this Evidence Based Program (EBP) on a community level considering Evidence Informed Program Improvement (EPII ; Small, Cooney & O’Connor, 2009) as well as Quality Implementation Framework (QIF ; Myers, Durlak & Wandresman, 2012) to share practices of quality assurance and model greater effectiveness and accountability of the implementation of the prevention programmes on community level.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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