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Even though moderate declines in the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) among adolescents have been seen over the years, the battle to prevent youth from using ATOD is still a focus for educators and researchers. The primary means of preventing ATOD is still through educational settings and school-based programs. However, the effectiveness of prevention efforts is substantially enhanced when the entire community is involved. Children with disabilities or children who have nontraditional learning styles are still not receiving prevention geared specifically toward their personal needs. This is despite research indicating that the presence of a physical, mental, or psychological disability places an individual at increased risk for substance abuse problems. This chapter outlines risk factors experienced by children with disabilities, community and psychosocial approaches to effective school-based intervention programs, and concludes with a discussion of the Prevention through Alternative Learning Styles (PALS) program that has shown much success since it was developed in 1992.

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Abbreviations

AOD:

Alcohol and other drugs

ATOD:

Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs

NELS:

National Education Longitudinal Study

NIDA:

National Institute on Drug Abuse

PALS:

Prevention through Alternative Learning Styles

VARK:

Visual, auditory, reading, and kinesthetic (model; Fleming 2001)

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  1. Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, 45410-0927, 927, Dayton, OH, USA

    Jo Ann Ford MRC, Judson Workman MS, Navid Masoudi Ph.D., Theresa Mayer M.Ed. & Karel Pancocha Ph.D.

  2. The National Center on Family Homelessness, 200 Reservoir Street, Suite 200, 02494, Needham, MA, USA

    Mary Huber Ph.D.

  3. Masaryk University, Czech Republic, Europe

    Karel Pancocha Ph.D.

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Ford, J., Workman, J., Masoudi, N., Huber, M., Mayer, T., Pancocha, K. (2012). Accessible Substance Abuse Prevention for All Children. In: Hollar, D. (eds) Handbook of Children with Special Health Care Needs. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2335-5_18

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