Reaching Educators, Children, and Parents (RECAP)

The Reaching Educators, Children, and Parents (RECAP) program is a semi-structured, school-based skills training program that lasts for one academic year. It is a comprehensive program designed for children experiencing co-occurring internalizing problems (e.g., withdrawn, anxious, and depressed behavior) and externalizing problems (e.g., aggressive, oppositional, and impulsive behavior). The program consists of four components. These include (a) support for a structured classroom environment via teacher training and in-classroom consultation on implementation, (b) classroom lessons focusing on skills training, (c) individual and small-group sessions with students, and (d) parent training.

The primary goal of the program is to reduce the level of children's psychological problems, as well as preventing the development of more serious problems among children who are not referred for formal mental health services.

Two studies of the program found s0ignificant treatment effects for reducing children's levels of both internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors.