Project Towards No Drug Abuse (Project TND) is a six to eight week substance abuse prevention program that targets all High School children between the ages of 14 to 19.
Iowa Strengthening Families Project (ISFP), is a universal, family-based intervention designed to delay the onset of adolescent alcohol and substance use by improving family practices.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a one-to-one mentoring program which, rare among the many available in the US, satisfies rigorous published standards and procedures.
Life Skills Training (LST) is a research-validated substance abuse prevention program proven to reduce the risks of alcohol, tobacco, drug abuse, and violence by targeting the major social and psychological factors that induce them.
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is a universal intervention for the reduction and prevention of bully/victim problems, which focuses on raising the quality of mutual understanding, communication and behavior inside the school environment.
Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is a family-based intervention designed to help dysfunctional children aged 11 to 18. The program helps children and their families reduce defensive and aggressive communication patterns and promote supportive interaction in the family. It also addresses supervision and effective discipline. Functional Family Therapy is a Blueprints Model Program.
Based on research at the Oregon Social Learning Center, Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) targets children aged 3-18 who demonstrate chronic antisocial behavior, emotional disturbance and delinquency.
Tests in Australia on the effectiveness of the Family Risk Factor Checklist screening questionnaire have highlighted the difficulties parents and teachers alike face when they attempt to predict which children are most prone to mental health problems.
Given the well-known barriers to implementing evidence-based programs, is it better to identify their discrete elements and trust practitioners to combine them in tailored packages depending on the needs of the child and family in question?