SNAP®

SNAP® (STOP NOW AND PLAN) is an award-winning evidence-based, manualized cognitive behavioural strategy developed at Child Development Institute more than 30 years ago.  SNAP helps children and parents deal effectively with anger by teaching them to stop and think before they act - - responding in a way that makes their problems smaller, not bigger.  With help and practice, children and parents are able to stop, calm down and generate positive solutions at the "snap of their fingers.”

Under the SNAP umbrella, Child Development Institute has developed two gender-specific, multi-component programs to respond to children under 12 in conflict with the law and/or experiencing behavioural problems: The SNAP Under 12 Outreach Project and SNAP Girls Connection.

For more information visit CDI's SNAP website.

Check out these new designations for SNAP!

OJJDP - SNAP under 12 ORP

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S.

Whitehouse – U.S. Justice

Public Health Agency of Canada's  Preventing Violence

Public Health Agency of Canada's  Preventing Violence

In 2006, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (US Department of Justice) and Helping America's Youth (US White House) awarded the SNAP Under 12 Outreach Project the highest possible designations of Exemplary and Level 1 within their Model Programs Guide and Community Program Tools.

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