3 Ways Pre-Trial Intervention Achieves Public Safety
In the United States, there’s a common problem: jails are overcrowded, courts and agencies are overburdened, and costs are skyrocketing. To address this issue, courts, probation offices, and agencies across the country are embracing an evidence-based approach: pre-trial intervention. By encouraging an alternative to arrest or charges in appropriate cases, courts and agencies are using […]
Evidence-Based Strategies to Reduce High-Risk Alcohol Use
Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States, and it results in an average of more than 80,000 deaths each year. More than half of these deaths are due to high-risk drinking, defined as consuming 4 or more standard drinks for women or 5 or more drinks for […]
What To Do if You Think Someone is Being Trafficked
Human trafficking is a transnational, organized crime that affects millions of victims and happens in almost every country in the world, including the United States. Anyone can be a trafficker regardless of social, ethnic, or racial group. Traffickers exploit victims for sex and forced labor by using tactics such as grooming, emotional exploitation, physical restriction, […]
Evidence-Based Practices: Identify Protective Behaviors
At the core of all 3rd Millennium Classrooms courses are evidence-based practices, which are essential to ensuring effective, long-lasting changes. One of the many strategies we use is to Identify Protective Behaviors.
Protecting Our Teens: The Consequences of Sexting and How to Prevent It
The average American teenager spends at least seven hours a day in front of a screen. Much of this time is spent harmlessly, communicating with friends, playing video games, streaming video, etc. However, unfortunately, there is also a lot of sexting and other risky behavior that happens when teens communicate with each other digitally. Some […]
Evidence-Based Practices: Personalized Feedback
A comprehensive review of 42 interventions found strong support for the efficacy of programs that incorporated motivational feedback, expectancy challenge, skills-based activities and personalized feedback.¹ Personalized feedback is integrated into all of our drug and alcohol courses for courts, colleges, and high schools through the use of the eCHECKUP TO GO brief intervention tool.
Studies Show Violence and Aggression Associated with Marijuana Use
Many states have legalized marijuana, and others are making moves toward marijuana legalization. With legalization increasing, the perception of risk associated with marijuana use is decreasing. Increasingly, young people do not view marijuana use as risky behavior. Often, marijuana advocates downplay marijuana’s negative effects on public health and safety.
How to Prevent Alcohol Abuse in College Student Athletes
With high pressures to perform both in the game and in the classroom, student athletes have an unfortunately high alcohol abuse rate. With a work-hard, play-hard culture and unique social environments and peer pressures, student athletes are more likely to report heavy episodic drinking and subscribe to high-risk drinking as part of college party culture.
Promoting Student Wellness – How Educators Can Help
During the past year, schools nationwide were forced to make swift decisions that disrupted typical instructional routines and impacted student learning and wellbeing.
Taking Care of Yourself During the Holidays: A Survival Guide for Educators and School Faculty
It’s understandable that teachers and school leaders feel overwhelmed. After a demanding fall semester, it’s essential to take time for yourself. The holidays give educators a chance to take a breath and recharge, especially when self-care has been on the back burner
