8:30 - 8:45 am
Opening, Welcome
Overview of Conference

8:45 -9:00 am
Welcome
The Hon. James T. Beall, Jr., Supervisor, Fourth District, County of Santa Clara

9:00- 9:20am
A Focus on Prevention
Robert Garner, Director, SCVHHS Department of Alcohol & Drug Services

9:20 - 10:15 am
Prevention Programs: Some Work, Some Don't, and How to Tell the Difference
Delbert Elliott, PhD, Director of The Program on Problem Behavior, and Director of The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado bio

10:15 - 10:30 am
BREAK

10:30 - 11:45 am
Delbert Elliott, PhD - continued bio

11:45 - 12:15 pm
Brief Description of Workshops by Presenters

12:15 - 1:45 pm
LUNCH (on your own)

1:45 - 3:15 pm
Workshop Series I - Blueprint Program Focus: Description of Key Points

A1. Implementing Model Programs: Promise and Practice - Delbert Elliott, PhD bio
This workshop will tackle the difficult issues surrounding the implementation of good prevention and intervention programs in local communities. Issues include: how to select the best available program for your community, developing the capacity to implement programs successfully, local adaptation vs. program fidelity, and how to sustain local programs over time.

A2. Nurse-Family Partnership - Matthew Buhr-Vogt, MPH bio
Nurse-home visitation is a program that sends nurses to homes of pregnant women who are predisposed to infant health and developmental problems in order to improve parent and child outcomes. Home visiting also promotes the cognitive and social-emotional development of the children, and provides general support and parenting skills to the parents.

A3. Midwestern Prevention Project - Mary Ann Pentz, PhD bio
The community-based program targets adolescent drug use. The program uses five intervention strategies designed to combat the community influences on drug us: mass media, school, parent, community organization, and health policy change. The primary intervention channel is the school.

A4. Integrating Assets Approach into Programs - Akemi Flynn, MSW bio
The research-based framework of 40 developmental assets is becoming increasingly known and supported throughout Santa Clara County by policy makers, program providers and community members concerned about the healthy development of child and youth. Many people are still wondering how to put the asset approach into action and how the asset approach relates to best practice models in the prevention field. In this session participants will learn about the research-based developmental assets framework; about results of the developmental assets survey of Santa Clara County youth; how the asset approach is consistent with various Blueprint best practice models; and how the asset approach can be integrated into their existing programs to enhance planning, implementation, evaluation and resource development.

3:15 - 3:30 pm
Break