| Purpose : |
To counter the development of deviant behaviour among young people, the project will implement an approach to mediation between young people with behaviour problems and their parents to take effective action on the risk factors likely to lead these young people to delinquent behaviour. Mediation will be provided by trained professionals. Through working sessions, they will show young people and their parents how to take into account their respective needs and commit to taking corrective measures to be set out in an agreement. The assessment of comparable programs targeting a similar population has shown positive results.
Expected results
Short term
- Young people and their parents will learn to interpret their problems as needs to be fulfilled and use effective communication techniques.
- Youth at risk will take part in activities organized through the project.
Medium term
- Young people will be more aware of how their negative behaviours affect others.
- Young people will adopt pro-social behaviours.
- Young people will have respect for parental authority.
- Families at risk will improve their ability to resolve the problems they are experiencing with their children.
- Parents will improve their ability to exercise parental supervision.
- Young people and their parents will work together to achieve the objectives set out in each young person's intervention plan.
- Young people and their parents will respect the measures taken through the mediation-based agreement.
Long term
- Reduced risk that offences will be committed.
- Reduced recidivism.
- Reduced crime.
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