Midwestern Prevention Project . A comprehensive, community-based program designed to prevent the use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana among junior high and middle school students. The program introduces five intervention strategies in sequence over a five-year period that involve mass media, school, parents, community organizations, and health policy to combat drug use in the community. Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care is an effective alternative to residential treatment for adolescents who have problems with chronic delinquency and antisocial behavior. Youth are placed in well-supervised foster families for six to nine months and undergo weekly individualized therapy.
Foster families receive weekly group supervision and daily telephone monitoring.
Biological parents learn behavior management techniques to ensure gains made in the foster setting are maintained after the youth returns home. MST is a short-term, intensive program by credentialed therapists that has been proven effective for decreasing antisocial behavior of violent and chronic juvenile offenders. Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation by Nurses sends nurses into the homes of at-risk pregnant women bearing their first child to ensure the health of the mother and child. Home visits promote children's physical, cognitive, and emotional development and provide general support and parenting instruction from the prenatal period to two years after birth. Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies is a multiyear, school-based prevention model for elementary school children designed to promote emotional and social competence, including expressing, understanding, and controlling emotions.