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To learn how to explain the
Communities That Care process
and the research foundation.
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Participants will be able to:
1. Explain the Communities That
Care system to various community
stakeholders.
2. Explain the research foundation to
various community stakeholders.
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A community-wide initiative for the benefit
of your community’s youth. The system:
• provides strategic consultation, training
and research-based tools
• promotes the positive development of
children and youth
• prevents adolescent problem
behaviors—including substance abuse,
delinquency, teen pregnancy, dropping
out of school and violence.
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The system is:
• inclusive
• proactive
• grounded in rigorous research from
a variety of fields
• customized to a community.
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• The Social Development Strategy
• The public health approach
• Research-based predictors of problem
behaviors and positive youth outcomes—
risk and protective factors
• Tested, effective
prevention strategies
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A research-based model
that organizes known
protective factors into a
guiding framework for
building positive futures
for children
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The Goal…
Healthy behaviors
…for all children and youth
Start with…
Healthy beliefs & clear standards
…in families, schools, communities and peer groups
Build…
Bonding
• Attachment • Commitment
…to families, schools, communities and peer groups
By providing…
Opportunities
By providing…
By providing…
Skills
Recognition
…in families, schools, communities and peer groups
And by nurturing…
Individual characteristics
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Describe the SDS process
to some of the people or
groups in your community.
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• The Social Development Strategy
• The public health approach
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• The Social Development Strategy
• The public health approach
• Research-based predictors of
problem behaviors and
positive youth outcomes—
risk and protective factors
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Risk factors
Research has identified
risk factors in four domains:
Risk factors are predictive
of higher levels of
adolescent substance
abuse, delinquency, teen
pregnancy, school drop-out
and violence.
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• Research-based
• Predictive in multiple longitudinal studies
• Present in all areas of influence
• Predictive of multiple problem behaviors
• Present throughout development
• Work similarly across racial lines
• Measurable
• Buffered by protective factors
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Availability of drugs
Availability of firearms
Community laws and norms
favorable toward drug use,
firearms and crime
Media portrayals of violence
Transitions and mobility
Low neighborhood attachment
and community disorganization
Extreme economic deprivation
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Family history of
the problem behavior
Family management problems
Family conflict
Favorable parental
attitudes and involvement
in the problem behavior
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Academic failure beginning
in late elementary school
Lack of commitment to school
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Early and persistent
antisocial behavior
Rebelliousness
Friends who engage
in the problem behavior
Gang involvement
Favorable attitudes toward
the problem behavior
Early initiation of
the problem behavior
Constitutional factors
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Protective factors
Research has identified
protective factors in
four domains:
Protective factors
buffer young people’s
exposure to risk.
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• Research-based
• Present in all
areas of influence
• Measurable
• Predictive of positive
youth development
• Present throughout development
• Buffer effects of risk exposure
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• Individual factors
• High intelligence
• Resilient temperament
• Prosocial orientation
• Competencies and skills
• Prosocial opportunities
• Reinforcement for
prosocial involvement
• Bonding
• Healthy beliefs and clear standards
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• Risk and protective factors exist
in all areas of children’s lives.
• The more risk factors present, the
greater the chances of problem behavior.
• Risk and protective factors can be
present throughout development.
• Risk factors are buffered by protective factors.
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• Common risk and protective factors predict
multiple behavior problems.
• Risk and protective factors work
similarly across racial lines.
• Both risk and protective factors
should be addressed in prevention efforts.
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• Turn to the Risk- and Protective-Factor Worksheet.
• Choose one risk factor from each of the four domains
of influence. Explain why these risk factors would be
good examples to use when explaining risk factors to
your constituent group.
• Choose one protective factor that will provide the best
example to your constituent group. Explain why this
protective factor would be a good example to use.
• Develop an explanation of risk and protective factors.
• Present your risk- and protective-factor explanation.
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• The Social Development Strategy
• The public health approach
• Research-based predictors of problem
behaviors and positive youth outcomes—
risk and protective factors
• Tested, effective
prevention strategies
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Programs, policies or practices
that have demonstrated
effectiveness in:
• Reducing specific risk factors
and enhancing protective factors
• Enhancing positive behaviors
and reducing negative behaviors
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• Turn to the Presentation Worksheet.
• Answer question 1 on the Presentation Worksheet
by summarizing the SDS, the public health
approach and risk and protective factors.
• Prepare a presentation to your constituent
group in question 2.
• Share your presentation with other participants.
• Note what worked and what didn’t in
your presentation.
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• Assessing community levels of risk and protection.
• Prioritizing elevated risks and depressed
protective factors.
• Including individuals and groups
exposed to the highest levels of risk
and the lowest levels of protection.
• Matching tested, effective programs to
the community’s risk and protection profile.
• Selecting tested, effective programs that
address the racial, economic and cultural
characteristics of the community.
• Implementing chosen programs, policies and practices
with fidelity and intensity at the appropriate ages.
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