Here is a comprehensive review of adolescent substance abuse issues
and an expansive, empirically based curriculum for school-based
programs to teach adolescents about the dangers of drugs and
alcohol. The abuse of alcohol and other drugs among young people is
a problem of alarming scope and gravity. Adolescent Substance Abuse
explores the multiple forces which impact adolescents and can push
them toward drug and alcohol abuse.Adolescent Substance Abuse
proposes means by which to effect macro-level change in societal
norms and values regarding substance abuse. The authors describes
in detail an effective means of teaching adolescents about drugs
and alcohol using an empirically based teaching method called
Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT). TGT was developed through extensive
research on games used as teaching devices. It uses small groups as
classroom work units and capitalizes on peer influence by using
peers as teachers and supporters. The book explains an effective
curriculum which utilizes the TGT approach and provides a program
for parents. The curriculum is unique in that it is anchored in
empirical data and delivered via adolescent peer groups. Adolescent
Substance Abuse addresses other issues pertinent to the reduction
of adolescent substance abuse by exploring subsystems of change,
including school and peer group environments, home and family, the
media, community movements, and business and industry. The book is
a great source of innovative ideas for beginning and expert
counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, school
psychologists, and others who want to prevent adolescent abuse of
drugs and alcohol.
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