SFP News

Newly published book: Family-Based Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Large-Scale Dissemination

Edited by Mark J. Van Ryzin, Karol L. Kumpfer, Gregory M. Fosco, Mark T. Greenberg and published by Psychology Press, the book highlights the distinctive contributions of a set of
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Good News on New Strengthening Families Foundation and Corporate Home for SFP

As of March 2015 Ahearn Greene Associates in Washington, D.C. turned the SFP training, evaluation and CD/DVD ordering system back to Drs. Kumpfer and Whiteside to be managed by the
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SFP 7-17 Class Curriculum with DVD Approved for Utah State Funding

Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse added SFP 7-17 DVD family group version to their list of approved programs for government funding after an extensive
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SFP 7-17 Class Curriculum with DVD Approved for Listing on SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Policies (NREPP)

This is what the new SFP description says: “A new SFP 7-17 DVD video version is now being tested with high risk families in the regular family group curriculum version,
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New Strengthening Christian Families Program

NCADD, Sacramento, developed and tested a new Strengthening Christian Families Program (SCFP) for five different faith communities. The program seeks to support families of faith in keeping their kids safe
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Sad News on Loss of SFP Trainer, Miguel Silva, M.S.

On the morning of March 14th, Dr. Kumpfer received a call from Leslie Silva saying Miguel Silva, her beloved husband and my graduate student at the University of Utah had
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International SFP News

Two New SFP Initiatives in France

Finally the French government is having success with SFP 6-11 after excellent an excellent cultural adaptation and implementations in three cities near Nice, France by Dr. Corinne Roehrig-Saoudi, family psychologist
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Ireland SFP Creates SFP Council and Does Gender Analysis

SFP 12-16 is in all counties in Ireland with over 500 families completing SFP. The agencies involved have created their own SFP Council to set standards for best practices and
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Symposium on SFP at European Society for Prevention Research

Results of a new gender analysis in Ireland showing that girls benefited as much as boys was presented Maria Lawless and Dr. Kumpfer at the EUSPR in Palma, Mallorca last
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Major Delinquency Prevention Initiative in Canada using SFP 12-17

Within the last year SFP has expanded further into Canada with trainings in many provinces on a new initiative of the Canadian National Crime Prevention Council to fund and evaluate
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Strengthening Families returns to Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada

Drs. Kumpfer and Whiteside (on right in picture below) were in Pemberton, B.C. March 18 to 20, 2015 to do another SFP training for the Sea to Sky Communities That
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Dr. Kumpfer and Thailand Study Abroad Program (Dec. 18 to Jan. 15, 2015)

Six graduate students accompanied Dr. Kumpfer to visit health promotion and health care programs in Thailand over Winter Break as part of the University of Utah Study Abroad Program. (BELOW:
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Successful SFP Group Leader Training March 31 to April 3, 2015 in Uzbekistan by SOS Austria to Improve Child and Family Outcomes

We visited sites where SFP is being implemented in Thailand including in Mae Sot, Thailand for the Burmese refugee by the International Rescue Committee (see picture below of Mae Sot
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SFP Being Implemented in South Africa Successfully in Schools

A four – day SFP 6-11 training workshop was conducted in Urgench, Khorezm Region Uzbekistan from March 31 until April 3, 2015 by SOS Kinderdorf in Klagenfurt, Austria. They have
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Summer Vienna SFP Training Workshop in Vienna and Klagenfurt, Austria

Judy Strickland, Founder and Director of Hope House Counselling Centre in South Africa has send data and these pictures of their successful implementation of SFP 6-11 Years. Another agency in
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Vienna, Austria Study Abroad Program Continues for Sixth Year

Two training of group leader 3-day workshops will be held in June by Drs. Whiteside and Kumpfer to support continued implementations of SFP by Dr. Georg Spiel’s Promente Kinder, Jugen
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SFP 6-11 Undergoing Process and Outcome Evaluation in Norway

These SFP training workshops will occur after Dr. Kumpfer’s Vienna Study Abroad Program for the University of Utah. Twenty-four student coming this year to study Evidence-based Family Strengthening course (based
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Dr. Kumpfer & Associates SFP Dissemination Activities & Presentations

The first SFP 6-11 family group has been completed and a local evaluation is being done of interviews with families as well as the outcome results being sent to Dr.
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Strengthening Families Program’s Dissemination Worldwide

The UN family initiative reflects a widening acceptance of family-based approaches as the most effective prevention strategies worldwide. This support came from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent meta-analyses conducted
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SFP selected for Dissemination in UK by University of London’s new Parenting Academy

The University of London Kings College has created a new National Parenting Academy for the UK. After extensive reviews they have selected Strengthening Families Program for dissemination along with several
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Ireland Really Committed to SFP 12-16 for Youth Corrections and Substance Abuse

For the fourth time in two years, Dr. Whiteside has gone to train in Ireland for both Youth Corrections and several Regional Drug Abuse Task Forces. The results of the
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Dr. Kumpfer & Associates SFP Dissemination Activities & Presentations

Over the past few years, Dr. Kumpfer and her team of SFP researchers worldwide have been focusing on international dissemination of SFP, which is now in 36 countries thanks to dissemination funding support from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime in Vienna, Austria.

2013 Conference Presentations and Professional Workshops

Kumpfer, K.L. (2013) Evidence-based Family Interventions to Prevent Substance Abuse and Other Impulse Control Disorders. Grand Rounds, Psychiatry Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 19, 2013.

Kumpfer, K.L. (2013). Dinner Speaker, Annual Psychiatry Department Banquet, Vanderbilt University, Country Club, Nashville, Tennessee, April 9, 2013.

Kumpfer, K.L. (2013). How Parents Can Protect their Children from Impulse Control Disorders (ICDs) Using the Strengthening Families Program. Barbara Gay Lecture, Nashville School District, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 2013.

Kumpfer, K.L. (2013). Resilience in Youth by Strengthening Families, Invited Keynote address, Annual Conference SW University, Bangkok, Thailand. April 26, 2013.

Kumpfer, K.L. & Pinyuchon, M. (2013). Strengthening Families Program. Invited Keynote address, Ministry of Juvenile Justice, Bangkok, Thailand. April 27, 2013.

Kumpfer, K. L.,(2013). Effectiveness of the Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program for European Families, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Vienna, Austria, May 18, 2013.

Kumpfer, K. L. & Xie, J. (2013). Effectiveness of the Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program for Chinese Families. Annual conference of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA, May 30, 2013.

Kumpfer, K. L.,& Xie, J. (2013). Effectiveness of the Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program 12-16 Years for Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander and White Adolescents. Annual conference of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA, May 30, 2013.

Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (2013). Strengthening Families Program Training Workshop, Bergen, Norway. June, 18-19, 2013

Kumpfer, K.L. & Baker, M. (July 2013). Culturally Adapting Evidence-based Family Interventions to Strengthen Families and Improve Children’s Developmental Outcomes Invited Conference Keynote Address, Sedona Hilton Resort, Sedona, Arizona, July 18, 2014

Kumpfer, K.L. & Baker, M. (July 2013). Evidence-based Family Strengthening Substance Abuse Prevention and Competency Training of Prevention Staff. Invited Conference Workshop, Sedona Hilton Resort, Sedona, Arizona, July 18, 2014

Kumpfer, K. L., Magalhaes, C., Spiel, G. & Amer, J. (2013). Effectiveness of the Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program across Four Countries: USA, Spain, Portugal and Austria. 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Lausanne, Switzerland. Sept. 14, 2013.

Kumpfer, K. L., Amer, J., Orte, C., Ballester,L.,March, M, et al., (Sept. 14, 2013) Cultural Adaptation of the Spanish Strengthening Families Program. 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Lausanne, Switzerland.

Spiel, G.,, Kumpfer, K.L., Finsterwald, M. & Grässl, J. (2013). Implementing “Positive Parenting” in Carinthia/ Austria. Presentation at the 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Lausanne, Switzerland. Sept. 14, 2013.

Magalhães, C. & Kumpfer, K.L. (2013). Positive Parenting: Effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Program 6-11 Year among Portuguese Families Presentation at the 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Lausanne, Switzerland. Sept. 14, 2013.

Kumpfer, K. L.,& Xie, J. (2013). Effectiveness of the Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program 12-16 Years for Chinese Families. Invited Address, Shanghai University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry. Shanghai, China, November. 13, 2013.

Kumpfer, K. L.,& Hu, Q.Q. (2013). Health Promotion through Strengthening Chinese Families. Invited Address, Center for Disease Control, Cixi, China, November 15, 2013.

2014 Conference Presentations and Professional Workshops

Kumpfer, K. L., & DeRe, A. (March 5-6, 2014). Strengthening Families Program Training Workshop, San Jose, CA.

Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (March, 11-12, 2014). Strengthening Families Program Training Workshop, Casa Grande, AZ

Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (March 18-19, 2014). Strengthening Families Program Training Workshop for Delinquency Prevention among First Nations, Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, for National Crime Prevention Council of Canada.

Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (April 24, 2014). Results of the culturally adapted SFP 6-11 Years for Austrian Families, Zwillingsymposium, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (April 25, 2014). Family Skills Training Interventions for Improving Impulse Disorders: Strengthening Families Program Results. Zwillingsymposium, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Magalhaes, C. & Kumpfer, K.L (2014). Effectiveness of Family Interventions for Reducing Increasing Substance Abuse Among Girls: A Gender Analysis of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) 6-11 Years, Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., Hyatt Regency, May 27, 2014.

Kumpfer, K. L., & Xie, J. (2014). Effectiveness Evaluation of a Culturally Adapted Family Skills Training Program for Chinese American Adolescents and Their Families, Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., Hyatt Regency, May 28, 2014.

Kanse, S. & Kumpfer, K.L (2014)., An Effectiveness Study Comparing a New Home Use SFP 7-17 Years DVD Video Version and a Family Group Version to the Existing Evidence Based Strengthening Families Program, Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., Hyatt Regency, May 29, 2014.

Xie, J. & Kumpfer, K.L (2014). Effectiveness of Family Interventions for Chinese Families in the U.S.: An Analysis of the Cultural Adapted Strengthening Families Program (SFP) 12-16 Years. Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., Hyatt Regency, May 29, 2014.

Kumpfer, K.L. & Brown, A. (2014). Strengthening Families Program 7-17 DVD. Invited Keynote address. Syracuse, New York Oct. 10, 2014.

Kumpfer, K.L. (October, 2014). Cost Effectiveness of Family Strengthening Interventions and SFP 7-17 DVD. European Society for Prevention Research, Annual Conference, Palma Mallorca, Spain.

Magalhaes, C. & Kumpfer, K.L (2014). Effectiveness of the Strengthening Portuguese Families (SFP) 6-11 Years, European Society for Prevention Research, Annual Conference, Palma Mallorca, Spain.

Lawless, M. & Kumpfer, K.L (2014). Effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP 12-16) for Teenage Girls and Boys in Ireland, European Society for Prevention Research, Annual Conference, Palma Mallorca, Spain.

Orte, C., Ameros, J., Ballersta, L., March, M., & Kumpfer, K, L. et.al., (2014) Effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP 6-11) in Spain in Social Welfare., European Society for Prevention Research, Annual Conference, Palma Mallorca, Spain.

Malouf, W., Campanello, G. & Kumpfer, K. L. (2014). Dissemination of Evidence-based Family Interventions in Serbia, Balkans, and Brazil. European Society for Prevention Research, Annual Conference, Palma Mallorca, Spain.

Kumpfer, K.L. (2014). Prevention of Drugs and Crime by Strengthening Families, Invited address, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Bangkok, Thailand. Dec. 16, 2014.

Kumpfer, K.L. & Pinyuchon, M. (2014). Strengthening Families Program. Invited Keynote address, Ministry of Juvenile Justice, Bangkok, Thailand. Dec. 17, 2014.

Kumpfer, K.L. (2014). Resilience in Youth by Strengthening Families, Invited presentation, SW University, Bangkok, Thailand. Dec. 16, 2014.

2015 Conference Presentations and Professional Workshops

Sea to Sky Communities that Care Coalition Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada

Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (March 18-19, 2015). Strengthening Families Program Training Workshop for Delinquency Prevention among First Nations, for Sea to Sky Communities that Care Coalition Pemberton,
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White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

Dr. Kumpfer presented last January to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) as part of the Advisory Board of Dr. Kerby Alvy’s National Effective Parenting Initiative
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SFP Developer Advising United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime in Vienna on Dissemination of Evidence-based Family Programs

Dr. Karol L. Kumpfer, developer of SFP and Professor at the University of Utah, was recently retained as a consultant to support the efforts of the United Nations Office of
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LutraGroup Collaboration with Taskin University and Thai National Control Board for Dissemination of SFP in Thailand

With funding from the U.S. State Department, the Thai governmental office for substance abuse prevention, the Thai National Control Board, has selected the Strengthening Families Program for dissemination in Thailand.
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Previous News and Findings

Cochrane Reviews Find SFP10-14 the #1 Best School-based Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program

The first International Cochrane Collaboration Systematic Review in Public Health and Medicine to review programs for the prevention of alcohol abuse found that SFP10-14 was the most effective universal, school-based
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SFP12-16 Now Available

The original Strengthening Families Program (SFP 6-11) was created in 1984 for high-risk “selected or indicated” children ages 6 to 11 and their families. Growing requests led in 2004 to
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SFP3-5 Successful in Early Implementations

In trials on the east and west coasts, an adaptation of SFP 6-11 for high risk families with pre-school children ages 3 to 5 years released in 2006 has produced
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SFP Developer to Advise UN for Prevention Expert Meeting in Vienna and Draft Review of Cultural Adaptation and Implementation Protocol for Family Programs

Dr. Karol L. Kumpfer, developer of SFP, was recently retained as a consultant for an October 2007 United Nations expert meeting in Vienna, Austria on family-based approaches to prevention. The
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