About Prevention Levels
One way of categorizing different types of prevention approaches is a system
of "prevention levels" now commonly used within a variety of prevention
fields. The three levels of prevention—universal, selective, and indicated—describe
different groups of people to whom the prevention effort may be directed.
Universal
school-based youth violence prevention efforts are those that are provided to entire
group students (e.g., all students in a particular school system, school, or grade level),
regardless of whether specific students have shown any particular problem with conflict or violence.
Selective approaches are those provided to
sub-groups of students that are expected to be at higher risk for problems with
conflict or violence (e.g., special youth violence prevention programs for students
who are known to be engaged in substance abuse or are often truant).
Indicated approaches are provided to specific
students who have already shown signs of having a problem with conflict or violence
(e.g., students how are aggressive or have behavioral control problems).
These three approaches are often combined together in an overall plan to address
conflict and violence.
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