Source: Getting Results: Developing Safe and Healthy Kids, California Department of Education, 1998
Alcohol and Other Drug Use
| Exemplary Practices [1] | Promising Practices [2] |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive, integrated programs with a community component Extensive components in place over time Age-appropriate curricula (prosocial bonding in elementary school, social influence approach in middle school with booster session in high school) Complete and consistent implementation (do not pick and choose components) Interactive teaching, with teacher training, as necessary Approaches built on social influence model Full-time prevention coordinator with more training for greater stability and more comprehensive programs Mentoring, if the relationship is sustained and nonprescriptive and adults and youths are carefully matched |
Coordinated school health programs Comprehensive integrated services (e.g., Healthy Start) District policies addressing use of alcohol and other drugs Home/family-school partnerships Early intervention, including student assistance programs Positive alternative activities (e.g., Friday Night Live) |
Violence
| Exemplary Practices [1] | Promising Practices [2] |
|---|---|
School structure and management (reduced class size in K-1, pull-out programs, nongrading and ability grouping in elementary school, classroom behavior management, monitoring and reinforcement of behavior, graduated sanctions) Instructional strategies (continuous progress, tutoring, computer-assisted instruction) Cooperative learning Parent training Family counseling Youth Employment and vocation training with intensive educational components Mentoring, if the relationship is sustained and nonprescriptive and adults and youths are carefully matched
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Structured playground activities, after-school recreation District policies addressing violence, firearm possession, uniforms, closed campuses Special educational placement for disruptive secondary school students Conflict resolution, gang-prevention and violence-prevention curricula Mentoring relationships that include behavior management techniques Peer mediation School organizational structure Gang crisis intervention and mediation Youth-service programs Intensified motorized patrol, field interrogations, community policing, neighborhood block watch Metal detectors Behavioral analysis consultation |
[1] Exemplary practices are rigorously evaluated prevention programs that show strong, positive effects.
[2] Promising practices are prevention strategies that show promise for reducing alcohol/other drug use or violent behavior, but they require further evaluation before they are definitively termed effective.
