Danielle Aziz; a certified member of the Child & Youth Worker Association; developed Onward in 1996. The program was developed, from what Danielle recognized was a need to educate and equip children who were having social difficulties. Danielle found that children exhibiting the characteristics of underdeveloped social skills were having great difficulty implementing the skills taught by conventional means. The Onward program teaches various skills, with an interactive component that makes these concepts real. Children that ordinarily have difficulty focusing or becoming involved in social skills programs, feel at ease and motivated to learn the concepts that Onward offers.