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Interventions for Adolescents: Two Programs Based on a Multisystemic Problem-Solving Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Stephen A. Rollin  and
Frances F. Prevatt
Stephen A. Rollin*
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Frances F. Prevatt
Affiliation:
Florida State University
*
College of Education, Dept of Human Service and studies, Florida State University, 215 Stone Building, B-194 Tallahassee Florida 32306 - 3001, USA
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Abstract

This article describes two interventions for adolescents based on a multisystemic problem-solving approach. One intervention is a school reentry program for chronically ill adolescents, while the other is a violence prevention program for at-risk youth. Commonalties across the two programs include individualized interventions; an educationally oriented, skills based approach; systems consultation; peers as important change agents; and inclusion of parents, teachers, and community agents. The article discusses the importance of a multisystemic, problem solving approach to interventions. Next, the two individual prevention programs are described. Finally, implications for practice are reviewed for each of the programs.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 9 , Issue S1: Health, Well-being and Coping in Young People , August 1999 , pp. 123 - 132
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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