Early Intervention to Prevent Crime and Violence, and Promote Safety

The demographic profile of the South African population as well as evidence that childhood and teenage years influence a person’s later life significantly also in regard to prevalence to violence and crime as a victim or perpetrator resonates in the importance of early intervention, multi-systemic and cognitive therapy, early childhood development interventions and school-based programmes.

In this section you can learn and discuss about the following:
• A healthy start for infants and children, including the first most relevant 1.000 days of life, pre-school and school children, and their parents, caregivers and guardians.
• A safe and supportive home, school and community environment for children and youth.
• The context-appropriate child and youth resilience programmes.
• Substance abuse treatment and prevention.
• Context-appropriate interventions for ‘vulnerable’/ at risk groups.
• And other relevant topics.