Analysis of the Effectiveness of Programs Designed for Prevention of Deviant Behavior in Educational Institutions for Adolescents

<p>Approbation and implementation of new technologies of social risk prevention in special educational institutions for young offenders should be beforehand substantiated by evidence-based research on their effectiveness. The article presents the results of the research on the dynamics of parameters significant for the prevention of deviant behavior of adolescents, obtained during the two-year testing of the model Ecosystem of Childhood. It´s a systemic model of social risk prevention in the Centers for Assistance to Family Education in the city of Moscow. Model included all levels of prevention, it is mostly focused on working with adolescents with maladaptation). Significant changes in coping strategies, the level of satisfaction of basic needs, and other convincing results of the study brought us to testing the most effective elements of this model in other institutions, in this case closed schools for young offenders. Among them restorative practices (Community Circle Counseling, etc.), the author’s method of individual-personal support (mentoring), the Skillful Class/Skillful Group technology developed by Ben Furman, and other soulution-focused methods.</p>