Documents and Online Resources

    ATOD Prevention Strategies

    Community Partnerships

• Mentoring Community Partnerships to Create Better Schools
  Dr. Susan G. Weinberger
  Taken from the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 2003 National Conference
   
• Implementing Comprehensive Programming and Finding Support Through Community Partnerships
  Taken from the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 2003 National Conference

     Cultural Competence

• A Youth Leader's Guide to Building Cultural Competence
  Advocates for Youth, 1994
   
• Getting Started . . . and Moving On . . .: Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Cultural and Linguistic Competency for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Families
  Tawara D. Goode and Vivian H. Jackson
  National Center for Cultural Competence
   
• The Cultural Competence Exchange, Issue 4, Fall/Winter 2001
  Tawara Goode, NCCC Director
  National Center for Cultural Competence
   

     Environmental Strategies

• "Alcohol Control Policies"
  AEP at the University of Minnesota

    Mentoring Strategies

• Mentoring Findings from Research and Evaluation
  David DuBois, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
  Taken from the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 2003 National Conference

    Parental Involvement Strategies

    Serving At-Risk Populations

• Identifying Student Mental Health Issues: The Columbia University Teen Screen Program
  Taken from the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 2003 National Conference

    Violence Prevention

• Prevention Strategies and Resources to Address Youth Hate Violence
  Taken from the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 2003 National Conference
   
• Making Bullying Prevention a Statewide and Local Priority
  Taken from the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 2003 National Conference
   
• Core Characteristics of Effective Bullying Prevention
  Susan P. Limber, Ph.D., Clemson University
  Taken from the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 2003 National Conference
   
• Student-Led Crime Prevention: A Real Resources with Powerful Promise
  Taken from the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 2003 National Conference

    Youth Development

• Finding the Balance: Program Fidelity and Adaptation in Substance Abuse Prevention
  Executive Summary of a State-of-the-Art Review
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  SAMHSA
  CSAP
   
• Balancing Program Fidelity and Adaptation for School-Based Programs
  Dr. Thomas E. Backer
  September 2003
   
• Dr. Andrej Birjulin's "Balancing Fidelity and Adaptation in Evidence-Based Prevention Programs"
  Presented at CARS' Annual Meeting
   
• “Finding the Balance: Program Fidelity and Adaptation in Substance Abuse Prevention”
  CSAP 2002 Conference Edition
   
• “The Importance of Implementation Fidelity”
  Blueprints News. March 2001. Volume 2, Issue 1
   
• Discussion on Fidelity
  Northeast CAPT

• "Preventing Drug Abuse among Children and Adolescents: a Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and Community Leaders", Second Edition
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  National Institutes on Health
  National Institute on Drug Abuse

• The National Cross-Site Evaluation of High-Risk Youth Programs: Findings on Designing and Implementing Effective Prevention Programs for Youth at High Risk
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  National Institutes on Health
  National Institute on Drug Abuse

• "Evaluation: the Way to Better Prevention Programs"
  Indiana State
   
• Application of PRIDE Survey Results to SDFSC Act
  PRIDE Survey
   
• “Evaluation for Performance: Toolkit for Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools Programs”
  O’Neill, et al. Michigan State
   
• Using Evaluation to Improve Programming
  Betty W. Straub, Ed.D.
   
• The Importance of Evaluation and Sustainability in Creating and Implementing a Comprehensive Plan
  Taken from the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 2003 National Conference
   
• Toolkit for Evaluating Positive Youth Development
  Colorado Trust
   
• To Be or Not To Be Evidence-Based?
  Data Matters, Spring/Summer 2003, Special Issue #6
   

• Explaining the Lists of Effective Programs
  Taken from the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities 2003 National Conference
   
• "Science-based Prevention Strategies"
  Northeast CAPT
   
• Levels of Effectiveness of Science-based Programs
  Central CAPT
   
• “Comparison Matrix of Science-Based Prevention Programs: a Consumer’s Guide for Prevention Professionals”
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  SAMHSA
  CSAP
   
   
• Model Programs List
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  SAMHSA
  CSAP