Family-Based Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents

In addition to introducing readers to the field of family-based prevention science, this collection highlights the distinctive contributions of a set of exemplary programs in terms of their foundational theory, design, delivery mechanisms, performance, and unique opportunities for future research.

Dr. Mark J. Van Ryzin is a Research Scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center and the Oregon Research Institute and faculty member in the Department of Educational Methodology, Policy and Leadership in the College of Education at the University of Oregon. Dr. Karol L. Kumpfer is a Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Education in the College of Health at the University of Utah and Chair of its International Education and Research Committee. Dr. Gregory M. Fosco is an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University and founder of the Family Process Lab. In 2013 he was appointed the Karl R. and Diane Wendle Fink Early Career Professorship for the Study of Families. Dr. Mark Greenberg is the Edna Peterson Bennett Endowed Chair in Prevention Research and Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is also the Founding Director of The Prevention Research Center.

1. Family-Based Approaches to Prevention: The State of the Field, Mark J. Van Ryzin and Gregory M. Fosco Section 1: Family-Based Prevention Programs Across Development 2. Family Foundations, Mark E. Feinberg and Marni L. Kan 3. The Incredible Years Series: A Developmental Approach, Carolyn Webster-Stratton 4. Strengthening Families for Middle/Late Childhood, Karol L. Kumpfer, Catia Magalhães, Henry Whiteside, and Jing Xie 5. The Family Check-Up Model as Prevention and Treatment of Adolescent Drug (ab)Use: The Intervention Strategy, Outcomes, and Implementation Model, Thomas J. Dishion and Anne Marie Mauricio Section 2: Large-Scale Dissemination of Family-Based Program 6. Early Results from Implementing PMTO: Full Transfer on a Grand Scale, Marion S. Forgatch, Laura A. Rains, and Margrét Sigmarsdóttir 7. The Triple P - Positive Parenting Program: A Community-Wide Approach to Parenting and Family Support, Matthew R. Sanders, Karen M. T. Turner and Jenna McWilliam 8. The Partnership-Based PROSPER Delivery System and Implementation of the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth, Cleve Redmond, Richard L. Spoth, Lisa M. Schainker, and Mark E. Feinberg Section 3: Innovations and Adaptations of Family-Based Programs 9. Scaling-Up Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: A Randomized Trial of Two Implementation Strategies, Patricia Chamberlain and Lisa Saldana 10. Staying Connected With Your Teen and the Promise of Self-Directed Prevention Programs, Kevin P. Haggerty, Tali Klima, Martie L. Skinner, Richard F. Catalano, and Susan Barkan 11. Families OverComing Under Stress (FOCUS): A Family Centered Preventive Intervention for Families Facing Trauma, Stress and Adversity-Implementation with Military Families, Patricia Lester, Lee Klosinski, William Saltzman, Norweeta Milburn, Catherine Mogil, and William Beardslee 12. Cultural and Gender Adaptations of Evidence-based Family Interventions, Karol L. Kumpfer, Catia Magalhães, Jing Xie, and Sheetal Kanse 13. Family-Centered Prevention for Rural African Americans: The Strong African American Families Program (SAAF), The Strong African American Families-Teen Program (SAAF-T), and The Adults in the Making Program (AIM), Gene H. Brody 14. Thinking Systematically for Enduring Family Change, Gregory M. Fosco, Brian Bumbarger, and Katharine T. Bamberger