Multi-sector Workforce Development with Population-level Prevention

08/01/2025 | PAXIS Institute |

Workforce development and retention provide significant barriers for education, human services, and
out-of-school time sectors. PAX Good Behavior Game and PAX Tools provide a proposed solution to
the unique development and retention needs in these fields. PAX Good Behavior Game and PAX Tools
are trauma-informed, evidence-based preventive interventions with proven effectiveness in randomized
efficacy trials, real-world applications, and now, population-level implementations. Beginning in 2019, the
state of Texas Health and Human Services Commission supported a statewide initiative to provide
training in PAX programming to educators, human service professionals, and youth development
professionals. This provided skills training in improving outcomes for over 10,000 Texas youth-serving
professionals. The ongoing initiative and subsequent PAX programming elicited positive perceptions
from participants, including appropriateness for the setting and population as well as support for the
needs of the young people they serve – especially those with behavioral needs.

Citation: Jason Fruth, Carmen Irving, Andrea Fechner, Dennis Embry. 2024. Multi-sector Workforce Development with Population-level Prevention. International Journal of Health Sciences, 12,31-43

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