1st Edition

Drug Free Youth A Compendium for Prevention Specialists

Edited By Elaine Norman, Fordham University Staff Copyright 1997
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1997. There is an almost universal consensus that we as adult individuals, as communities, and as a nation, should attempt to prevent our youngsters from using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. For three and a half years, from 1990 to 1994, a team of researchers and clinical practitioners from Fordham University's Graduate School of Social... Read more
Chapter 1 Adolescent Development: Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience, Carol P. Kaplan; Chapter 2 Prevention Programs Reviewed: What Works?, Elaine Norman, Sandra Turner, Sharyn J. Zunz, Kathy Stillson; Chapter 3 School Climate and Community Norm Change, Sharyn J. Zunz; Chapter 4 New Directions: Looking at Psychological Dimensions in Resiliency Enhancement, Elaine Norman; Chapter 5 Building on Strengths: Risk and Resiliency in the Family, School, and Community, Sandra Turner; Chapter 6 Resilience in African American Adolescents: Issues Pertinent to Alcohol and Other Substance Use, Saundra Murray Nettles; Chapter 7 Did We Make a Difference?: Techniques and Process in Program Evaluation, Michael Phillips; Chapter 8 Funding Substance Abuse Prevention Programs for Youth, Roslyn H. Chernesky;

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Edited by Professor Elaine Norman