Category: Prevention

Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

PI: Elizabeth D'Amico

Start Date: September 2007

End Date: August 2012

This study will develop and test a theoretically based group intervention among teens who have committed a first time alcohol or other drug misdemeanor offense. These teens have been referred by the juvenile Probation Department to a Teen Court program because they have not been found to need more serious intervention such as treatment or detention. We will examine the impact of our new intervention on cognitive and behavioral outcomes at a three-month follow up.