Teaching decision-making and building resilience in youth - A case study to reduce the supply of vulnerable youth to sex traffickers in Atlanta, Georgia

The pilot program combines the four protective factors shown to build resilience in children in one program. It assesses the ability of youth to apply the DECIDE decision-making framework, a new format for teaching decision skills to youth. It contributes to research on the comparison between perceived and actual development of decision-making skills in youth. It also provides an empirical assessment of value-focused decision-making and the level of interest in youth to commit to and follow through on key life decisions in a peer mentoring setting.