NCJ Number
163248
Editor(s)
E N Goplerud
Date Published
1991
Length
187 pages
Annotation
This book examines influences on adolescents¦ development and behavior and factors that place them at risk for alcohol and other drug problems and for progression to addictive use.
Abstract
The first chapter, Adolescent Transitions and Alcohol and Other Drug Use Prevention, includes discussion of early intervention and tailoring it to different types of youngsters. The second chapter, Identification of Youth at High Risk for Alcohol or Other Drug Problems, presents several methods and approaches for identifying subgroups of youth at risk, and reviews risk factors identified in the literature. The third chapter, Reaching and Retaining High Risk Youth and Their Parents in Prevention Programs, makes a case for using a community-based empowerment strategy to help mobilize and build upon social networks. The final chapter, Promoting Health Development Through School-Based Prevention: New Approaches, includes findings from four school-based early intervention programs. References, exhibits, resources, notes