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Prevention Science in School Settings

Complex Relationships and Processes

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  • Reduces the disconnect between prevention research and educational practice
  • Highly comprehensive, addressing a range of adolescent risk-taking behavior: substance use, violence, dropping out, suicide
  • Discusses issues of conducting research and scaling up interventions within schools Illustrates theoretical issues with case studies and anecdotes of actual practice
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Prevention Science (Adv. Prevention Science)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. How Schools Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. Leadership in American Schools

      • Kris Bosworth, Tricia Pena, Maryann Judkins
      Pages 45-65
    3. Professional Counselors’ Impact on Schools

      • Amy Nitza, Kerrie R. Fineran, Brian Dobias
      Pages 67-87
    4. Teachers on the Front Line of Prevention Science

      • Nancy Fichtman Dana, Angela Hooser
      Pages 89-103
    5. Health Services and Health Education

      • Diane DeMuth Allensworth
      Pages 105-121
  3. Prevention Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
    2. Prevention Science 1970–Present

      • Kris Bosworth, Zili Sloboda
      Pages 125-149
    3. Developing School-Based Prevention Curricula

      • Jonathan Pettigrew, Michael L. Hecht
      Pages 151-174
    4. Scaling Up Evidence-Based Preventive Interventions

      • Louise A. Rohrbach, Stephanie R. Dyal
      Pages 175-197
  4. Research in and with Schools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
    2. Schools as Venues for Prevention Programming

      • Terri N. Sullivan, Kevin S. Sutherland, Albert D. Farrell, Katherine A. Taylor
      Pages 201-226
    3. Conducting Prevention Research and Evaluation in Schools

      • Kimberly Kendziora, Allison Dymnicki, Ann-Marie Faria, Amy Windham, David Osher
      Pages 227-246
    4. School As a Unit of Assignment and Analysis in Group-Randomized Controlled Trials

      • Katrina J. Debnam, Catherine P. Bradshaw, Elise T. Pas, Sarah Lindstrom Johnson
      Pages 247-269
  5. Relationships Between Education and Prevention Science—Parallel Tracks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271
    2. School Culture and Classroom Climate

      • Adam Fletcher
      Pages 273-285
    3. Promoting Safe Schools for All Students

      • Katie Eklund, Kris Bosworth, Sheri Bauman
      Pages 307-333

About this book

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.

Reviews

“This book stresses the importance of integrating prevention programs into middle and secondary schools, suggesting that interventions in areas such as substance abuse, dating violence, mental health, and academic failure would be helpful for student development. The book ‘is designed to provide both prevention researchers and educators with perspectives on the role of schools and educators in the practice of prevention.’ The intended audience includes ‘child and school psychologists, administrators, teachers, school counselors, and prevention specialists.’” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Kris Bosworth

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Prevention Science in School Settings

  • Book Subtitle: Complex Relationships and Processes

  • Editors: Kris Bosworth

  • Series Title: Advances in Prevention Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3155-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3154-5Published: 25 November 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4995-3Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-3155-2Published: 24 November 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2625-2619

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-2627

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 376

  • Topics: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Child and School Psychology

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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