BoysQuest, a Behavioural Management Programme, is a pilot project run on behalf of the Department of Social Development.

Launched in August for boys from Hout Bay with severe behavioural challenges, it is a project designed to provide vision and direction in the lives of the boys, and to develop among them healthy coping mechanisms and appropriate social skills. All these boys are at risk of being removed from their families and placed in institutions, and the project aims to prevent this.

There are three parts to BoysQuest– Group Therapy and Life Skills sessions for the children, Family Support and also Teacher Support. It is early days and full results will be reported in future newsletters. However several mothers have already seen really positive changes in their sons.