The Confident Kids Program Analysis

The Confident Kids program is a short term intervention program that is operated in all states around Australia. The overall aim of the program is to reduce children's aggressiveness, anxiety, depression or social withdrawal behaviours while improving their peer interactions. The program is designed to help children of the ages 6-14 with their emotional and behavioural troubles. To accomplish this aim The Confident Kids program uses group activities such as games, stories and role-play. The program runs for a total of 10 weeks and includes one weekly session of 1/1 ½ hours. Along with this, they encourage parents and teachers to take two meetings each, near the beginning and end of the intervention (KidsMatter, 2012). Much like the Confident
To determine if a design is ready to be established, careful evaluation practises have been placed to determine whether a design will produce positive outcomes. Some questions that are addressed in the evaluation regard how the program was implemented, who the target population is, what some of the diverse outcomes, and what factors aid or hinder the the effectiveness of an intervention (Gutman & Schoon, 2015).When planning and choosing a design that will be beneficial for children and adolescents, it should be taken into consideration that different environments will need different interventions strategies. This means that choosing a strategy should be based on making sure that it conforms with the population where the intervention will take place. The design needs to be carefully planned with high skilled quality staff to maximise opportunity for significant results to occur. According to Eccles and Gootman (2002) programs for youth are more likely to create positive development if positive values and morals are encouraged within relationships. .A sense of belonging is created and there are opportunities to build and develop competence. (Weissberg, Kumpfer, & Seligman, 2003). They also suggest that programs that are developed from a decent theoretical framework as well as a structure that supports the program are more likely to be effective than programs that are not. Although there is no definite rules on how to identify the optimal design, selecting a theoretical based approach is encouraged along with making sure the design is clear with methods, goals and management. Eccles and Gootman (2002) suggest that intervention can be more beneficial when attempts are made to reduce risks that are direct and are combined with efforts to build strengths and protective