...employment counseling programs teach skills necessary for seeking employment. these include both hard skills (e.g., job preparedness and skills training) and soft skills, (e.g., effective job searches, applications, and resumes). some programs may specifically address barriers to employment for convicted offenders. the studies in this category differ from those in the “employment counseling and job training with paid work experience," as each program in this category does not include subsidized or transitional jobs to help participants transition to regular employment. for this broad grouping of studies, programs were delivered in the community for a period ranging from one to eight months....

...day treatment with abstinence contingencies or vouchers is a standalone treatment that combines day treatment interventions with contingency management. this intervention was originally developed to treat homeless drug users. day treatment consists of approximately five hours of primarily group activities including counseling, recreational activities, skills building, etc. as well as lunch. treatment in the included study occurred five days per week during the first two months and two times per week for four months. contingencies were provided dependent on negative urinalysis results. these contingencies included housing and minimum wage employment. other programs might also offer subsidies for utilities or vouchers for items such as personal hygiene products....

...individual placement and support (ips) has been used with adults with serious mental illness to assist clients in obtaining competitive employment. in recent years ips has been modified for persons experiencing their first episode of psychosis and, depending on the person’s preference, the program focuses on employment or return to school....

...athletes targeting healthy exercise and nutrition alternatives (athena) is a school-based disordered eating and substance abuse prevention program for young women. the program is conducted through sports teams rather than classrooms. eight 45-minute lessons are integrated into the teams' normal activities. the program is gender-specific, uses peer leaders, and emphasizes benefits of appropriate nutrition and health for sports. athena also incorporates depression prevention content in the program. there is also a male-specific parallel program named atlas, although there are no rigorous evaluations of atlas to date....

...the programs included in this review are universal screening programs that measure students' body mass index (bmi) at specified grade levels. confidential letters are sent home to families to communicate students’ weight category and corresponding health risk. ...

...the intervention in this meta-analysis is school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (swpbis) (note: the positive action and responsive classroom programs are examined separately). swpbis is a school-wide preventative intervention that aims to increase prosocial norms for all students and staff within a school. program features include 1) a team of six to ten school staff members responsible for leading implementation, 2) an external behavioral support coach for on-site consultation, 3) clearly defined behavioral expectations for students, 4) a staff-developed lesson plan used to teach students the school-wide behavioral expectations, 5) consistent rewards for positive behavior that are used by all school staff, 6) consistent consequences for disciplinary infractions, and 7) a formal data collection and analysis system for disciplinary data. once implemented, the program continues throughout each school year....

...strengthening families for parents and youth 10-14 (also known as the iowa strengthening families program) aims to reduce behavior problems and substance use by enhancing parenting skills, parent-child relationships, and family communication. parents and youth attend weekly group sessions lasting two hours for seven weeks. each session includes a separate, concurrent one-hour parent and youth skills-building session followed by a one-hour family session. a trained group leader uses strengthening families curriculum and videos to guide each session. the studies in this analysis included middle school students and their families. on average, 11 families participated in each group. ...

...this program for male high school athletes involves 7 classes on the effects of anabolic steroids conducted by coaches, 7 weight training sessions, and one parent session during the sports season....