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As Lorry puts it, “We are build-
ing a fence of prevention and
intervention.”
“Another way to look at is we’re
looking ‘upstream,’” she adds.
“Instead of a cliff, the metaphor
can be a river. These kids are in
the river, and we’ve been pick-
ing them out as fast as we can
before they drown. But now
we’re looking upstream at the
factors that result in these kids
ending up in the river in the first
place.”
This change in approach is
highly successful. Lorry says the
feedback they have received
from parents and youth-serving
organizations is very positive.
Through evidence-based pre-
ventative treatments, they have
successfully helped many chil-
dren take a step back from that
proverbial cliff.
APRIL 2019