2014 - 2016: The aim of this randomized clinical trial (RCT), under the directorship of Yale professor, James F. Leckman, M.D., Ph.D., is to rigorously evaluate the implementation of Mother-Child Education Program (MOCEP), developed by AÇEV-The Mother-Child Education Foundation, in three Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut, Lebanon. This evaluation employs an innovative, mixed-methods approach to investigate the associations among social contexts; maternal, child and family functioning; and reduction in violence through the promotion of harmonious family relationships. The results of this study have implications for improving the lives of and reducing violence for the hundreds of thousands of families with young children living in fragile contexts.