Tell Us What YOU Think!

Dear Reader,

To keep Student Assistance Journal vital and useful to you, we’d like to learn what you want and need to know. Please help us help you by filling out the following reader survey right now and returning it by fax to 1-800-499-5718 or by going to www.PRPonline.net and clicking on "SAJ Reader Survey." You can fill out the form online and zap it to us immediately.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to do this.

All the best to each of you,
Susan Hipsley, Editor

1. Which topics are of the greatest interest to you? (Check as many as you like.)
Funding sources/news
Federal news relating to your work
Program profiles
People doing innovative things in the field
Ethics
Commentary/viewpoints
Legal issues/news
Articles specific to alcohol use
Articles specific to illicit drug use
Drug updates
Staff wellness
New ideas for programs
Elementary SAPs
Middle school SAPs
High school SAPs
Higher Ed SAPs
Drug testing
Gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender issues		 Grief/loss issues
Youth gambling
Child and adolescent relationship issues
Bullying
Test anxiety
Character education
Violence prevention
Conflict resolution/mediation
Suicide
Program evaluation
Cultural sensitivity
Learning styles
Notice of conferences/trainings
New media
Internet resources
Reproducible handouts (for staff and parents)
Group activities
Inspirational articles
Other
2. Are feature articles
Too long Too brief Just right 
Comment 		3. After you read SAJ, what do you do with it?
Keep it for future reference
Pass it along to a colleague (if passed along, how many people read the same issue? )
Put it in a reference library
Copy/clip and file items of interest and then pitch it
Put in SA office for general readership
Pitch it
4. Do you pass along SAJ or copies of articles to administrators?
Frequently Sometimes Never		 5. Do you copy articles to give to parents?
Frequently Sometimes Never
If so, about how many copies do you distribute?
6. At the current subscription price of $34, do you feel SAJ is
Worth more than its cost
A good value
Not a good value
If not, why? 		7. Have you used the services/products of advertisers you saw in SAJ?
Yes
No
In the last month
Six months
Year
8. What types of products have you purchased in the past year — from any source?
Books   Videos          Curricula
Posters Newsletters  Pamphlets		 9. Are you involved in the purchase decision process?
Yes No
10. What is your budget for prevention materials and trainings?
Less than $1,000
$1,000 - $5,000
$5,000 - $20,000
$20,000 - $100,000
More than $100,000		 11. Which conferences/trainings did you attend in the last year?

12. What is your job title in general terms (teacher, counselor, agency administrator, SDFS coordinator, etc.)?