Adolescent risk behaviors: why teens experiment and strategies to keep them safe

Valuing adolescence

Learning the rules of relating

The dark side of the rules

Choices and pressures of today's youth

Making sense of making choices

What works in prevention: promises and pitfalls

The blueprint: best principles for program design

The delivery: best practices for strengthening relationships and managing risks

The context: overcoming barriers and engaging schools

The evolution of univesal efforts to reduce adolescent risk behaviors.

Series foreword / Alan E. Kazdin

Preface

Acknowledgments

Valuing adolescence

Learning the rules of relating

The dark side of the rules

Choices and pressures of today's youth

Making sense of making choices

What works in prevention: promises and pitfalls

The blueprint: best principles for program design

The delivery: best practices for strengthening relationships and managing risks

The context: overcoming barriers and engaging schools

The evolution of universal efforts to reduce adolescent risk behaviors.