Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, 2014 This tool provides brief summaries of substance abuse prevention strategies and associated interventions that have been evaluated to determine their...
Resources
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Youth Marijuana Use
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2014 This tool provides a summary of research findings on factors associated with marijuana use among youth. These factors have been organized according to the socio-ecological model, a multi-level framework...
Understand the Big Deal: How Marijuana Harms Youth Fact Sheet
Colorado Department of Education, Dr. Thustone, 2012 This fact sheet highlights how marijuana affects children and their ability to learn.
A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2014 This guide offers information and resources to help practitioners throughout health and social service systems implement best practices in engaging and helping families and caregivers to support their...
Public Health Toolkits
Health Resources in Action These toolkits aim to aid community health assessment, community health improvement planning, and health impact assessments.
Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High School Students
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration This publication assists high schools and school districts in designing and implementing strategies to prevent suicide and promote behavioral health. It includes tools to implement a multi-faceted suicide...
Family Checkup: Positive Parenting Prevents Drug Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse This guide outlines practices that make for positive “family checkups”. Topics addressed include communication, encouragement, negotiation, setting limits, supervision, and knowing your child’s friends.
A Guide to Preventing Bullying, Teen Dating Violence, and Sexual Violence
Rhode Island Board of Regents for Primary and Secondary Education, 2012 According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, children who are bullied experience significant suffering that can interfere with their social and emotional development, as...
A Guide to Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse in the Schools
Rhode Island Board of Regents for Primary and Secondary Education, 2011 The Rhode Island statute requires all suspected child abuse/neglect to be immediately reported. Schools tend to be a place where abuse/neglect can be detected. A sample reporting procedure is...
2009 RISAPA State Underage Drinking Logic Model
Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, 2009 This is a logic model for underage drinking and retail access, with tools that include: media, policy, and enforcement strategies