BookKris Bosworth, editor.
Summary: This straightforward volume makes a strong, practical, research-based case for integrating prevention programs into middle and high schools. Written by experts in prevention science and education, it examines educational goals and prevention of risky behaviors as parallel and complementary processes and provides evidence for health-promoting schools as a critical forum for student development. Chapters show the benefits of this collaboration, as instructors engage with prevention content, prevention scientists study schools and create interventions, and counselors develop and implement activities, resulting in improved academic, social, and health outcomes. Examples of successful prevention strategies address personal and public health issues as varied as substance abuse, dating violence, dropping out, and suicide. Among the topics covered: Engaging school leaders in prevention Developing school-based prevention curricula Scaling up evidence-based prevention interventions and practices Conducting prevention research and evaluation in schools Promoting a positive school climate and culture Reducing disruptive behavior, violence, and bullying Child and school psychologists, administrators, teachers, school counselors, and prevention specialists will find significant common ground in Prevention Science in School Settings. The breadth and depth of coverage point to new, multidisciplinary directions in health education, school climate/culture, and positive youth development.
Contents:
Introduction
Section 1: How Schools Work.- The American Education System 1970-Present
Leadership in American Schools
Counselors' Impact on Schools
Teachers on the Frontline of Prevention Science
Health Education and Health Services
Section 2: Prevention Science
Prevention Science: From Birth of the Field in 1970 to the Present
Curriculum Development
Scaling Up
Section 3: Research in and with Schools
Schools as Venues for Prevention Programming
Evaluating and Researching School-Based Prevention
School as a Unit of Analysis
Section 4: Parallels between Education and Prevention Science
Culture and Climate
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Behavior and Discipline (Including Violence and Bullying)
Suicide
Dropout Prevention
Conclusion.