Philipsburg- This morning at the Government Administration Building in the Conference room, Commissioner Maria Buncamper-Molanus and other Stake holders in Youth Affairs and Education met with Dr. Carol Allred the developer and director of the prevention program " Positive Action".The program is scientifically tested and contributes towards the overall academic, behavioral and character development of children and young people. We shall look into the overall benefits and the cost of the program, and then decide whether to adopt it or not, Commissioner Buncamper-Molanus said.
Accompanying Dr. Allred were members of the Directorate of Youth Affairs of the Netherlands Antilles, Mrs. Ethel Perk and Mr. Geoffrey Hernandez the present coordinator of Communities That Care Program. Communities that Care is an approach to significantly lower the incidents of problem behavior amoungst children and youth in the areas of violence, delinquency substance abuse, school drop out, sexually related problem behavior and depression & anxiety. Positive action is a tested effective program that fits within the Communities that Care Model .
This program teaches the importance of choosing positive actions over negative behavior and helps persons to develop real-life social and work skills that are an important foundation for lifelong achievement and happiness.
The program is meant for different types of schools, for social workers, providers of juvenile-justice or high-risk-student programs, before- and after-school and community programs.
Dr. Allred will meet with a more extensive group of key stakeholders working in Education, Youth and Community Development.