Evidence-Based Intervention Fact Sheets
Evidence-Based Interventrions in Practice
Engaging School Administrators Guide
Briefs on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Prevention and Early Intervention Monograph
Developing Safe Schools Partnerships
| In this edition: | New from the Center |
The National Center extends a warm welcome to the new Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) grantees. The National Center’s Web site, www.promoteprevent.org, contains many resources to help you get started. We would also like to reacquaint continuing grantees with the Web site.
Here are a few resources you may find useful:
- Evidence-Based Intervention (EBI) Fact Sheets: These EBI Fact Sheets provide overviews of the 16 EBIs most commonly used by SS/HS, Youth Violence Prevention Programs (YVPP), and Targeted Capacity Expansion (TCE) grantees. To access the EBI Fact Sheets, visit http://www.promoteprevent.org/publications/evidence_based/.
In addition, your Technical Assistance Specialist can provide insight into other grantees’ experiences with a particular EBI.
- Legacy Wheel: This unique resource can help you create and develop your own sustainability work plan. Its features include the following:
- Definitions of sustainability
- Models of sustainability developed by leading organizations
- Self-Assessment questions
- Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
- Eight key strategies of sustainability
- Sustainability resources from the Virtual Library
- Center Briefs: Center Briefs are short publications relevant to the work of grantees. They cover a variety of topics such as
- Preventing Bullying in Schools and the Community
- Hiring an Evaluator
- Substance Abuse, Violence, Mental Health, and Academic Success
- Meeting the Needs of Latino Youth
- Key Strategies for Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention
- Communications Toolkit: This section outlines a step-by-step communications planning process. If you’d like more information about communications, communications technical assistance, or how the Communications Toolkit fits with your program, please contact your Technical Assistance Specialist. To access the Communications Toolkit, go to http://www.promoteprevent.org/resources/communications_toolkit/index.htm.
Be sure to check out the section called "Our View of Sustainability," which provides suggestions on how to use the Legacy Wheel based on your experience working toward sustainability. Access the wheel at http://www.promoteprevent.org/resources/legacy_wheel/.
To access the Center Briefs, go to http://www.promoteprevent.org/publications/center_briefs/.
In addition, we regularly post upcoming funding opportunities and relevant conferences and events on our Grant Opportunities and Events pages.
To check out the Web site, go to http://www.promoteprevent.org.
Building Trust with Immigrant Families
Mid-Valley Providers Consortium
Educational District 105
Yakima, Washington
Safe Schools/Healthy Students grantee
We want to hear from you!
Let us hear about your own Grantees at Work story. If you’ve developed a creative solution to a problem you’ve faced, come up with interesting ideas for programs or events, or successfully implemented strategies that you think would be useful for other grantees to hear about, please e-mail a brief description and your contact information to news@promoteprevent.org. You could be featured in an upcoming Grantees at Work story, and your experiences could help other grantees!
To read past Grantees at Work stories, go to http://www.promoteprevent.org/grantees_at_work/.
This section highlights just a few updates from the prevention field. Please go to http://library.promoteprevent.org/ for more news items and resources.
SAMHSA releases first national survey of school mental health services
School Mental Health Services in the United States, 2002–2003, a study of mental health services at a representative sample of public elementary, middle, and high schools, is the first national survey of its kind. The findings from the study present new information about the role of schools in providing mental health services, and how these services are organized, staffed, funded, and coordinated. Key findings include the following:
- 73% of schools reported that social, interpersonal, or family problems were the most frequent mental health problems for both male and female students.
- All students, not just those in special education, were eligible to receive mental health services in the vast majority of schools (87%).
- One-fifth of students on average received some type of school-supported mental health services in the school year prior to the study.
- Virtually all schools reported having at least one staff member whose responsibilities included providing mental health services to students. The most common types of school mental health providers were school counselors, followed by nurses, school psychologists, and social workers.
- Financial constraints of families and inadequate school mental health resources were cited most frequently as barriers to providing mental health services.
To access the full report, go to http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/sma05-4068/.
New research makes the case for anti-bullying curricula
A survey of 3,530 third, fourth, and fifth grade students found that 22% of children were involved in bullying either as a victim, a bully, or both (i.e., bully-victims). All three bully-involved groups were more likely to report feeling unsafe at school, and victims and bully-victims were more likely than bystanders to have low academic achievement. The researchers concluded that these findings demonstrate the need for evidence-based anti-bullying curricula in the elementary grades. For a copy of this article by Glew et al., please contact the National Center at news@promoteprevent.org.
ASTHO launches Web site section focused on evidence-based public health interventions
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) has launched a new section on its Web site to highlight initiatives and research focused on increasing the evidence base supporting public health interventions. The section, titled Evidence-Based Public Health, contains fact sheets summarizing recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Current topics include violence, social environment, physical activity, diabetes, and oral health. Additional resources are to be added to the site regularly. To access the fact sheets, go to http://www.astho.org/?template=evidence_based_ph_practice.html.
New online resource contains database of effective programs and risk and protective factors
Community Guide to Helping America's Youth, a new online guide developed by nine federal agencies, was recently launched. The guide aims to help communities build partnerships, assess their needs and resources, and choose a program design that can be replicated in their community. The resource includes the Program Tool, a database that contains risk factors, protective factors, and evaluated programs. Find the Community Guide online at http://www.helpingamericasyouth.gov/.
The Grant Opportunities page is updated regularly with new announcements of available public and private grant competitions. Here is just one of the listings you'll find:
Title: MTV’s Hope Venture Grants Contest
Funder: Youth Venture and MTV
Description: MTV and Youth Venture are teaming up to offer up to $1,000 each week to support young people who want to launch a venture—an organization, club, or business—that will aid those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Award: $1,000 awarded weekly until contest deadline
Eligibility: See Web site for details
Deadline: March 17, 2006
Web site: http://www.youthventure.org/index.php?
tg=articles&idx=More&article=1276&topics=368
We regularly add to a detailed listing of conferences and events occurring within the National Center and across the nation. For example,
Date: January 11, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. ET
Location: Videoconference
Title: Communities Respond to Youth Gangs in America
Sponsor: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Description: The videoconference program, which may be viewed on the Internet, will feature community programs and strategies that effectively address the problem of youth gangs. It will explore strategies to leverage resources, provide examples of partnerships across disciplines, highlight innovative strategies, and share information on neighborhood responses and faith-based efforts.
Special Note: Register to view the videoconference prior to the start of the conference (see Web site below).
Web site: http://www.trc.eku.edu/jj
Please visit the Events page at http://www.promoteprevent.org/events/ for a complete listing.
