Prevention Program Development and Evaluation: An Incidence Reduction, Culturally Relevant Approach

PrefaceList of Tables and FiguresPART I: PREVENTION FOUNDATIONCh 1. Prevention in Everyday LifeCh 2. Basic Tenets of PreventionCh 3. Criteria for Determining a Prevention ProgramCh 4. Reducing Incidence in PreventionPART II: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATONCh 5. Program Development and Evaluation : Basic UnderstandingsCh 6. Community-Based, Collaborative, Culturally Relevant PD&EPART III: TEN-STEP PREVENTION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION APPROACHCH 7. Laying the Groundwork for Community, Collaboration, and Cultural Relevance Processes: Steps 1-8Ch 8. Designing the Prevention Program and Evaluation Plan: Steps 9-10Ch 9. Back to the Future: Applying Incidence Reduction to Problem Identification in Prevention Program Development and EvaluationCh 10. Analyzing and Learning From Prevention ProgramsAppendix A: Ten-Step PPD&E ModelAppendix B: Laying the Groundwork (Steps 1-8) for Community, Collaboration, and Cultural RelevanceAppendix C: Implement and Evaluate (Steps 9-10)Appendix D: PPD&E Step 9: Design the Prevention Program PlanAppendix E: PPD&E Step 10: Design the Prevention Program Evaluation PlanAppendix F. Basic Incidence Reduction FormulaeAppendix G. PPD&E Step 9b: Identify the ProblemAppendix H: Useful Web SitesReferences

Robert K. Conyne, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus from the University of Cincinnati, is a Licensed Psychologist, Clinical Counselor and Fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) and the American Psychological Association. He has 36 years of professional experience as a University Professor and Department Head, psychologist, counselor, administrator, consultant, and trainer. Current work finds him volunteering as an American Red Cross disaster mental health specialist and serving as a Military Family Life Consultant. Bob has received many awards, including Eminent Career Award from the ASGW; Lifetime Achievement Award in Prevention, Society of Counseling Psychology of the APA; Distinguished Alumni Award of Distinction from Purdue University, and being designated a Soros International Scholar. He is 2009 President of the APA's Division of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy. With over 200 scholarly publications and presentations including 10 books in his areas of expertise (group work, prevention, and ecological counseling), along with broad international consultation in these areas, Bob is recognized as an expert in working with people and systems. With colleague (and wife), Lynn S. Rapin, Ph.D., he also helps people plan and prepare psychologically for their upcoming retirement, using the holistic approach they developed, "Charting Your Personal Future." <br /><br />This new book on Prevention Program Development builds on his basic text, <em>Preventive Counseling </em>(2004). His most recent offering (2008) is <em>Group Techniques: How to Use Them More Meaningfully </em>(with former students Jeri Crowell and Mark Newmeyer), which demonstrates how to help group members by using an ecological orientation. When not working, Bob and Lynn-as often as possible with their children Suzanne and Zack, who are now grown--can be found enjoying life at their Northern Ontario cottage with their dog, Lucy.