Good Behaviour Game

1 day live virtual training (7 hours) or self-paced online training (7 hours over up to 2 weeks)

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PAX Good Behavior Game consists of trauma-informed universal prevention strategies to be incorporated into teachers' daily practices in the classroom. While not a curriculum, implementation of this universal preventive intervention has demonstrated significant reductions in suicide.

The approach has been evaluated for impact on suicidality, which has been presented below.

• Coalition for Evidence-based Policy
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy (U.S.)
• National Academy of Medicine (U.S.)
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (U.S.)

Kellam, S.G., Brown, C.h., Poduska, J.M., Ialongo,N.S., Wang, W., Toyinbo, P., Wilcox, H.C. (2008) Effects of a universal classroom behaviour management program in first and second grades on young adult behavioural, psychiatric, and social outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 95(S1), S5-S28.

• The Suicide Prevention Resource Centre (SPRC) designate this intervention as a “program with evidence of effectiveness” www.sprc.org/resources-programs/good-behavior-game-gbg

• The Early Intervention Foundation (UK) rate the Good Behaviour game as ‘Level 3+’ indicating ‘evidence of efficacy’ and has additional evidence from other study rated ‘Level 2’ or better. guidebook.eif.org.uk/programme/the-good-behaviour-game

For more information about the PAX good behaviour game, take a look at the resources below:

• PAX live virtual training flyer
• PAX self-paced online training flyer
• PAX case study
• PAX evidence