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Protective Factors—Individual
Healthy / Conventional beliefs and clear standards
High expectations
Perception of social support from adults and peers
Positive / Resilient temperament
Positive expectations / Optimism for the future
Religiosity / Involvement in organized religious activities
Self-efficacy
Social competencies and problem-solving skills
Protective Factors—Family
Effective parenting
Good relationships with parents / Bonding or attachment to family
Having a stable family
High expectations
Opportunities for prosocial family involvement
Rewards for prosocial family involvement
Protective Factors—School
Above average academic achievement / Reading and math skills
High expectations of students
High quality schools / Clear standards and rules
Opportunities for prosocial school involvement
Presence and involvement of caring, supportive adults
Rewards for prosocial school involvement
Strong school motivation / Positive attitude toward school
Student bonding (attachment to teachers, belief, commitment)
Protective Factors—Community
Clear social norms / Policies with sanctions for violations and rewards for compliance
High expectations
Nondisadvantaged neighborhood
Presence and involvement of caring, supportive adults
Prosocial opportunities for participation / Availability of neighborhood resources
Rewards for prosocial community involvement
Safe environment / Low neighborhood crime
Protective Factors—Peer
Good relationships with peers
Involvement with positive peer group activities
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Aggression Replacement Training® (ART®)
Ages 12-17
All Children Excel
Ages 6-15
Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS)
Ages 13-19
Boys and Girls Club Gang Prevention Through Targeted Outreach
Ages 6-18
Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students (BASICS)
Ages 18-24
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
Ages 8-18
Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development Program (BUILD)
Ages 10-17
CASASTART
Ages 8-13
Caring School Community Program
Ages 5-12
Club HERO (Helping Everyone Reach Out)
Ages 10-12
Comprehensive Gang Model
Ages 12-25
Consistency Management & Cooperative Discipline®
Ages 3-18
East Texas Experiential Learning Center
Ages 12-13
Extended-Service Schools Initiative
Ages 6-14
Families And Schools Together (FAST)
Ages 4-12
Families in Action
Ages 11-14
Family Matters
Ages 12-14
Fast Track
Ages 5-15
Gang Resistance Is Paramount
Ages 7-16
Girls Inc. Friendly PEERsuasion®
Ages 11-14
Girls Inc. Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy®
Ages 9-17
Girls’ Circle
Ages 9-18
Great Body Shop
Ages 4-14
Guiding Good Choices
Ages 9-14
I Can Problem Solve
Ages 4-12
Kentucky Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Project
Ages 11-14
Know Your Body
Ages 5-12
Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT)
Ages 6-11
Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence
Ages 10-14
Lions-Quest Working Toward Peace
Ages 10-14
Movimiento Ascendencia
Ages 8-19
Multidimensional Family Therapy
Ages 11-18
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Ages 11-18
Multisystemic Therapy
Ages 12-17
Native American Prevention Project Against AIDS and Substance Abuse
Ages 12-18
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
Ages 6-14
Operation Ceasefire
Ages 15-24
Parenting Wisely
Ages 6-18
PeaceBuilders
Ages 5-11
Peers Making Peace
Ages 5-22
Perry Preschool Project
Ages 3-4
Philadelphia Youth Violence Reduction
Ages 14-19
Preventive Alcohol Education Program
Ages 12-17
Preventive Treatment Program
Ages 7-9
Project ALERT
Ages 11-14
Project Northland—Class Action
Ages 14-18
Project PACE
Ages 9-10
Project Toward No Drug Abuse
Ages 14-19
Project Toward No Tobacco Use
Ages 10-14
Prolonged Exposure Therapy
Ages 15-70
Raising a Thinking Child: I Can Problem Solve for Families
Ages 4-7
Responding In Peaceful and Positive Ways
Ages 10-14
Richmond Comprehensive Homicide Initiative
Ages 12-30
SMART Leaders
Ages 13-17
SMART Team (Students Managing Anger and Resolution Together)
Ages 11-15
STARS (Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously) for Families
Ages 11-14
STEP (School Transitional Environmental Program)
Ages 12-18
San Diego County Breaking Cycles
Ages 12-17
Say It Straight
Ages 8-18
School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program
Ages 6-17
Second Step®: A Violence Prevention Curriculum
Ages 4-14
Skills, Opportunities, and Recognition (SOAR)
Ages 5-14
Social Decision Making/Problem Solving Program
Ages 5-14
Spit Tobacco Intervention for High School Athletes
Ages 14-18
Steps to Respect®: A Bullying Prevention Program
Ages 8-12
Supporting Adolescents with Guidance and Employment (SAGE)
Ages 12-16
Syracuse Family Development Research Program
Ages 5-10
Teaching Students to Be Peacemakers
Ages 7-18
The Incredible Years
Ages 2-10
Too Good for Drugs
Ages 5-18
Too Good for Violence
Ages 5-18
Tribes
Ages 5-18
Urban Improv
Ages 8-11
Urban Women Against Substance Abuse
Ages 9-15
Violence Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents
Ages 12-18
Woodrock Youth Development Program
Ages 6-14
Wraparound Milwaukee
Ages 13-17
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