Preparing for the Drug Free Years

Preparing for the Drug Free Years or PDFY is a parent training curriculum for families with children in US Middle-School. FIve sessions focus on five specific skills for reducing risks to healthy adolescent development. It has modest impact on alcohol, drug and other substance misuse, as well as reducing delinquency and the onset of depressive symptoms. This program has been renamed Guiding Good Choices .

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