THE EDUCATIONAL PYRAMID - A MODEL FOR COMMUNITY INTERVENTION

Urban adolescents represent a group who are at special risk for a vari ety of psychological and behavioral problems. A life skills program wa s implemented with middle and high school students, using an education al pyramid approach to maximize the ecological appropriateness of the intervention and to increase the likelihood that the program will be c ontinued with progressively lessened university facilitation. Addition ally, the educational pyramid offers the opportunity for all participa nts-university faculty, graduate students, collaborating professionals in the community, and high school leaders--to be both teachers and le arners.