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• To learn how to explain the Communities That Care
  process and the research foundation.

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• Participants will be able to
• Explain the research foundation of the
  Communities That Care system.
• Explain the Communities That Care system.

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• The Social Development Strategy
• The public health approach
• Research-based predictors of problem behaviors
  and positive youth outcomesrisk and protective
  factors
• Tested, effective prevention strategies

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• A research-based model that organizes known
  protective factors into a guiding framework for
  building positive futures for children

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The goal Healthy behaviors for all children and
youth
Start with Healthy beliefs clear standards in
families, schools, communities and peer groups
Build Bonding Attachment Commitment to
families, schools, communities and peer groups
By providing By providing
By providing Opportunities
Skills Recognition in families,
schools, communities and peer groups
And by nurturing Individual characteristics
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• The Social Development Strategy
• The public health approach

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• The Social Development Strategy
• The public health approach
• Research-based predictors of problem behaviors
  and positive youth outcomesrisk and protective
  factors

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Risk factors

• Research has identified risk factors in four
  domains

Risk factors are predictive of higher levels of
adolescent substance abuse, delinquency, teen
pregnancy, school drop-out and violence.
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• Research-based
• Predictive in multiple longitudinal studies
• Present in all areas of influence
• Predictive of multiple problem behaviors
• Present throughout development
• Work similarly across racial lines
• Measurable
• Buffered by protective factors

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Availability of drugs
Availability of firearms
Community laws and norms favorable toward drug
use, firearms and crime
Media portrayals of violence
Transitions and mobility
Low neighborhood attachment and community
disorganization
Extreme economic deprivation
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Family history of the problem behavior
Family management problems
Family conflict
Favorable parental attitudes and involvement in
the problem behavior
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Academic failure beginning in late elementary
school
Lack of commitment to school
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Early and persistent antisocial behavior
Rebelliousness
Friends who engage in the problem behavior
Gang involvement
Favorable attitudes toward the problem behavior
Early initiation of the problem behavior
Constitutional factors
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Protective factors

• Research has identified protective factors in
  four domains

Protective factorsbuffer young peoples exposure
to risk.
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• Research-based
• Present in all areas of influence
• Measurable
• Identified in multiple longitudinal studies
• Present throughout development
• Buffer effects of risk exposure

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• Individual factors
• - High intelligence
• - Resilient temperament
• - Prosocial orientation
• Competencies and skills
• Prosocial opportunities
• Reinforcement for prosocial involvement
• Bonding
• Healthy beliefs and clear standards

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• Risk and protective factors exist in all areas
  of childrens lives.
• The more risk factors present, the greater the
  chances of problem behavior.
• Risk and protective factors can be present
  throughout development.
• Risk factors are buffered by protective factors.

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• Common risk and protective factors predict
  diverse behavior problems.
• Risk and protective factors work similarly
  across racial groups.
• Both risk and protective factors should be used
  in prevention efforts.

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• The Social Development Strategy
• The public health approach
• Research-based predictors of problem behaviors
  and positive youth outcomesrisk and protective
  factors
• Tested, effective prevention strategies

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• Programs, policies or practices that have
  demonstrated effectiveness in
• Reducing specific risk factors and enhancing
  protective factors
• Enhancing positive behaviors and reducing
  negative behaviors

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• Includes approaches such as
• parent training
• family therapy
• classroom social-competence curricula
• community and school policies
• prenatal and infancy programs.

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• A community-wide initiative that
• promotes the positive development of children
  and youth
• prevents adolescent problem behaviors.

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• The system is
• inclusive
• proactive
• grounded in rigorous research from a variety of
  fields
• community-specific.

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• Purpose Begin the Communities That Care process.
• Identify
• people
• scope
• readiness
• resources.

Support Strategic Consultation Tools for
Community Leaders A Guidebook for Getting Started
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• Purpose Prepare Key Leaders, the Community
  Board and community members for involvement by
• developing an organizational structure
• creating a work plan
• securing resources to implement the Communities
  That Care system
• confirming milestones and benchmarks to create
  accountability.

Support Key Leader Orientation Community Board
Orientation Technical Assistance as needed
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• Purpose Identify gaps in current response to
  priorities.
• Assess risk factors, protective factors and
  problem behaviors (Communities That Care Youth
  Survey).
• Prioritize risk and protective factors, and
  populations or geographic areas.
• Complete resources assessment and gaps analysis.

Support Community Assessment Training Community
Resources Assessment Training Technical
Assistance as needed
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• Purpose Create a plan for implementing and
  evaluating tested, effective programs, policies
  and practices.
• Measurable outcomes
• Selection of programs, policies and practices to
  fill gaps
• Implementation and evaluation plans

Support Community Planning Training Technical
Assistance as needed
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• Purpose Implement and evaluate the plan, and
  refine as needed.
• Implement selected programs, policies and
  practices.
• Evaluate the process and outcomes.
• Adjust the plan.

Support Community Plan Implementation Training
Technical Assistance as needed
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• Established for each phase
• Indicate critical steps and procedures
• Document and celebrate accomplishments
• Supported by training modules

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• Assessing community levels of risk and
  protection.
• Prioritizing elevated risks and depressed
  protective factors.
• Including individuals and groups exposed to the
  highest levels of risk and the lowest levels of
  protection.
• Matching tested, effective programs to the
  communitys risk and protection profile.
• Selecting tested, effective programs that
  address the racial, economic and cultural
  characteristics of the community.
• Implementing chosen programs, policies and
  practices with fidelity and intensity at the
  appropriate ages.

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