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About
The RALLY Program is an innovative, school-based, inclusive model of intervention and prevention that:
- combines developmental theory, research, and practice to provide young people with integrated academic and emotional support
- helps build students' competence and resilience through relationships with positive adult figures
- has created the role of "Prevention Practitioner," who actively works to support at-risk young adolescents by bridging together their experiences at school, at home, and in the community
- pulls supports into the classroom rather than pulling students out for specialized services, reducing the stigma that often follows such specialized attention
- works in collaboration with families, teachers, school administrators, community programs, mental health professionals, and others to support students' success
Guiding Principles
- Children are not either "at-risk" or "invulnerable." Rather, all children fall along a tiered continuum. Promoting the healthy development of all children requires apportioning our resources across the full spectrum.
- So that children can develop resilience and strong academic and interpersonal skills, we must provide them with an integrated system of academic, psychological, and social supports which bridge their many worlds (school, after-school, family, and community).
- The key to supporting children is helping them to develop relationships with adults and peers.
- Except in the most extreme cases, all children are better served by the integration of preventive and strength-based practices into the classroom rather than relying solely on interventions that pull them out for specialized services
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