Audience: Parents of children ages 9-14
To Order: Channing Bete Company
One Community Place
South Deerfield, MA 01373-0200
Phone: 877/896-8532, FAX: 800/499-6464
PrevSci@channing-bete.com
Families That Care -- Guiding Good Choices is a multi-media skills training program. It is built upon the Hawkins and Catalano social development strategy that increases protective factors and lowers the risk factors that exist in families. The curriculum consists of five competency-training sessions for parents; one of these sessions is attended by young adolescents and parents together. Each session utilizes video segments, workbook exercises and guided discussions to meet clearly defined objectives. Workshops are conducted by trained workshop leaders from the community. Long-term results indicate reductions in children's antisocial behavior, improved academic skills, better bonding to prosocial others and fewer incidents of drug use in school.
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Model Program
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1997
US DOE Expert Panel,
Promising Program