Related Agencies and Websites

• Advocates for Youth
• Bureau for At-Risk Youth
• Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Center for Prevention Research and Development
• Center for the Prevention of School Violence
• Child Abuse Prevention Network
• Child Trends, Inc.
• Children's Institute
• Connect for Kids: Guidance for Grownups
• Families and Schools Together (FAST)
• Institute for Prevention Research
• National Dropout Prevention Network
• National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
• Prevention First
• Prevention Institute
• Illinois Prevention Resource Center (A Project of Prevention First, Inc.)
• The Prevention Researcher
• The Regional K-12 Student Mental Health Initiative
• Society for Prevention Research
• Strengthening Families Program (SEP)
• Wisonsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources

• Adolescence: Growing Up in America Today. By Dryfoos, J.G. and Barkin, C. 2006. Oxford University Press.
• Adolescent Reputations and Risk: Developmental Trajectories to Delinquency. By Carroll, A., Houghton, S., Durkin, K., & Hattie, J.A. (2010). Springer.
• Handbook of Adolescent Behavioral Problems: Evidence-Based Approaches to Prevention and Treatment (issues in Children's and Families' Lives.  Gullotta, T. and Adams, G. (Eds.) (2005). Guiford Press.
• Helping Adolescents at Risk Prevention of Multiple Problem Behaviors.  Biglan, A., Brennan, P., Foster, S., & Holder, H. (2005). Guiford Press.
• "School-based Programs and Policies to Discourage Student High-Risk Behaviors and Promote Health and Wellness."  Burke, R.W., Axelrod J., Weist M., Paternite, C. (2006).  The State Education Standard, 7 (1). National Association of State Boards, Alexandria, VA.
• Strengths-Based Counseling With At-Risk Youth Ungar,M. (2006). Corwin Press. 144pp.
• Youth at Risk: A Prevention Resource for Counselors, Teachers, and Parents.  American Counseling Association (2005).Prentice Hall. 480pp.

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