SOC Welfare 579A

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Prevention Science: Children and Adolescents

Syllabus
Course Reserves
Session Notes
Autumn 2009
SSW Room 125

Instructor: J. David Hawkins
Email: jdh@u.washington.edu

Office: SSW 211-C
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30
Telephone: 206-543-7655

September 30 - Foundations of prevention


October 7 - Risk, promotive and protective factors and processes in adolescent health, mental health and behavior


October 14 - Principles of Prevention Science


October 21 - Using epidemiologic data to guide preventive intervention, designs for preventive trials


October 28 - Methodological challenges in prevention science

Guest Speaker: Ric Brown, Prevention Scientist, Social Development Research Group, Principal Investigator, Steps to Respect Evaluation


November 4 - Preventive interventions in pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood

Guest Speaker: Susan Spieker, Ph.D., Director, Center on Infant Mental Health and Development; Professor, Family and Child Nursing


November 18 - Preventive Interventions during the school years

Guest Speaker: Kevin Haggerty, MSW, Assistant Director, Social Development Research Group; Director, Raising Healthy Children Project; Principal Investigator, Family Connections Project


November 25 - Preventive interventions during the school years

Guest Speaker: Robert McMahon, Ph.D., Professor Psychology


December 2 - Preventive interventions in adolescence, harm reduction

Guest Speaker: G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and  Director, Addictive Behaviors Research Center


December 11 - Policy and prevention science, dissemination of tested and effective preventive interventions

Guest Speaker: Steve Aos, Assistant Director, Washington State Institute for Public Policy