Karen Hayward is an independent social research consultant living in Toronto.Geoffrey Nelson is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University.Mark Pancer is professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University.

• Part 1 Setting the Stage: The Context of the Highfield Community Enrichment Project (Better Beginnings Better Futures) 1 Putting Prevention in Context2 The Research Process 3 The Highfield Community Part 2 The Programs and Their Development: A Partnership Approach to Prevention 4 How Programs Got Started: From Ideas to Action through Partnership 5 Family Support Programs 6 School-Based Programs 7 Community Development Part 3 A New Way 8 Project Organization and Management 9 Partnerships with Service Providers 10 Partnerships with Community Residents Part 4 Changed Lives, A Changed Community 11 What Happened to the Children? 12 What Happened to the Parents and Families? 13 What Happened to the School and Community? Part 5 The Future 14 What Have We Learned? 15 Where Do We Go from Here? Critical Reflections on the Highfield Community Enrichment Project Epilogue: Current Status of the Highfield CommunityEnrichment Project appendix: methodology references contributors index

Karen Hayward is an independent social research consultant living in Toronto.Geoffrey Nelson is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University.Mark Pancer is professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University.

• Part 1 Setting the Stage: The Context of the Highfield Community Enrichment Project (Better Beginnings Better Futures) 1 Putting Prevention in Context2 The Research Process 3 The Highfield Community Part 2 The Programs and Their Development: A Partnership Approach to Prevention 4 How Programs Got Started: From Ideas to Action through Partnership 5 Family Support Programs 6 School-Based Programs 7 Community Development Part 3 A New Way 8 Project Organization and Management 9 Partnerships with Service Providers 10 Partnerships with Community Residents Part 4 Changed Lives, A Changed Community 11 What Happened to the Children? 12 What Happened to the Parents and Families? 13 What Happened to the School and Community? Part 5 The Future 14 What Have We Learned? 15 Where Do We Go from Here? Critical Reflections on the Highfield Community Enrichment Project Epilogue: Current Status of the Highfield CommunityEnrichment Project appendix: methodology references contributors index

Karen Hayward is an independent social research consultant living in Toronto.Geoffrey Nelson is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University.Mark Pancer is professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University.

• Part 1 Setting the Stage: The Context of the Highfield Community Enrichment Project (Better Beginnings Better Futures) 1 Putting Prevention in Context2 The Research Process 3 The Highfield Community Part 2 The Programs and Their Development: A Partnership Approach to Prevention 4 How Programs Got Started: From Ideas to Action through Partnership 5 Family Support Programs 6 School-Based Programs 7 Community Development Part 3 A New Way 8 Project Organization and Management 9 Partnerships with Service Providers 10 Partnerships with Community Residents Part 4 Changed Lives, A Changed Community 11 What Happened to the Children? 12 What Happened to the Parents and Families? 13 What Happened to the School and Community? Part 5 The Future 14 What Have We Learned? 15 Where Do We Go from Here? Critical Reflections on the Highfield Community Enrichment Project Epilogue: Current Status of the Highfield CommunityEnrichment Project appendix: methodology references contributors index