Positive Adolescent Choices Training (PACT) is a health promotion program providing violence prevention programming targeted at black youth, at high risk for becoming either perpetrators or victims of violence. Conducted by the School of Professional Psychology of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, in cooperation with Dayton Public Schools, the project builds on recent research on primary prevention programs that suggests such programs are more successful with economically disadvantaged and predominantly minority populations when developed with sensitivity to ethnic/cultural issues. PACT has developed a culturally specific version of an existing, well-tested cognitive behavioral training program to focus it directly on the problem of interpersonal violence and issues relevant to black youth. The program provides structured training on the specific behavioral components of eight social skills enhancing the capacity of adolescents to form and maintain violence-free relationships. The approach exposes participants to minority peer role models demonstrating skills to be acquired and emphasizes intensive rehearsal and practice of the target skills through videotaped role-play and psychodrama. PACT is currently being implemented with 30 middle school students. The project also provides clinical training experience for doctoral-level clinical psychology students. Pilot experiences show the ty and potential effectiveness of the approach. (Author/MSE)