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Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2010
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2013
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2013
Family Check-up/ Individual MI
The 2-session intervention protocol consists of an individual motivational interview plus the Family Check-Up (Dishion \& Kavanagh, 2003), a family based motivational interview. The experimental protocol provides a thorough assessment of both individual and family strengths and weaknesses with respect to substance use prevention and school attendance/performance.
Individual and family psychoeducation
Families in PE will return for the same number of visits as the IMI and FCU sessions of the IMI/FCU condition. An interventionist will review a set of educational materials with the parents regarding teen SU use, truancy and risk behaviors and parenting a teenager. A similar set of materials will be reviewed with the adolescent
Brown University, Providence
Lead Sponsor
Brown University
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