Summary
Contents
Subject index
“Despite, or perhaps because of, its brevity (98 pages plus references) this is a very useful compendium of programmes proven to be effective. I commend it to all those who wish to move away from the individual case referral.” --Ewen Rennie in BPS Division of Educational & Clinical
Current Status and Future Directions
Current Status and Future Directions
In the preceding chapters I have described the goals, methods, and outcomes of school-based prevention in several different areas. In this chapter, I attempt to synthesize this information in order to reach some general conclusions and to discuss future directions. My general conclusions are presented first, followed by discussion of some methodological guidelines for future research. In the last section of the chapter, I offer a few suggestions and predictions about future work.
General Conclusions
School-based prevention is a very young science: 74% of all published research studies on the behavioral impacts of school-based prevention have appeared since 1980. Given its short history, it is not surprising that more work needs to be done and only tentative conclusions ...
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