Behavioral change is about altering habits and behaviors for the long term. The majority of research around health-related behaviors (Davis, Campbell, Hildon, Hobbs, & Michie, 2015) indicates that small changes can lead to enormous improvements in people’s health and life expectancy. These changes can have knock-on effects on the health of others. At GAOS, we teach our children the process of identifying bad behavior patterns that may lead them to destruction. Some of the children we have dealt with in the past were into drugs and alcohol abuse. This program has helped some of our children to take counseling and rehabilitate in order for them to make something out of their lives. Due to the absence of parents, the children may also suffer from a lack of life skills transfer such as Due to the absence of parents, the children may also suffer from a lack of life skills transfer such as decision-making, healthy methods of conflict management, communication and negotiation skills.  In addition to the multitude of social and emotional challenges that the OVCs will face during their childhood years, any of the following conditions may also result from the absence of adequate psycho-social support: