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Helena, MT About Blog
Youth Connections works with the Helena Community to reduce substance use, violence and increase social / emotional and mental health supports for y
Youth Connections works with the Helena Community to
reduce substance use, violence and increase social / emotional and mental health supports for
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Helena, MT About Blog
Youth Connections works with the Helena Community to reduce substance use, violence and increase social / emotional and mental health supports for y
Youth Connections works with the Helena Community to
reduce substance use, violence and increase social / emotional and mental health supports for
youthyouth.
The study aims to determine whether receiving the Second Step intervention in middle school
reduces youth aggression, sexual violence, and
substance use, and teen dating violence when in high school; to evaluate Second Step program effects on trajectories of bullying, victimization, homophobic teasing, sexual harassment, and teen dating violence in high school, and to examine the relations among growth in aggression and
substance use.
Resources in this section focus on educating children,
youth, and families about the harmful effects of
substance use; highlight prevention and early intervention strategies to
reduce the impact of
substance use disorders; and point to evidence - based programs that address both
substance use disorders and mental health.
Key actions of
Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery include: • Introduction of a pilot supervised injecting facility in Dublin's city centre; • Establishment of a Working Group to examine alternative approaches to the possession for personal
use of small quantities of illegal drugs; • Funding for a programme to promote community awareness of alcohol - related harm; • A new targeted
youth services scheme for young people at risk of
substance misuse in socially and economically disadvantaged communities; • Expansion of drug and alcohol addiction services, including residential services; • Recruitment of 4 Clinical Nurse Specialists and 2 Young Persons Counsellors to complement HSE multi-disciplinary teams for under 18s; • Recruitment of 7 additional drug - liaison midwives to support pregnant women with alcohol dependency; • Establishment of a Working Group to explore ways of improving progression options for people exiting treatment, prison or community employment schemes, with a view to developing a new programme of supported care and employment.
Youth assigned to the A-CRA condition, compared to TAU, reported significantly
reduced substance use and depression, and increased social stability.
Project STRIVE is a 5 - session family - based intervention intended to
reduce sexual risk behaviors,
substance use and delinquency among
youth ages 12 to 17 who have recently run away from home.
Substance use and Misuse: Reducing levels of substance abuse amongst adults and youth to promote high self - esteem, self - respect, community awareness and social respon
Substance use and Misuse:
Reducing levels of
substance abuse amongst adults and youth to promote high self - esteem, self - respect, community awareness and social respon
substance abuse amongst adults and
youth to promote high self - esteem, self - respect, community awareness and social responsibility.
Reduce the likelihood of
youth involvement in delinquency,
substance use, and risky sexual behavior
STRIVE (Support to Reunite, Involve and Value Each Other) is a 5 - session family - based intervention intended to
reduce sexual risk behaviors,
substance use and delinquency among
youth who have recently run away from home.
STRIVE is a 5 - session family - based intervention intended to
reduce sexual risk behaviors,
substance use, and delinquency among
youth who have recently run away from home.
Interventions are drawn from family - focused interventions rated as Model Plus, Model, or Promising on the Blueprints for Healthy
Youth Development Web site (http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/) based on evidence of their effectiveness in
reducing child externalizing behaviors,
substance use, and / or delinquency.
Although rigorous randomized controlled trial research shows that the program in its current form appears highly efficacious in altering adolescent
substance use outcomes (delaying onset of
use,
reducing abuse) and building protective factors in the form of
youth competencies, the only effects on parents that have been demonstrated are increases in the
use of specific parenting behaviors (Spoth and Redmond 2002; Spoth et al. 2002, 2004).