Prevention Briefs


An Introduction to Restorative Justice Restorative justice is a process for repairing harm that has been done.
Bullying Prevention State Laws This new brief focuses on bullying prevention legislation. To date, 47 states have passed legislation requiring schools to take leadership in addressing the problem.
Element 1: Safe School Environment and Violence Prevention Activities Element 1 of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative focuses on activities that foster a safe school environment, prevent violence, and work toward improving students’ feelings of safe
Element 2: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention Activities Element 2 focuses on ATOD prevention activities, with a specific focus on decreasing the percentage of students who use alcohol and other drugs.
Element 3: Student Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Supports Element 3 focuses on providing students with the behavioral, social, and emotional supports they need to succeed in school and in life.
Element 4: Mental Health Services The focus of element 4 is to provide needed mental health services for students both within school and from community mental health providers.
Element 5: Early Childhood Social and Emotional Learning Programs Element 5 is a key factor in the overall success of an SS/HS Initiative.
Engaging Families in Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiatives This prevention brief presents some of the challenges faced by SS/HS initiatives and their partners in engaging parents and suggests specific strategies for bringing families into SS/HS partnershi
Evaluation: Designs and Approaches The choice of a design for an outcome evaluation is often influenced by the need to compromise between cost and certainty.
Girls Bullying and Violence In recent years, schools and communities have experienced a rise in aggression, delinquency, and bullying among girls and young women. According to a recent report issued in 2008 by the U.S.
Hiring an Evaluator Hiring an evaluator can save your program considerable time and effort.
How Schools Can Prevent Suicide Few suicides or suicide attempts take place in schools.
Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature, by Dean Fixsen, Sandra Naoom, Karen Blase, Robert Friedman, and Frances Wallace was published in 2005 by the National Implementation Research Network
Key Strategies for Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention I: Working with Children and Families Children are influenced by their families, their schools, their neighborhoods, and popular culture – especially the media.
Key Strategies for Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention II: Working with the Classroom and the School Environment The school’s contribution to solving the problems of substance abuse and violence among youth lie in comprehensive approaches.
Key Strategies for Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention III: Working in the Community The nature of the community in which youth live – and their relationship to this community – can have a profound effect on whether they become involved in substance abuse and violence.
Managing An Evaluator It can be difficult to assess the work of an evaluator, especially if you do not have experience working with evaluators or understand evaluation methods and theories.
Meeting the Needs of Latino Youth: Part I: Risk Risk factors are characteristics statistically associated with an increase in health risk – in this case, violence.
Meeting The Needs of Latino Youth: Part II: Resilience Protective factors are characteristics statistically associated with a decrease in vulnerability to
Military Families: Impact on Children's and Families' Mental Health The recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have required millions of American military personnel to leave their homes and families for deployment.
Multisystemic Therapy: Strategies for Success Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is a family-based treatment model for adolescents exhibiting serious antisocial behaviors such as violence, delinquency, and substance abuse.
Olweus Bullying Prevention: Strategies for Success The Olweus Bullying Prevention program was designed to prevent bullying in elementary, middle, and junior high schools.
Prescription Drug Abuse by Adolescents The rate of prescription drug abuse among adolescents has increased dramatically over the past decade.
Preventing Bullying in Schools and the Community Bullying is often overshadowed by more dramatic incidents of violence, especially those involving firearms.
Preventing Cyberbullying in Schools and the Community Bullying is a form of emotional and physical abuse that is characterized by a power imbalance in which a bully chooses victims that he or she perceives as vulnerable.
Recognizing and Responding to the Warning Signs of Suicide: A Guide for Teachers and School Staff Suicide attempts rarely occur without some warning.
Recruiting and Retaining Mentors Mentors can change the lives of young people. A review of the literature on mentoring¹ concluded the following:
Restorative Justice: Implementation Guidelines The following brief explores ways to implement restorative justice.
Risk and Resilience 101 Thirty years ago, most prevention efforts relied on fear. They tried to convince young people that smoking or using drugs would damage their health and ruin their futures.
School Mental Health Sustainability Guide for SS/HS Project Directors: Strategies to Build Sustainable School Mental Health Programs This guide provides SS/HS project directors (PDs) with information on developing sustainable school mental health (SMH) programs.
Social and Emotional Learning Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process by which children and young people acquire and develop skills that support learning, positive behavior, and constructive social relationships.
Substance Abuse, Violence, Mental Health, and Academic Success The mission of the American school has expanded considerably over the last thirty years.
Teen Dating Violence: Prevention, Identification, and Intervention Element One of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative focuses on activities that foster a safe school environment and prevent violence.
The Importance of Disaggregating Student Data Disaggregating data means breaking down information into smaller subpopulations.
The Role of Schools in Supporting Children in Foster Care Despite the pain, hardship, and disruption of their early lives, many foster youth are unbelievably resilient individuals.
Transitioning from High School into Adulthood: Schools Helping Youth in Foster Care Achieve Success There are approximately 500,000 children in foster care who live in either a foster home with relatives or non-relatives, a group home, an emergency shelter, or a residential or treatment facility.
Truancy Prevention Compulsory school attendance is a reflection of the importance our nation places on education as well as a recognition that regular attendance is necessary if education is to effectively prepare a
Truancy Prevention Efforts in School-Community Partnerships The emphasis that school districts place on regular school attendance is a reflection of the importance our nation places on education, as well as a recognition that being in school on a daily basi
Youth Courts Youth courts, sometimes called “teen courts,” are diversion programs that, with the consent of the juvenile justice system, allow young people who have committed delinquent acts to appear before a court operated by their peers

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