Engaging young people in drug prevention interventions:
Moving towards solutions
Engaging young people in drug prevention interventions presents challenges especially when the intervention is delivered within criminal justice contexts. As part of the EPPIC project we opened discussions on this topic at four ‘solutions focused’ workshops, held in London, Sheffield, Sandwell and Edinburgh. A short document, synthesising the findings from the workshops highlights key messages for practice under six headings:
– Adopt a strengths based / rights based approach
– Clarify rules of engagement
– Set goals collaboratively
– Offer practical support
– Offer flexibility
– Develop trusting, honest relationships.
The report is available to download here.
EPPIC reports
- Project Overview Kickoff Meeting
- WP4 UK Report Exec Summary Report
- WP4 Country Report England and Wales
- WP5 Interventions Exec Summary Report
- WP5 Interventions Report
- UK_INTERVENTIONs May 2019
- WP5 Interventions to prevent and reduce young people’s substance use and criminal justice involvement trajectories Exec Summary Report
- WP5 Interventions to prevent and reduce young people’s substance use and criminal justice involvement trajectories Report
- Cross-national report: DRUG PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN SIX EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: THE CURRENT SITUATION
- Cross-national report: DESCRIPTIONS OF INNOVATIVE APPROACHES INCLUDING PROFESSIONALS’ AND YOUNG PEOPLES’ PERCEPTIONS AND NARRATIVES
- EPPIC UK Solution Focused Workshops