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I work primarily
with Asian American communities. Can you help me identify some evidence-based
programs that have either been adapted or developed specifically for this
population?
From CSAP's Northeast Database of Effective
Programs:
Across Ages:
Across Ages is a school-based project mentoring sixth-graders to increase
resiliency and reduce the likelihood that they will drop out of school,
become adolescent parents, or use alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs. Nine
percent of original participants were Asian American.
CSAP has rated this program as Model.
Contact Information:
Andrea Taylor, Ph.D., Project Director & Principal Investigator (contact
for general program information)
Francine Smith (contact to order materials)
Temple University, Center for Intergenerational Learning
Telephone: (215) 204-6708 (main number), (215) 204-6970 (main switchboard)
Fax: (215) 204-6733
Email: andreat46@aol.com, Mikesonk@astro.ocis.temple.edu
Web site: http://www.temple.edu/CIL/Acrossageshome.htm
Please contact the Northeast CAPT at capt@edc.org
for more information.
Asian Youth Alliance:
The Asian Youth Alliance Program (AYA) is a multi-level, ethnic-specific
prevention program developed by Asian American Recovery Services in Daly
City, California.
CSAP has rated this program as Promising.
Contact Information:
Joe Laping, M.A., Program Director Asian American Recovery Services Telephone:
(650) 301-3240
Fax: (650) 301-3249
Email: jlaping@aars-inc.org
Web Site: http://www.aars-inc.org/aya
Families and Schools Together (FAST):
Families and Schools Together (FAST) is a training, coaching, and family/classroom
management program for parents and teachers designed to reduce causes
of three problems: (1) alcohol and drug abuse, (2) violence and delinquency,
and (3) school dropout. Two percent of original participants were Asian
American.
CSAP has rated this program as Promising.
Contact Information: Linda Wheeler, Ph.D., National FAST Director (contact
for general program information) LaSonda Buck, Program Coordinator (contact
for general program information) Laura Pinsoneault, National FAST Trainer/Resource
Specialist (contact Alliance for Children and Families)
Telephone: (414) 359-1040, ext. 3686 (main number), (800) 221-3726
Fax: (414) 359-1074
Email: lwheeler@alliance1.org,
lbuck@alliance1.org, lpinsoneault@alliance1.org
Web site: http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/fast
Nurturing Parenting Program:
The Nurturing Parenting Programs are validated, family-centered programs
designed to build nurturing skills as alternatives to abusive parenting
and child rearing attitudes and practices. Thirteen different programs
address specific age groups (infants, school-aged and teens), cultures
(Hispanic, South East Asian, African American), and needs (special learning
needs, families in alcohol recovery).
This program was endorsed by OJJDP.
Contact Information:
Stephen Bavolek, Ph.D. (contact for general program information)
Telephone:(800) 688-5822 Fax: (435) 649-9599
Email: fdr@familydev.com
Web site: http://www.familydev.com
Project Towards No Tobacco
(TNT):
Project Toward No Tobacco Use (TNT) of the University of Southern California
is a school-based prevention project designed to delay the initiation
and reduce the use of tobacco by middle school children. Six percent of
original participants were Asian American.
The U.S. Department of Education has rated this program as Exemplary and
CSAP has rated this program as Model.
Contact information:
Steve Sussman, Ph.D. Telephone: (323) 442-2594 Fax: (323) 442-2601
Email: ssussma@hsc.usc.edu
Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/index.htm
Seattle Social Development Project
(SSDP):
The Seattle Social Development Project (SSDP) is a school-based intervention
for grades 1-6 that seeks to reduce childhood risks for delinquency and
drug abuse by improving parent-child communication and changing teachers'
classroom management practices. Twenty-one percent of original participants
were Asian American.
The U.S. Department of Education has rated this program as Promising and
CSAP has rated this program as Model.
Contact Information:
J. David Hawkins, Ph.D., Director of SDR Group & Professor (contact for
general program information) Richard F. Catalano, Ph.D., Associate Director
of SDR Group, & Professor (contact for general program information) Shelley
Logan, Assistant to the Director (contact for general program information)
Social Development Research Group
Telephone: (206) 543-7655 (J. D. H. and R. F. C.) (main number), (206)
543-6742 (S. L.)
Fax: (206) 543-4507
Email: jdh@u.washington.edu,
slogan@u.washington.edu (Shelley
Logan)
Teenage Health Teaching Modules (THTM):
Teenage Health Teaching Modules is a health education curriculum designed
to help students in grades 6-12 develop the following skills: risk assessment,
self-assessment, communication, decision making, goal setting, health
advocacy, and healthy self-management. About 2.7 percent of original participants
were Asian American.
The U.S. Department of Education and CSAP have rated this program as Promising.
Contact Information:
Christine Blaber (contact for general program information) Education Development
Center
Telephone: 800-225-4276 (x2364) (main number), 800-793-5076 (To order
materials)
Fax: 412-741-0609 (To order materials)
Email: cblaber@edc.org
Website: http://www2.edc.org/thtm
Strengthening Hawaii Families (SHF):
Strengthening Hawaii Families is a cultural values-based primary prevention
program developed to reduce and prevent substance abuse, domestic violence,
and gang involvement by reducing risk factors and increasing resiliency
factors in both the community and the family. The prevention intervention
is based on evidence demonstrating the link between poor family functioning
and alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use as well as literature delineating
risk and protective factors unique to Pacific Island and Asian families
with elementary school-aged children.
CSAP has rated this program as Promising.
Contact Information:
Sandra Lacar (contact for general program information)
Telephone: (808) 545-3228
Email: cdfh@pixi.com
Web site: http://www.drugfreehawaii.org
For more information about any of these programs,
please visit the CSAP's Northeast CAPT Database of Effective Programs
at www.hhd.org/capt/default.asp
Best Practices and Promising Practices Programs
Recommended by CSAP's Western CAPT for Asian American Communities (including
several listed above):
Best Practices:
- Across Ages (CSAP demonstration grant #2779)
- Families and Schools Together (FAST) (McDonald)
- Incredible Years (Parent and Children Videotape
Series) (Webster-Stratton)
- MELD
- Nurturing Program
- Preparing for the Drug Free Years (Hawkins
and Catalano)
- Project Towards No Drug Abuse
- Project Towards No Tobacco Use
- Strengthening Families Program
- Strengthening Hawaii Families
Promising Practices:
- I Can Problem Solve (ICPS) (Shure)
- Strengthening Multi-Ethnic Families and Communities
(Steele)
For more information on definition of "Best
Practices" and "Promising Practices," or more information on any of these
programs, look at CSAP's Western CAPT's Best and Promising Practices for
Substance Abuse Prevention (July, 2002), available at www.unr.edu/content/
Promising Practices
Other Resources on Substance Abuse
Prevention for Asian American Communities:
Please contact CSAP's Northeast CAPT at capt@edc.org
for more information.
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