Universal Family Interventions

"Well-controlled intervention studies have demonstrated that family interventions can have important effects on adolescent outcomes, including substance use, juvenile offenses, and conduct disorder. Recent evidence suggests universal school-based targeting of education programs for parents of adolescents can improve protective factors such as parent-adolescent bonding and communication. Positive adolescent behavioral changes have been documented 2 years after educational intervention with parents of early adolescents."

From: Impact of an empowerment-based parent education program on the reduction of youth suicide risk factors, John W. Toumbourou and M. Elizabeth Gregg.