Resources
Websites
- American Lung Association – Young people tobacco cessation and education resources
- NIAAA – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- NIDA – National Institute on Drug Abuse
- SAMHSA – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Sexual Health Fact Sheets
- MINT – Excellence in Motivational Interviewing
- MI Resources – Blogs, books, links, and multimedia from MINT
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Alcohol and Public Health
- Monitoring the Future
- National Survey on Drug Use and Health
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Sexual Health Fact Sheets
- Just Think Twice – Get the Facts About Drugs
- NIDA for Teens – The Science Behind Drug Use
- Truth Initiative – Inspiring Tobacco-Free Lives
- CCUIH – California Consortium for Urban Indian Health
- CNAY – Center for Native American Youth
- IRINAH – Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health
- NCAI – National Congress of American Indians
- NCUIH – National Council of Urban Indian Health
- Office of Urban Indian Health Programs – Indian Health Service
- Running Strong for American Indian Youth –Â Providing Indian youth programs to foster community change
- UNITY, Inc. – United National Indian Tribal Youth
- UIHI – Urban Indian Health Institute
- White Bison, Inc. – Sobriety, recovery, addiction prevention and wellness/Wellbriety learning resources for American Indians/Alaska Natives
- Quietly, Indians Reshape Cities and Reservations – New York Times Article
Articles
D’Amico, E. J., & Edelen, M. (2007). Pilot test of Project CHOICE: A voluntary after school intervention for middle school youth. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21(4), 592–598.
D’Amico, E. J., Green, H. D. J., Miles, J. N. V., Zhou, A. J., Tucker, J. S., & Shih, R. A. (2012). Voluntary after school alcohol and drug programs: If you build it right, they will come. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22(3), 571–582. PMCID: PMC3526367
D’Amico, E. J., Tucker, J. S., Miles, J. N. V., Zhou, A. J., Shih, R. A., & Green, H. D. J. (2012). Preventing alcohol use with a voluntary after school program for middle school students: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial of CHOICE. Prevention Science, 13(4), 415-425. PMCID: PMC3353018
D’Amico, E. J., Houck, J. M., Hunter, S. B., Miles, J. N. V., Osilla, K. C., & Ewing, B. A. (2015). Group motivational interviewing for adolescents: Change talk and alcohol and marijuana outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(1), 68-80. PMCID: PMC4324015
D’Amico, E. J., Hunter, S. B., Miles, J. N. V., Ewing, B. A., & Osilla, K. C. (2013). A randomized controlled trial of a group motivational interviewing intervention for adolescents with a first time alcohol or drug offense. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 45(5), 400–408. PMCID: PMC3826597
Houck, J. M., Hunter, S. B., Benson, J. G., Cochrum, L. L., Rowell, L. N., & D’Amico, E. J. (2015). Temporal variation in facilitator and client behavior during group motivational interviewing sessions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29(4), 941-949. PMCID: PMC4701607
Osilla, K. C., Ortiz, J. A., Miles, J. N. V., Pedersen, E. R., Houck, J., & D’Amico, E. J. (2015). How group factors affect adolescent change talk and substance use outcomes: Implications for motivational interviewing training. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62(1), 79-86. PMCID: PMC4300532
Brown, R. A., Dickerson, D. L., & D’Amico, E. J. (2016). Cultural identity among urban American Indian/Alaska Native youth: Implications for intervention design. Prevention Science, 17(7), 852-861.
D’Amico, E. J., Dickerson, D. L., Brown, R. A., Klein, D. J., Agniel, D., & Johnson, C. (2019). Unveiling an ‘invisible’ population: Health, substance use, sexual behavior, culture, and discrimination among urban American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents in California. Ethnicity and Health. [Epub ahead of print.] doi:10.1080/13557858.2018.1562054
D’Amico, E. J., Dickerson, D. L., Brown, R. A., Johnson, C., Agniel, D., & Klein, D. (2020). Motivational Interviewing and Culture for Urban Native American Youth (MICUNAY): A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 111:86-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2019.12.011
Dickerson, D. L., Brown, R. A., Johnson, C. L., Schweigman, K., & D’Amico, E. J. (2015). Integrating motivational interviewing and traditional practices to address alcohol and drug use among urban American Indian/Alaska Native youth. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 65, 26-35.
D’Amico, E. J., Houck, J. M., Pedersen, E. R., Klein, D. J., Rodriguez, A., & Tucker, J. S. (2024). Understanding effects of the group process on drinking outcomes for emerging adults experiencing homelessness. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 48, 556-566.
Pedersen, E. R, D’Amico, E. J., Klein, D. J., Rodriguez, A., & Tucker, J. S. (2023). Secondary outcomes of a brief group alcohol and risky sex intervention for emerging adults experiencing homelessness. Emerging Adulthood, 11(3), 704-709. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231156647
Tucker, J. S., D’Amico, E. J., Pedersen, E. R., Rodriguez, A., & Garvey, R. (2020). Study protocol for a group-based motivational interviewing brief intervention to reduce substance use and sexual risk behavior among young adults experiencing homelessness. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 15(1), 26.
Tucker, J. S., D’Amico, E. J., Rodriguez, A., Garvey, R., Pedersen, E. R., & Klein, D. J. (2023). A randomized controlled trial of a brief motivational interviewing-based group intervention for emerging adults experiencing homelessness: 12-month effects on substance use and sexual risk behavior. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 152.
Tucker, J. S., Rodriguez, A., D’Amico, E. J., Pedersen, E. R., Garvey, R., & Klein, D. J. (in press). A randomized controlled trial of a brief motivational interviewing-based group intervention for emerging adults experiencing homelessness: 24-month effects on alcohol use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.                     Â
Brown, R. A., Palimaru, A. I., Dickerson, D. L., K., E., Kennedy, D. P., Hale, B., Johnson, C. L., & D’Amico, E. J. (2022). Cultural dynamics, substance use, and resilience among American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults in urban areas. Adversity and Resilience Science, 18, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-022-00058-w
D’Amico, E. J., Dickerson, D. L., Rodriguez, A.,, Brown, R. A., Kennedy, D. P., Palimaru, A. I., Johnson, C., Smart, R., Klein, D. J., Parker, J., & McDonald, K., Woodward, M.J., Gudgell, N. (2021). Integrating traditional practices and social network visualization to prevent substance use: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial among urban Native American emerging adults. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 16(1), 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-021-00265-3
D’Amico, E. J., Dickerson, D.L, Klein, D.J., Rodriguez, A., Arvizu-Sanchez, V., Schweigman, K., Johnson, C., Mann, S., Kennedy, D.P., Holmes, P., Palimaru, A.I., Brown, R., & Malika, N. (in press). Virtual culturally grounded interventions and substance use outcomes in urban American Indian and Alaska Native Emerging Adults: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Network Open.
D’Amico, E. J., Kennedy, D. P., Malika, N., Klein, D. J., Brown, R. A., Rodriguez, A., Johnson, C. L., Schweigman, K., Arvizu-Sanchez, V., Etz, K., & Dickerson, D. L. (2023). Risk and protective factors of social networks on alcohol, cannabis, and opioid use among urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 37, 657–669.
Dickerson D, Moore LA, Rieckmann T, Croy CD, Venner K, Moghaddam J, Gueco R, Novins DK. Correlates of Motivational Interviewing Use Among Substance Use Treatment Programs Serving American Indians/Alaska Natives. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2018 Jan;45(1):31-45. doi: 10.1007/s11414-016-9549-0.
Dickerson, D. L., Borstad, M., Gudgell, N., McDonald, K., Parker, J., Smith, P., Holmes, P., Woodward, M.J., Johnson, C.L., D’Amico, E.J. (in press). Engaging urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults in a nationwide substance use intervention randomized controlled trial: A story of recruitment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alaska Native Mental Health Research.
Dickerson, D. L., D’Amico, E. J., Palimaru, A., Brown, R., Kennedy, D., Johnson, C. L., & Schweigman, K. (2022). Traditions and Connections for Urban Native Americans (TACUNA): Utilizing community-based input in the development of an opioid prevention intervention for Urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108764
Dickerson, D. L., D’Amico, E.J., Kennedy, D.P., Brown, R.A., Klein, D., Etz, K., Johnson, C.L., Funmaker, G., Arvizu-Sanchez, V., & Malika, N. . (2024). The role of social networks on depression and anxiety among a sample of urban American Indian/Alaska Native emerging adults. Journal of Adolescent Health, 74(3), 556–562.
Kennedy, D. P., Brown, R.A., D’Amico, E.J., Dickerson, D.L., Johnson, C.L., Malika, N., Rodriguez, A., & Arvizu, V. (2026). Social networks, cultural pride, and historical loss among non-reservation American Indian / Alaska Native emerging adults. BMC Public Health, 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25150-5
Kennedy, D. P., D’Amico, E. J., Brown, R. A., Palimaru, A. I., Dickerson, D. L., Johnson, C. L., & Lopez, A. (2022). Feasibility and acceptability of incorporating social network visualizations into a culturally centered motivational network intervention to prevent substance use among urban Native American emerging adults: A qualitative study. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 17(1), 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-022-00334-1
Kennedy, D. P., D’Amico, E. J., Brown, R. A., Dickerson, D. L., Johnson, C. L., & Malika, N. Alcohol and cannabis use, social networks, and nonreservation American Indian / Alaska Native emerging adults: A multi-level dyadic analysis. (2025). Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 86(6), 928–938. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00322. PMCID: PMC12576934.
D’Amico, E.J., Feldstein Ewing, S.W., Engle, B., Hunter, S.B., Osilla, K.C., & Bryan, A. (2010). Group alcohol and drug treatment. In S. Naar-King and M. Suarez (Eds.) Motivational interviewing with adolescents and young adults. New York, NY: The Guilford Press, 151-157.
D’Amico, E. J., & Feldstein Ewing, S. W. (2018). Group based interventions for youth. In P. M. Monti, S. M. Colby & T. O. L. Tevyaw (Eds.), Brief interventions for adolescent alcohol and substance abuse (pp. 354-379). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Books/Manuals



Tim Stowe, Ed.D.
Deputy Superintendent, Administrative Services
Torrance Unified School District

