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Primary prevention works /

This book highlights some of the most effective prevention programs in the United States and offers readers a common set of principles to reduce maladaptive behavior in ourselves, our children, and society. Divided into five parts, the book begins with an overview of prevention history in this count...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Albee, George W., Gullotta, Thomas P., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1997.
Colección:Issues in children's and families' lives ; v. 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: The importance of prevention / Rosalynn Carter
  • Primary prevention's evolution / George W. Albee and Thomas P. Gullotta
  • Operationalizing Albee's incidence formula / Thomas P. Gullotta
  • The prenatal/early infancy project: fifteen years later / David Olds
  • Early intervention for high-risk families: reflecting on a 20-year-old model / Grace-Ann Caruso Whitney
  • Infant-family resource program / Elsie R. Broussard
  • Parents as teachers: investing in good beginnings for children / Mildred M. Winter and Danica S. McDonald
  • High/Scope Perry preschool program / David P. Weikart and Lawrence J. Schweinhart
  • Interpersonal cognitive problem solving: primary prevention of early high-risk behaviors in the preschool and primary years / Myrna B. Shure
  • Primary mental health project / A. Dirk Hightower
  • The children of divorce intervention program: fostering resilient outcomes for school-aged children / Joanne Pedro-Carroll.
  • The improving social awareness-social problem solving project / Linda Bruene-Butler [and others]
  • The social-competence promotion program for young adolescents / Roger P. Weissberg, Heather A. Barton, and Timothy P. Shriver
  • Going for the goal: a life skills program for adolescents / Steven J. Danish
  • Teen education and employment network / Laurie J. Bauman [and others]
  • From job loss to reemployment: field experiments in prevention-focused coping / Robert D. Caplan, Amiram D. Vinokur, and Richard H. Price
  • The San Francisco depression prevention research project / Ricardo F. Muñoz
  • Epilogue: Reframing prevention advocacy and looking ahead / Michael M. Faenza and Sandra J. McElhaney.