Positive Family Support (PFS)
A multilevel, family-centered intervention targeting middle-school-aged children at risk for problem behaviors or substance use and their families. Designed to address family dynamics related to the risk of adolescent problem behavior, the program is delivered to parents and their children in a middle school setting. Parent-focused segments of the program concentrate on developing family management skills such as making requests, using rewards, monitoring, making rules, providing reasonable consequences for rule violations, problem solving, and active listening. The program’s intermediate goal is to improve parents’ family management and communication skills. The long-term goal is to hinder development of adolescent antisocial behaviors and drug experimentation.
Intervention Scientist
Child and Family Center, University of Oregon
195 West 12th Avenue
Eugene OR 97401-3408
Phone: 541.346.4805
E-mail: Kmoore2@uoregon.edu
