 | Substance Abuse Prevention: The Intersection of Science and Practice by Julie Hogan
Buy new: $66.78 / Used from: $50.00 BASIC: A great overview for those in the prevention field and interested bystanders.
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 | Communities That Care: Action for Drug Abuse Prevention (Joint Publication of the Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral S) by J. David Hawkins
Buy new: $44.00 / Used from: $0.53 BASIC: The research of Hawkins and Catalano has provided the foundation for most current prevention work. This book is a helpful summary of a community-based approach to prevention.
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 | Buzzed: The Straight Facts about the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition by Cynthia Kuhn
Buy used from: $0.62 BASIC: Excellent, useable, up-to-date pharmocology info in non-technical language. A reference that reads like a novel.
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 | Prevention That Works!: A Guide For Developing School-Based Drug and Violence Prevention Programs by Mrs. Cynthia R. Knowles
Buy new: $35.95 / Used from: $22.49 BASIC: An excellent book that covers all the bases, including program evaluation.
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 | All Kids Are Our Kids: What Communities Must Do to Raise Caring and Responsible Children and Adolescents by Peter L. Benson
Buy used from: $0.01 BASIC: An overview of the 40 Development Assets from Search Institute.
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 | Ten Talks Parents Must Have Their Children About Drugs & Choices (Ten Talks Series) by Xenia Becher
Buy used from: $0.01 BASIC: Parents are the single biggest influence on kids. This practical book can help them talk to their children about alcohol and other drugs.
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 | Inhalant prevention resource guide by Isabel Burk
BASIC: This is a great resource, if you can track it down.
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 | What Kids Need to Succeed: Proven, Practical Ways to Raise Good Kids by Peter L. Benson Ph.D.
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 BASIC: A positive and practical approach to parenting that is also sound from a prevention perspective.
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 | Building Assets in Congregations: A Practical Guide for Helping Youth Grow Up Healthy by Eugene C. Roehlkepartain
Buy new: $18.68 / Used from: $3.96 BASIC: 40 Development Assets for communities of faith.
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 | Clinician's Guide to Substance Abuse (Hazelden Chronic Illness) by David E. Smith
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $21.98 INTERMEDIATE: A well-grounded overview of addiction and pharmocology.
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 | School-Based Drug Prevention: What Kind of Drug Use Does It Prevent? by Jonathan Caulkins
Buy new: $24.00 INTERMEDIATE: What actually works in school-based prevention? Find out here.
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| Measuring Community Indicators: A Systems Approach to Drug and Alcohol Problems (Applied Social Research Methods) by Dr. Paul J. Gruenewald
Buy new: $46.95 / Used from: $6.80 INTERMEDIATE: A down-to-earth approach on community indicators, useful for both needs assessment & program evaluation.
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 | Great Places to Learn: How Asset-Building Schools Help Students Succeed by Neal Starkman
Buy used from: $0.01 INTERMEDIATE: The 40 Developmental Assets for schools and educators.
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 | The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians
Buy new: $50.00 / Used from: $1.90 INTERMEDIATE: For use in school communities at the high school and college level.
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 | Grant Writing for Dummies by Beverly A. Browning
Buy used from: $1.98 INTERMEDIATE: A good starting point to get the money you need to do the programming you want.
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 | More Than Just a Place to Go: How Development Assets Can Strengthen Your Youth Program by Yvonne Pearson
Buy new: $26.56 / Used from: $1.99 INTERMEDIATE: The 40 Developmental Assets for youth programs.
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 | Successful Youth Mentoring
Buy used from: $7.02 INTERMEDIATE: A guide for youth mentors and mentoring program staff.
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 | Coming Into Their Own: How Developmental Assets Promote Positive Growth in Middle Childhood by Peter C. Scales PhD
Buy new: $22.76 / Used from: $14.98 INTERMEDIATE: More 40 Developmental Assets, this time for those middle school aged-children.
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 | Community Programs to Promote Youth Development
Buy used from: $34.95 ADVANCED: An excellent guide for those interested in developing and/or implementing youth programs.
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 | Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development by Peter C. Scales PhD
Buy new: $21.86 / Used from: $10.70 ADVANCED: Research on youth development, primarily from a 40 Developmental Assets perspective.
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 | Developmental Assets and Asset-Building Communities: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice (The Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society)
Buy new: $79.95 / Used from: $49.95 ADVANCED: The title says it all. More on the 40 Developmental Assets.
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 | The Science of Prevention: Methodological Advances from Alcohol and Substance Abuse Research
Buy used from: $94.46 ADVANCED: A look at issues--mostly methodological--surrounding prevention research and practice.
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 | Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America by William L. White
Buy used from: $17.00 ADVANCED: A history of addiction treatment and recovery in the U.S.
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 | Evaluation: A Systematic Approach by Dr. Peter H. Rossi
Buy new: $83.74 / Used from: $47.99 ADVANCED: Not for the faint-hearted. This book will give you more than you'll ever need regarding evaluation.
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 | Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention: Theory, Science, and Practice (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research)
Buy new: $239.00 / Used from: $99.00 ADVANCED: State-of-the-art overview of research. You'll need grant funding to handle the price tag.
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