This is a preventive program for African American families who have school-age teenage children and live in rural communities. The goal is to prevent behavioral and substance use problems, and promote safe sexual behaviors.
Family sessions address strategies for monitoring, communication, boundary-setting, parental involvement in school, racial socialization, and clear expectations regarding alcohol abuse.
Sessions conducted directly with adolescents address goal-setting, their attitude toward substance use, risky behaviors, skills for resisting pressure to use substances, racial socialization, understanding parental perspectives, and acceptance of protective parental influences.