Prevention Groups: Evidence-Based Approaches to Advance the Field

The purposes of this special issue are to expand the attention given to prevention groups by theorists; practitioners; researchers; and advocates and to increase the frequency of occurrence of effective prevention groups; their presence in the scholarly literature; and their inclusion within training programs for counseling psychologists and other helpers.

Prevention Groups: The Shape of Things to Come
Pages 193–198
Conyne, Robert K.; Harpine, Elaine Clanton

History of Prevention and Prevention Groups: Legacy for the 21st Century
Pages 199–210
Hage, Sally M.; Romano, John L.

Effectiveness Outcomes of Four Age Versions of the Strengthening Families Program in Statewide Field Sites
Pages 211–229
Kumpfer, Karol L.; Whiteside, Henry O.; Greene, Jeanie Ahearn; Allen, Keely Cofrin

The Incredible Years Parent Training Program: Promoting Resilience Through Evidence-Based Prevention Groups
Pages 230–241
Borden, Lindsay A.; Schultz, Tia R.; Herman, Keith C.; Brooks, Connie M.

Community and School Violence and Risk Reduction: Empirically Supported Prevention
Pages 242–256
McWhirter, Paula T.; McWhirter, J. Jeffries

Bully Busters Abbreviated: Evaluation of a Group-Based Bully Intervention and Prevention Program
Pages 257–267
Bell, Christopher D.; Raczynski, Katherine A.; Horne, Arthur M.

Prevention Groups: Today and Tomorrow
Pages 268–280
Harpine, Elaine Clanton; Nitza, Amy; Conyne, Robert