In this issue of the Prevention Connection Newsletter:

• Web Conference: Sustaining a Violence Against Women Prevention Movement
• Interview: Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black share their Perspectives on What Works
• Interview: David Wolfe talks about A School-Based Program to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence
• Sign-Up for the Prevention Connection

1st Session:
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 11 AM Pacific / 2 PM Eastern

2nd Session (Repeat of 1st)
:Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 11 AM Pacific / 2 PM Eastern

Cost: Free

Summary:
This forum will present a discussion of the resources and tools needed to support and sustain a violence against women primary prevention movement (e.g., proper framing of issues, research and evaluation, tool development, training and technical assistance, resource development, etc.), and a discussion of strategies to create and/or obtain these resources (e.g., broad-based partnerships, legislation and advocacy, etc.).

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(12 min) In this interview with Arlene Weisz and Beverly Black, authors of Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault: Perspectives on What Works (2009), Prevention Connection's David Lee explores the research behind the book and the prevention programming basics that the book describes.

Publisher's description of the book:

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.

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(16 min) In this interview with David A. Wolfe, Ph.D., ABPP, Prevention Connection's David Lee explores the theory and practice behind Dr. Wolfe's article, A School-Based Program to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence: A Cluster Randomized Trial, recently published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

Dr. Wolfe is the RBC Chair in Children's Mental Health, and a Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Child Abuse & Neglect. You can learn more about Dr. Wolfe's work to foster healthy youth relationships and reduce risky behaviours at YouthRelationship.org.

Wolfe, D. A., Crooks, C., Jaffe, P., Chiodo, D., Hughes, R., Ellis, W., et al. (2009). A School-Based Program to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 163(8), 692-699.

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