The similarities across these correlates have direct implications for effective intervention with juvenile offenders who are substance abusing. Effective prevention efforts with this population are likely to result in great savings of youth s future and society costs. This pilot will lead to an R01 study that will implement and evaluate a substance abuse prevention program tailored for delinquent adolescents, ages 12-15 who are living in residential settings. The study combines a risk and resiliency framework with an asset and future life options approach to risk reduction and substance abuse prevention.
Ecological theory underpins the risk and resiliency perspective.
In order to conduct the R01 intervention study, a pilot and feasibility study will be conducted. Specific Aims of Project 1. Establish a relationship with the Division of Youth Services, Family Courts of Saint Louis County and the City of Saint Louis to obtain access to this population. Assess the existing substance abuse prevention and future orientation efforts currently being implemented in residential settings with juvenile delinquents. To test and refine measures of future orientation and risky behaviors.