Successful Prevention and Youth Development Programs

by Ferrer-Wreder, Laura; Stattin, Hakan; Lorente, Carolyn Cass; Jonathan G. Tubman; Adamson, Lena; Ferrer-Wreder, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780306481765
• ISBN10: 0306481766
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp

Summary

There is a widely recognized need to provide clear examples of useful prevention and youth development programs that are evidence-based and grounded in the current knowledge of life span development and cultural processes. The authors of Successful Prevention and Youth Development Programs address this existing need by closely exploring the incidence of problem youth behaviors and scrutinizing the efficacy of existing prevention programs. The volume represents a concerted effort to examine a sample of well-established and promising intervention programs initiated in Europe and America. This review includes interventions specifically designed to promote youth development or to minimize the long-term consequences of problem behaviors from violence and criminality, substance use and abuse, teen pregnancy and hazardous sexual behaviors, and school failure. Academics and professionals in public health social work, psychology, and school counseling will find special interest in this important work.

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION
Overview	1	(22)
Purpose	1	(1)
Book Organization	1	(1)
Key Ideas in the Prevention and Youth Development Field	2	(16)
Prevention, Promotion, and Youth Development	2	(1)
Classification Systems for Prevention, Promotion, and Treatment	3	(3)
Problem Behaviors	6	(1)
Risk-Protective Factors and Resilience	7	(1)
Developmental Considerations	8	(1)
The Context of Intervention	9	(4)
Dissemination and Sustainability	13	(2)
Prevention and Promotion: Lessons from the Past	15	(3)
Chapter Endnotes	18	(5)
PART II: REVIEW
Section 1: The Family Context	23	(52)
Early Family Intervention	25	(22)
Introduction	25	(2)
Chapter Organization	27	(1)
Exemplary Program Examples	27	(6)
Home Visitation	27	(3)
Home Visitation and Early Educational Enrichment	30	(3)
Synthesis	33	(4)
Program Utility by Risk	33	(1)
Core Early Family Intervention Components	34	(1)
Specific vs. Spreading and the Duration of Effects	35	(1)
Unresolved Questions about Program Utility	36	(1)
Questions	37	(7)
Expert vs. Non-Expert Implementation	37	(2)
Parent and Child Capacitation	39	(2)
Dissemination Research	41	(3)
Future Directions	44	(1)
Endnotes	44	(3)
Later Family Intervention	47	(28)
Introduction	47	(1)
Chapter Organization	48	(1)
Exemplary Program Examples	49	(9)
Family Training-Therapy: Preventing Youth Antisocial Behavior	50	(6)
Family Training-Therapy: Preventing Youth Substance Use and Risk Due to Parental Addiction	56	(2)
Synthesis	58	(9)
Core Later Family Intervention Components	58	(1)
Connecting to Families	59	(2)
Specific vs. Spreading Effects by Risk	61	(6)
Questions	67	(6)
Peer Aggregation Question	67	(3)
Dissemination Research	70	(3)
Future Directions	73	(1)
Chapter Endnotes	73	(2)
Section 2: The School Context	75	(204)
Individual Focused School Intervention	77	(36)
Introduction	77	(1)
Chapter Organization	78	(1)
Exemplary Program Examples	78	(13)
Academic Tutoring	78	(3)
Education and Skills Promotion	81	(10)
Synthesis	91	(13)
Academic Tutoring	91	(2)
Education and Skills Promotion	93	(11)
Questions	104	(6)
School Based Prevention: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Challenges?	104	(3)
Top Down-Bottom Up Issues	107	(2)
Teachers and Program Utility	109	(1)
Future Directions	110	(1)
Chapter Endnotes	111	(2)
Environment Focused School Intervention and Cross Context Family School Partnerships	113	(40)
Introduction	113	(2)
Chapter Organization	115	(1)
Exemplary Program Examples	115	(16)
Peer Related Intervention	115	(3)
Classroom Intervention	118	(4)
Whole School Change	122	(3)
Cross Context Family School Partnerships	125	(6)
Synthesis	131	(13)
Peer Related Intervention	132	(2)
Classroom Intervention	134	(3)
Whole School Change	137	(6)
Cross Context Family School Partnerships	143	(1)
Questions	144	(7)
Design and Evaluation Issues	145	(2)
Schools and Indicated Prevention	147	(2)
Comprehensive Integrated Interventions and Enhanced Program Efficacy	149	(2)
Future Directions	151	(1)
Chapter Endnotes	152	(1)
Community Intervention and Community Related Cross Context Interventions	153	(38)
Introduction	153	(1)
Chapter Organization	154	(1)
Programs Elements	154	(9)
Community Mobilization: Bringing Individuals within the Community Together to Act in Service of a Promotion or Prevention Goal	154	(3)
Acess Restriction: Limiting Youngsters' Access to Alcohol and Tobacco	157	(2)
Education-Skills: Helping Youth to Develop Knowledge and Skills	159	(1)
Opportunity Plus Education-Skills: Providing Opportunities for Young People to Make Personally and Socially Meaningful Connections	160	(3)
Exemplary Program Examples	163	(1)
Early Community Intervention	163	(1)
Exemplary Program Examples	164	(13)
Later Community Intervention	164	(13)
Synthesis	177	(8)
Later Community Intervention	177	(8)
Questions	185	(4)
Coming to Terms with the Community	185	(1)
Individual vs. Environmental Change Models	186	(3)
Future Directions	189	(1)
Chapter Endnotes	190	(1)
Prevention and Promotion across Borders	191	(28)
Introduction	191	(2)
Chapter Organization	193	(1)
Cross-National Collaboration and Intervention Research	194	(5)
On the Benefits of Cross-National Collaboration and Intervention Trials	194	(3)
Elements of a Successful and Sustained Cross-National Collaboration	197	(1)
Cross-National Collaboration, Why Doesn't It Happen More Often?	198	(1)
Tailoring Interventions to Culture and Context	199	(12)
The Qualities of Interventions Likely to Succeed in Another Country	200	(2)
Replication, Reinvention, and Culture	202	(9)
Policy and Cross-National Intervention	211	(5)
Whose Job Is It to Work with Troubled Youth in Your Country?	212	(1)
Future Policy Directions	213	(3)
Conclusion	216	(1)
Chapter Endnotes	217	(2)
PART III: RESOURCE GUIDE
Glossary	219	(12)
Program Examples	231	(48)
Chapter Endnotes	271	(2)
Web Resources
Prevention-Promotion Supporting Institutions and Agencies	273	(2)
Sources for Prevention-Promotion Related Statistics	275	(1)
Prevention-Promotion Related Professional Organizations	276	(1)
Lists of Model Programs	277	(2)
References	279	(50)
Index	329