What Works for Acting-Out (Externalizing) Behavior: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Interventions

This fact sheet presents lessons learned from 123 rigorously evaluated programs for children and youth that are designed to prevent and/or reduce acting-out or externalizing behavior. Many programs that teach at-risk children and youth how to manage strong emotions can reduce externalizing behavior. This fact sheet includes a chart summarizing the programs and whether they were found to work, not proven to work, or had mixed findings.