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Building Effective School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention Programs, Stephanie M. Juhl
Building Effective School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention Programs, Stephanie M. Juhl
Graduate Research Papers
Substance abuse among children and adolescents has become an epidemic in our society. Therefore, it is important to be cognizant of the reasons for child and adolescent substance abuse as well as to recognize risk factors for use. Many prevention programs have not been research-based and are not appropriate for all populations. Several programs and approaches are reviewed as to whether they will reduce the use of substances. School counselors can improve efforts by combining approaches to create comprehensive and multifaceted programs, which will improve the probability of prevention. Creating school counseling programs will be fundamental in preventing early substance …