Issues

The abuse of prescription drugs is a growing topic of concern for many professionals who work with youth. In this issue, we address this important topic by discussing the prevalence of prescription drug abuse, providing an understanding of how and why youth’s motives matter for prevention and intervention, and exploring preventive approaches and frameworks in the school and community environments.

Published in 2012

Creating positive relationships with youth is an underlying approach helpful in addressing basically all of the youth concerns we have written about in previous issues of The Prevention Researcher. In this Resource Issue we examine some of the different ways adults can work with youth. Our goal is to stimulate thoughts about the many ways positive relationships can be created and nurtured.

Published in 2011

In the United States, 17% of adolescents live in poor families. When we consider those youth in near poor families the number doubles to 38%. With nearly four out of every ten youth living near poverty, and considering that many of the topics we’ve discussed in past issues of The Prevention Researcher are related to poverty, then addressing the needs of these youth seems imperative.

Published in 2011

Unfortunately, during adolescence many youth become bereaved due to the death of a family member, loved one, or friend. This issue of The Prevention Researcher examines how bereavement impacts adolescent development, explores the influence of culture on adolescent grief, and looks at strategies to support grieving youth in the counseling environment, including the use of music therapy.

Published in 2011

This issue of The Prevention Researcher examines best practices for prevention, intervention, and recovery with adolescents. The goal is to encourage professionals who work with youth to look beyond prevention. While prevention is important, many youth have already developed substance use disorders, many youth are struggling in their recovery efforts, and many youth require both prevention and intervention programming.

Published in 2011

Service-learning is an approach which links active learning to community service. Since it involves a learning component, many people assume that this educational approach is only of interest to those in the school system. However, some afterschool and community-based programs provide service-learning experiences, and since service-learning often involves youth doing service in the community, community-based organizations can benefit from knowing the rationale of service-learning activities and programs.

Published in 2011