The City of Providence’s Healthy Communities Office (HCO), 2016 The City of Providence’s Healthy Communities Office (HCO) serves as the coordinating body for the City’s healthy living policies, activities and funding initiatives. The HCO designs and implements policy...
Tools
SAMHSA’s Youth Engagement Guidance
SAMHSA, 2016 The purpose of this Guidance is to provide federal staff and contractors with strategies, tools, and tips for appropriately engaging youth in government sponsored events and meetings in order to: - Help ensure a positive, supportive, and meaningful...
The Pulse: Bringing Mental Health Care To Kids In School
Rhode Island Public Radio, October 20, 2016 Accessing mental health care can be tough for kids in Rhode Island. There’s a shortage of practitioners and programs and a growing need for care. This week on The Pulse, we explore how schools and communities are bridging...
The BAY Team’s Parenting is Prevention video series
The BAY Team, October 2016 Parenting is prevention video series.
Not Your Mother’s Scare Tactics: The Changing Landscape of Fear-based Messaging Research
SAMHSA's CAPT, October 2016 Since the 1960s, substance misuse prevention practitioners have relied heavily on scare tactics and fear-based messages as core elements of prevention programming. Focused on eliciting an emotional response, these messages have historically...
Marijuana: Facts for Teens
National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2015 Information/facts on how marijuana affects the body for teens.
Mental Health First Aid Course
Mental Health First Aid , 2016 Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour course that gives people the skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it builds...
Treatment options
Turn The Tide Things to know when you decide to prescribe opiods.
Positive youth development in the United States: Research findings on evaluations of positive youth development programs.
APA PsycNet, June 2002 The past 30 yrs have seen widespread proliferation of prevention and positive youth development (PYD) programs. More recently, the field has witnessed a greater focus on evaluation of programs emphasizing PYD, the subject of the present study....
Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide
National Institute on Drug Abuse, January 2014 Evidence-Based Approaches to Treating Adolescent Substance Use Disorders: Research evidence supports the effectiveness of various substance abuse treatment approaches for adolescents. Examples of specific evidence-based...