Table 3.
Summary of Project Hope session content
| Session | Attendees (duration) | Selected goals |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1: Introduction and sharing stories | Parents and youth (90 min) | Introduce the intervention |
| Obtain a family history of depression | ||
| Set goals for the intervention | ||
| Week 2: Youth risk and resilience | Parents and youth (90 min) | Present information about depression, substance use, and their co-occurrence |
| Review youth's current functioning | ||
| Help families plan special times together and promote positive family interactions | ||
| Present information about youth resiliency | ||
| Week 3: From the adolescent's perspective | Youth alone (60 min) | Develop rapport and determine functioning |
| Increase awareness of emotions and coping | ||
| Teach strategies for coping with problems | ||
| Week 4: Strengthening communication skills | Parents alone (60 min) | Provide an overview of adolescent development |
| Review and practice skills for improving communication and reducing family conflict | ||
| Week 5: Preparing for the family meeting-depression | Parents alone (90 min) | Prepare parents to conduct family meeting Link parents’ perception of depression with that of the youth's experience of their depression |
| Week 6: Family meeting-depression | Entire family (60 min) | Facilitate a shared understanding of depression |
| Help family members relate general information about depression to their specific experience | ||
| Week 7: Preparing for the family meeting-adolescent substance use | Parents alone (60 min) | Prepare parents to conduct family meeting Help parents to establish clear rules and consequences about youth substance use |
| Week 8: Family meeting-adolescent substance use | Entire family (60 min) | Help parents share substance use rules Help youth understand consequences of substance use |
| Week 9: Outside influences and resources | Parents and youth (75 min) | Inform parents about contextual influences, primarily with regard to peers and media |
| Teach methods to promote positive influences | ||
| Week 10: Review and hope for the future | Entire family (50 min) | Review previous sessions |
| Help families map out post-intervention goals | ||
| Recognize and celebrate the family's progress |