Guide to Implementing Family Skills Training Programmes

This is our latest publication and contains evidence of effectiveness, principles of family skills training programmes, cultural adaptation guidelines, advice how to recruit and retain families through the programmes, practical advice on training of staff, as well as information about monitoring and evaluating family skills training programmes.

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Strengthening Families Programme

This site contains the results of a research supported by The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) in 1999. The results are provided in the form of a list and a description of programmes which have been proven to be effective. Programmes are also cathegorised in a matrix according to the level of prevention (universal, selective, indicated) and the age of the children of the families (0-5, 6-10, 11-18, 0-18).

http://www.strengtheningfamilies.org/

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention - CSAP (U.S.A.)

Parenting IS Prevention training

This is a curriculum for training parents that will act as mobilisers in the community

http://p2001.health.org/PIP/pipttl.htm

Drugs Prevention Advisory Service - DPAS (U.K.)

Taking The Message Home: Involving Parents in Drugs Prevention

A paper reporting on a research study to find out more about the practicalities of involving parents in drug prevention activities and equipping them with valuabla new knowledge and skills.

http://www.drugs.gov.uk/publication-search/dpas/DPASPaper5.pdf?view=Binary

IREFREA (Europe)

Family: The Challenge of Prevention of Drug Use
Family Relationships and Primary Prevention of Drug Use in Early Adolescence

These are two publications by Irefrea, a professional European network for the promotion and research of prevention of drug and other child and adolescent problems. These publications are very research oriented, but they are less user friendly.

"Family: the challenge of prevention of drug use"
http://www.irefrea.org/pdf/family_2001.pdf

"Family Relationships and Primary Prevention of Drug Use in Early Adolescence"
http://www.irefrea.org/pdf/family.pdf

Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies - NortheastCAPT - (U.S.A.)

Family-based Prevention: Critical Components
Strengthening Families and Protecting Children from Substance Abuse

Two publications of the Northeast CAPT summarising evidence on effective family-based approaches. You can find them both at:

http://www.northeastcapt.org/products/critical/index.html