Reconnecting Youth
Prevention Research Program
Research
Project
Preventing
Drug Abuse: Parents and Youths with Schools (PAYS)
NIH,
National Institute on Drug Abuse: 1996-1999, Competing Continuation:
1999-2003
- Dr.
Elizabeth McCauley - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences and
Children's Hospital and Medical Center
This
comprehensive, school-based, prevention project combines an
effective program for youth--Reconnecting Youth (RY)--with
a companion parent intervention--Parents as Partners.
This research-based intervention addresses individual, family,
peer, and school risk and protective factors known to influence
adolescent drug involvement, aggression/depression, and school
deviance. Through RY and Parents as Partners,
PAYS is designed to enhance personal control, family support,
and bonding to school and prosocial peers among high-risk
youth.
For this
project, RY is offered over two semesters. During the
first semester it is a daily class, part of the student's
regular schedule that is taken for credit. During the second
semester students participate in individual and small group
booster activities guided by the RY teacher.
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RY
program elements
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Key
concepts taught in RY:
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| life
skills training |
self-esteem
enhancement |
| social
support and group work |
decision-making |
| social
activities |
personal
control |
| school
bonding activities |
interpersonal
communication |
Parents
as Partners, a 2-semester companion to RY, combines
individual meetings and small-group work to reinforce the key
concepts taught in RY. Delivered by a family intervention
specialist and a case manager, the Parents as Partners
program elements are the following:
- social
support and group work fostered within a collaborative partnership
- parenting
skills training
- school-bonding
activities
For each
parent involved, Parents as Partners includes these key
concepts:
- enhancing
the student's self-esteem
- supporting
the student in planned decision-making
- facilitating
the student's stress and anger management
- strengthening
the student's interpersonal communication
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