Reviewing Graduate Studies about First Step to Success Early Intervention Program in Turkey

Antisocial behavior follows a developmental process which starts with minor offenses and continues into major offenses in older children and adolescents. So, it is very important to determine antisocial behaviors and develop a preventing intervention program. There are only a few programs included family-school-community to deal with the problem or antisocial behaviors. One of these programs is First Step to Success Intervention Program. Effectiveness of the program has been proven in many studies. In the current study, it was aimed to review graduate studies in Turkey about the program. Within this context, only two theses and a dissertation were reached from database of Council of Higher Education, so it was seen that there were three studies about the program. According to the results of the study, it was seen that one of the conducted studies about first step to success early intervention program aimed to learn views of teachers, parents and counselors; others aimed to examine the effectiveness of the program on children. Focus of the studies was preschool children. Results of the all studies reviewed in the current study indicated that first step to success program was effective to decrease antisocial or problem behaviors.