Changing Substance Abuse Risk in High Risk Families via Very Early Family-Based Intervention: How Time Changes People in Complex Ways Robert A. Zucker, Ph.D. Presentation Objectives: 1. To become sensitized to how early risk for conduct problems and substance abuse is detectable. 2. To understand what the benefits and costs are of family work with couples vs. individual parents. 3. To consider the benefits, risks, and dilemmas in doing early intervention/prevention activity.