Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black interview practitioners from more
than fifty dating violence and sexual assault programs across the
United States to provide a unique resource for effective teen
dating violence prevention. Enhancing existing research with the
shared wisdom of the nation's prevention community, Weisz and Black
describe program goals and content, recruitment strategies,
membership, structure, and community involvement in practitioners'
own words. Their comprehensive approach reveals the core techniques
that should be a part of any successful prevention program,
including theoretical consistency, which contributes to sound
content development, and peer education and youth leadership, which
empower participants and keep programs relevant.
Weisz and Black show that multisession programs are most useful
in preventing violence and assault, because they enable
participants to learn new behaviors and change entrenched
attitudes. Combining single- and mixed-gender sessions, as well as
steering discussions away from the assignment of blame, also yield
positive results. The authors demonstrate that productive education
remains sensitive to differences in culture and sexual orientation
and includes experiential exercises and role-playing. Manuals help
in guiding educators and improving evaluation, but they should also
allow adolescents to direct the discussion. Good programs regularly
address teachers and parents. Ultimately, though, Weisz and Black
find that the ideal program retains prevention educators long after
the apprentice stage, encouraging self-evaluation and new
interventions based on the wisdom that experience brings.
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