These sources were used in the development of the program profile:
Bandura, Albert.
Aggression: A Social Learning Analysis. Oxford, England: Prentice-Hall, 1973.
Burkhart, Kimberly M., Michele Knox, and Jeanne Brockmyer. 2012. “Pilot Evaluation of the ACT Raising Safe Kids Program on Children’s Bullying Behavior.”
Journal of Child and Family Studies, first published online September 2012.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10826-012-9656-3#Children’s Bureau. 2010.
Child Maltreatment. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau.
http://archive.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm10/cm10.pdfGuttman, Michelle, Barbara A. Mowder, and Anastasia E. Yasik. 2006. “The ACT Against Violence Training Program: A Preliminary Investigation of Knowledge Gained by Early Childhood Professionals.”
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 37(6):717-723.
Guttman, Michelle and Barbara A. Mowder. 2005. “The ACT Training Program: The Future of Violence Prevention Aimed at Young Children and Their Caregivers.”
Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology 1:25-36.
Knox, Michele, Kimberly Burkhart, and Aaron Cromly. 2013. “Supporting Positive Parenting in Community Health Centers: The ACT Raising Safe Kids Program.”
Journal of Community Psychology 41(4):395–407.
Knox, Michele, Kimberly Burkhart, and Tasha Howe. 2011. “Effects of the ACT Raising Safe Kids Parenting Program on Children’s Externalizing Problems.”
Family Relations 60:491-503.
Knox, Michele S., Kimberly Burkhart, and Kimberly E. Hunter. 2011. “ACT Against Violence Parents Raising Safe Kids Program: Effects on Maltreatment-Related Parenting Behaviors and Beliefs.”
Journal of Family Issues 32(1):55-74. (This study was reviewed but did not meet CrimeSolutions.gov criteria for inclusion in the overall program rating.)
Mowder, Melissa H. and Stephanie L. Orland. 2006. “The ACT Against Violence Training Program: Targeting Pre-Service Elementary School Teachers.”
Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology 2:40-50.
Porter, Breanne and Tasha Howe. 2008.
“Pilot Evaluation of the ‘ACT Parents Raising Safe Kids’ Violence Prevention Program.”
Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma 1:193-206. DOI: 10.1080/19361520802279158.
Silva, Julia M. and Adrienne Randall. 2005. “Giving Psychology Away: Educating Adults to ACT Against Early Childhood Violence.”
Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology 1:37-43.
Thomas, Volker, Nilufer Kafescioglu, and Dreama Plybon Love. 2009. “Evaluation of the Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence Training Program with Child Care Providers.”
Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology 5:141-156.
Thornton, Timothy N., Carole A. Craft, Linda L. Dahlberg, Barbara S. Lynch, and Katie Baer. 2002.
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action (Revision). Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pub/yv_bestpractices.htmlWeymouth, Lindsay A. and Tasha R. Howe. 2011. “A multi-site evaluation of Parents Raising Safe Kids Violence Prevention Program.”
Children and Youth Services Review 33:1960-1967.
Weymouth, Lindsay A. 2010. “ACT Against Violence: A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Parents Raising Safe Kids Program.” Master’s Thesis, Humboldt State University: 1-108.
http://humboldt-dspace.calstate.edu/bitstream/handle/2148/638/lindsay%2Bthesis%2Bfinal%2B2%5B1%5D.pdf