Successful prevention and youth development programs : across borders / Laura Ferrer-Wreder ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferrer-Wreder, Laura.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Services for--United States.

Youth.

Youth--Services for.

Adolescent psychopathology--Prevention.

Adolescent psychopathology.

Child psychopathology--Prevention.

Child psychopathology.

Social work with youth.

United States.

Social work with youth--United States.

Youth--Services for--Europe.

Social work with youth--Europe.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xvii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2004]

Contents:

Purpose 1

Key Ideas in the Prevention and Youth Development Field 2

Prevention, Promotion, and Youth Development 2

Classification Systems for Prevention, Promotion, and Treatment 3

Problem Behaviors 6

Risk-Protective Factors and Resilience 7

Developmental Considerations 8

The Context of Intervention 9

Dissemination and Sustainability 13

Prevention and Promotion: Lessons from the Past 15

Part II Review

Section 1 The Family Context 23

Chapter 2 Early Family Intervention 25

Exemplary Program Examples 27

Home Visitation 27

Home Visitation and Early Educational Enrichment 30

Synthesis 33

Program Utility by Risk 33

Core Early Family Intervention Components 34

Specific vs. Spreading and the Duration of Effects 35

Unresolved Questions about Program Utility 36

Expert vs. Non-Expert Implementation 37

Parent and Child Capacitation 39

Dissemination Research 41

Chapter 3 Later Family Intervention 47

Exemplary Program Examples 49

Family Training-Therapy: Preventing Youth Antisocial Behavior 50

Family Training-Therapy: Preventing Youth Substance Use and Risk Due to Parental Addiction 56

Synthesis 58

Core Later Family Intervention Components 58

Connecting to Families 59

Specific vs. Spreading Effects by Risk 61

Peer Aggregation Question 67

Dissemination Research 70

Section 2 The School Context 75

Chapter 4 Individual Focused School Intervention 77

Exemplary Program Examples 78

Academic Tutoring 78

Education and Skills Promotion 81

Synthesis 91

Academic Tutoring 91

Education and Skills Promotion 93

School Based Prevention: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Challenges? 104

Top Down-Bottom Up Issues 107

Teachers and Program Utility 109

Chapter 5 Environment Focused School Intervention and Cross Context Family School Partnerships 113

Exemplary Program Examples 115

Peer Related Intervention 115

Classroom Intervention 118

Whole School Change 122

Cross Context Family School Partnerships 125

Synthesis 131

Peer Related Intervention 132

Classroom Intervention 134

Whole School Change 137

Cross Context Family School Partnerships 143

Design and Evaluation Issues 145

Schools and Indicated Prevention 147

Comprehensive Integrated Interventions and Enhanced Program Efficacy 149

Chapter 6 Community Intervention and Community Related Cross Context Interventions 153

Program Elements 154

Community Mobilization: Bringing Individuals within the Community Together to Act in Service of a Promotion or Prevention Goal 154

Access Restriction: Limiting Youngsters' Access to Alcohol and Tobacco 157

Education-Skills: Helping Youth to Develop Knowledge and Skills 159

Opportunity Plus Education-Skills: Providing Opportunities for Young People to Make Personally and Socially Meaningful Connections 160

Exemplary Program Examples 163

Early Community Intervention 163

Exemplary Program Examples 164

Later Community Intervention 164

Synthesis 177

Later Community Intervention 177

Coming to Terms with the Community 185

Individual vs. Environmental Change Models 186

Chapter 7 Prevention and Promotion across Borders 191

Cross-National Collaboration and Intervention Research 194

On the Benefits of Cross-National Collaboration and Intervention Trials 194

Elements of a Successful and Sustained Cross-National Collaboration 197

Cross-National Collaboration, Why Doesn't It Happen More Often? 198

Tailoring Interventions to Culture and Context 199

The Qualities of Interventions Likely to Succeed in Another Country 200

Replication, Reinvention, and Culture 202

Policy and Cross-National Intervention 211

Whose Job Is It to Work with Troubled Youth in Your Country? 212

Future Policy Directions 213

Chapter 9 Program Examples 231

Prevention-Promotion Supporting Institutions and Agencies 273

Sources for Prevention-Promotion Related Statistics 275

Prevention-Promotion Related Professional Organizations 276

Lists of Model Programs 277

Figure 1 Family Training-Therapy and Risk 49.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-328) and index.

ISBN:

0306481766

OCLC:

53289812