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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
Programs
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Age Range
Across Ages
Ages 10-12
Adolescent Transitions Program
Ages 11-18
Aggression Replacement Training® (ART®)
Ages 12-17
Alcohol Misuse Prevention Study
Ages 10-18
All Children Excel
Ages 6-15
All Stars™
Ages 11-15
Al’s Pals
Ages 3-8
American Indian Life Skills Development
Ages 11-19
Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS)
Ages 13-19
Be a Star
Ages 5-12
Bicultural Competence Skills Approach
Ages 12-18
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Ages 6-16
Boys and Girls Club Gang Prevention Through Targeted Outreach
Ages 6-18
Boys and Girls Club Project Learn
Ages 7-18
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
Career Beginnings
Ages 16-18
Caring School Community Program
Ages 5-12
Children in the Middle
Ages 3-15
Children of Divorce Intervention Program (CODIP)
Ages 5-13
Child–Parent Center
Ages 3-9
Club HERO (Helping Everyone Reach Out)
Ages 10-12
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)
Ages 10-14
Consistency Management & Cooperative Discipline®
Ages 3-18
Coping Power Program
Ages 9-11
Creating Lasting Family Connections
Ages 9-17
DARE To Be You
Ages 2-5
East Texas Experiential Learning Center
Ages 12-13
Extended-Service Schools Initiative
Ages 6-14
Facing History and Ourselves
Ages 12-19
Families And Schools Together (FAST)
Ages 4-12
Families in Action
Ages 11-14
Family Effectiveness Training
Ages 6-12
Family Matters
Ages 12-14
Fast Track
Ages 5-15
Focus on Families
Ages 3-14
Gang Resistance Is Paramount
Ages 7-16
Get Real About Violence
Ages 5-18
Girls Inc. Friendly PEERsuasion®
Ages 11-14
Girls Inc. Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy®
Ages 9-17
Girls’ Circle
Ages 9-18
Good Behavior Game
Ages 6-10
Great Body Shop
Ages 4-14
Growing Healthy
Ages 5-11
Guiding Good Choices
Ages 9-14
Healthy Families America
Ages 0-5
Helping the Noncompliant Child
Ages 2-7
I Can Problem Solve
Ages 4-12
Independence Youth Court
Ages 7-16
Keep A Clear Mind
Ages 8-12
Know Your Body
Ages 5-12
LifeSkills® Training
Ages 8-14
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
Minnesota Smoking Prevention Program
Ages 9-13
Movimiento Ascendencia
Ages 8-19
Multidimensional Family Therapy
Ages 11-18
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Ages 11-18
Multimodal Substance Abuse Prevention
Ages 13-18
Native American Prevention Project Against AIDS and Substance Abuse
Ages 12-18
Not-On-Tobacco (N–O–T)
Ages 14-19
Nurse–Family Partnership
Ages 0-99
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
Ages 6-14
Open Circle Curriculum
Ages 5-10
Operation Ceasefire
Ages 15-24
Parenting Partnership
Ages 0-18
Parenting Wisely
Ages 6-18
Parenting With Love and Limits®
Ages 10-18
Parents as Teachers
Ages 0-5
Parent–Child Assistance Program
Ages 0-3
Peace Works
Ages 4-18
PeaceBuilders
Ages 5-11
Peacemakers Program
Ages 9-14
Peers Making Peace
Ages 5-22
Perry Preschool Project
Ages 3-4
Positive Action
Ages 5-18
Preventive Alcohol Education Program
Ages 12-17
Preventive Treatment Program
Ages 7-9
Primary Project
Ages 4-9
Project ACHIEVE
Ages 3-14
Project EX
Ages 14-19
Project Link
Ages 15-21
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
Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS)
Ages 5-10
Protecting You/Protecting Me®
Ages 6-11
Raising a Thinking Child: I Can Problem Solve for Families
Ages 4-7
Residential Student Assistance Program
Ages 14-17
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program
Ages 6-13
Responding In Peaceful and Positive Ways
Ages 10-14
Responsive Classroom
Ages 5-11
Rural Educational Achievement Project (REAP)
Ages 9-10
SCARE Program
Ages 6-18
SISTERS
Ages 0-50
SMART Leaders
Ages 13-17
SOS Signs of Suicide® Program
Ages 14-18
STARS (Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously) for Families
Ages 11-14
STEP (School Transitional Environmental Program)
Ages 12-18
Safe Dates
Ages 14-15
Say It Straight
Ages 8-18
School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program
Ages 6-17
Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children)
Ages 4-6
Second Step®: A Violence Prevention Curriculum
Ages 4-14
Sembrando Salud
Ages 11-16
Skills, Opportunities, and Recognition (SOAR)
Ages 5-14
Social Competence Promotion Program for Young Adolescents
Ages 11-15
Social Decision Making/Problem Solving Program
Ages 5-14
Steps to Respect®: A Bullying Prevention Program
Ages 8-12
Strengthening Families Program
Ages 3-17
Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10–14
Ages 10-14
Success in Stages®
Ages 9-18
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
Teams–Games–Tournaments Alcohol Prevention
Ages 13-17
Teen Outreach
Ages 14-18
Teenage Health Teaching Modules
Ages 11-18
Too Good for Drugs
Ages 5-18
Too Good for Violence
Ages 5-18
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Ages 3-18
Tribes
Ages 5-18
Urban Improv
Ages 8-11
Violence Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents
Ages 12-18
Woodrock Youth Development Program
Ages 6-14
Wraparound Milwaukee
Ages 13-17
keepin’ it R.E.A.L. (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave)
Ages 10-17
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
Parental approval of friends