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Makomo, Moffat – Voices in Education, 2020
Community based programmes for adolescents receiving mental health services have been previously linked with the effective acquisition of knowledge, change in perceptions and attitudes, as well as change in behaviours. This article will detail how the new Teen Life Skills Programme was able to address some of the barriers and equip the…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Skill Development, Adolescents
Seftor, Neil – Regional Educational Laboratory, 2016
This short brief for education decision makers discusses three main factors that may contribute to a finding of no effects: failure of theory, failure of implementation, and failure of research design. It provides readers with questions to ask themselves to better understand "no effects" findings, and describes other contextual factors…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Holm, Søren; Tolstrup, Janne – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2018
This paper presents the rationale and content of PASS, a Danish school-based prevention program targeting cannabis-culture-related beliefs among high school students (i.e. typically 15-19 years). The objective of the program is to prevent or delay initiation of cannabis use and limit use among students who already initiated. PASS is a combined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marijuana, Drug Use, Prevention
Ertesvåg, Sigrun K. – Journal of Educational Change, 2015
Bullying is one of the most challenging issues facing students and schools worldwide. The disastrous consequences for victims and offenders are experienced daily by teachers and students and documented by numerous studies. The demand for evidence-based practice (EBP) in schools' anti-bullying work has increased in the last decade, consequently…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Program Improvement, Research Needs
Stice, Eric; South, Kelsey; Shaw, Heather – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
Significant advances have occurred regarding the understanding of etiologic processes that give rise to eating disorders and the design and evaluation of efficacious prevention programs and treatment interventions. Herein we offer suggestions regarding potentially fruitful directions for future research in these areas. We suggest it would be…
Descriptors: Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Risk, Eating Disorders
Ryan, Theresa; Kaffenberger, Carol J.; Carroll, Amy Gleason – Professional School Counseling, 2011
This article describes a novel implementation of a response to intervention (RTI) model at the elementary school level, with particular focus on the role of the school counselor. The RTI process was used with all K-2 students as a way of delivering research-based best practice to all students, and as a way of documenting the educational progress…
Descriptors: Intervention, School Counselors, Response to Intervention, School Counseling
Freado, Mark D. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2010
From its origins nearly a half century ago, the Re-ED model has generated a series of research studies evaluating its efficacy. This article provides a historical perspective on the evidence base for this early strength-based model for working with troubled youth.
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Evidence
Reddy, Linda A.; Newman, Erik – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2009
Children classified as emotionally disturbed constitute a most challenging and expensive population in the public schools. This article presents a tri-part model of barriers to program design, implementation, and evaluation for children classified as emotionally disturbed in public school settings. An examination of the available school-based…
Descriptors: Program Design, Emotional Disturbances, Guidelines, Children
Dimmitt, Carey – Professional School Counseling, 2009
Why does evaluation matter so much in school counseling? Most importantly, when school counselors evaluate their interventions and programs, they can be more certain that what they are doing is making a difference for their students. School counselors have a professional responsibility to show that what they are doing is effective. With evaluation…
Descriptors: School Counselors, School Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Intervention
Bandy, Tawana; Moore, Kristin A. – Child Trends, 2008
Despite a decade-long decline in substance use among adolescents, research tells that about 80 percent of teens have begun to drink alcohol and 50 percent have used an illegal drug by their senior year in high school. Substance use among teens is related to poorer outcomes for adolescents and youth (e.g., unintentional injuries, homicides and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexuality, Depression (Psychology), Substance Abuse
Bickman, Leonard – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
The importance of measurement feedback system (MFS) for the improvement of mental health services for youths is discussed. As feedback obtained from clients and families is subject to distortions, a standardized MFS including clinical processes, contexts, outcomes, and feedback to clinicians and supervisors is necessary for improvement in quality…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Feedback (Response)
Ogden, Terje; Christensen, Bernadette; Sheidow, Ashli J.; Holth, Per – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2008
The successful nationwide transport and evaluation of Multisystemic Therapy (MST) programs in Norway is described. This description is provided within the context of the nation's movement towards the adoption of evidence-based practices (EBPs) during the past decade, the conduct of a multisite randomized clinical trial to examine the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Therapy
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2011
Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) are developed by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Each TIP involves the development of topic-specific best-practice guidelines for the prevention and…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Substance Abuse, Comorbidity, Mental Disorders
Popovici, Ioana; French, Michael T.; McKay, James R. – Evaluation Review, 2008
The chronic and relapsing nature of substance abuse points to the need for continuing care after a primary phase of treatment. This article reviews the economic studies of continuing care, discusses research gaps, highlights some of the challenges of conducting rigorous economic evaluations of continuing care, and offers research guidelines and…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation, Economic Factors, Research Needs
Hawken, Leanne S.; Johnston, Susan S. – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2007
Best practice in preventing severe problem behavior in schools involves implementing a continuum of effective behavior support. This continuum includes primary prevention strategies implemented with all students, secondary prevention strategies for students at-risk, and tertiary interventions for students who engage in the most severe problem…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Behavior Problems, Program Effectiveness