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Common Language

Working Glossary

A shared vocabulary for prevention, early action, resilience, protective factors, recovery capital, BRAVE, CBEI, completed handoffs, and systems of record.

Community is the container. Accountability is the proof.
ClassificationNonclinical Community Prevention & Early Response
Operating statusControlled Working Edition
Release gateLocal adoption and verification required
The practical question

Community is the container. Accountability is the proof.

Use this page as a controlled working guide. Adapt language and activities to the population, verify local resources, assign ownership, and preserve the clinical and life-safety boundaries described throughout the model.

STRIDE welcomes the community into a prevention system built around safety, belonging, and responsible follow-through.
Reference
SEC-67

Working glossary

Core terms

Alternative Activity

A structured, substance-free activity that builds connection, skill, leadership, recreation, or contribution.

Capacity

The practical ability of people and systems to carry out the work: staffing, skill, authority, time, tools, partnerships, and resources.

Completed Handoff

A referral that has been accepted by the next provider or program, scheduled, confirmed, and tracked to the next meaningful step.

Community

The network of people, institutions, settings, relationships, and local conditions that shape daily life.

Early Identification

Recognizing emerging concern and connecting a person to appropriate education, screening, assessment, or care without diagnosing outside one’s role.

Environmental Strategy

A change to policy, setting, access, supervision, norms, or systems that shapes behavior beyond a single participant.

Protective Factor

A condition or capacity that reduces the likelihood or impact of harm and supports healthy development or recovery.

Recovery Capital

The internal and external resources that support recovery: health, relationships, housing, work, culture, community, skills, and meaning.

Resilience

The capacity to adapt, recover, seek support, solve problems, and continue developing under stress.

Risk Factor

A condition associated with greater likelihood of harmful behavior or outcomes; risk is not destiny and should not be used as a label.

Selective Prevention

Prevention focused on a subgroup with elevated exposure or risk, without assuming every person has a disorder.

Indicated Prevention

Prevention or early action for people showing early signs or behaviors that warrant focused support, screening, or referral.

Universal Prevention

Prevention offered broadly to an entire population regardless of individual risk.

Warm Handoff

A live, consent-based connection between the person, current helper, and next helper—rather than a cold list of phone numbers.

B.U.Y.-In

Building Up Youth: Reach One’s adolescent pathway for voluntary future investment, skill practice, leadership, belonging, and healthy decision-making.

BRAVE

Reach One capacity framework: Boundaries, Regulation, Accountability, Values, and Engagement.

CBEI

Reach One clinical and community lens: Confidence, Boundaries, and Emotional Intelligence.

Community Ownership

The ninth readiness stage, in which residents and local institutions share decision rights, maintain resources, renew leadership, use evidence, and adapt the work.

System of Record

The approved EHR, HR, incident, consent, or secure case-management platform designated to hold official records.