Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents offers practical information and evidence-based findings on the most effective and current preventive interventions and programs available regarding child and adolescent social problems. The only up-to-date publication devoted solely to prevention interventions related to the social problems affecting children and adolescents, each innovative chapter in this timely handbook summarizes the problem, addressing trends, incidence, and risk factors; describes effective prevention approaches; and discusses practice and policy implications, as well as areas for future research.