Helping Youth Succeed: What Vermont can Learn from Iceland’s Approach to Prevention May 15, 2019

190 delegates - 19 countries

Please prepare to participate in Polls #1 and 2

Vermont’s Progress on Substance Misuse

New Vision for Icelandic Society

Icelandic Approach Assumptions

Where to Focus Prevention Efforts?

Where to Focus Prevention Efforts?

Core Steps

Core Steps - Detailed

Rates of students in 9th and 10th grade who spend time (often/almost always) with their parents during weekdays

Rates of students in 9th and 10th grade that participate in sports with a team or club four times per week or more often

Rates of students in 9th and 10th grade who have been outside after 10 pm, 3 times+ in the past week

Alcohol onset – From the 2009 Nordic Youth Study

Key Differences in the Iceland Approach

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I think we are a little different here I think we are a little different here.... send a clear message about risk and protective factors

Conclusions

Finland’s Focus on Youth Rights, Youth Workers, and the Third Space

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Moving Toward A Vermont Model

Prevention is being able to…

This is Doable