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LEVEL I
This program teaches underage students the signs and science of alcohol and substance abuse, how to deal with peer pressure, the impacts and consequences of substance use, and teaches techniques and resources available to students who have a substance abuse problem. The evidence-based coursework is appropriate for underage possession violations of alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and other substance.
LEVEL II
This Level II program teaches students to think about how they think, how they live, how they communicate, and how to make better choices in their lives, as well as the signs and science of alcohol and substance abuse, how to deal with peer pressure, the impacts and consequences of substance use, and techniques and resources available to students who have a substance abuse problem. The evidence-based coursework is appropriate for underage possession violations of alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and other substance.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN LEVEL I COURSE
Learn about the science behind substance
abuse and addiction
Helps you understand the role that peer pressure plays in underage use and how to avoid it
Teaches about the impacts and consequences of substance use
Helps provide ways to change your behavior
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN LEVEL II COURSE
Provides all the information listed in the Level I course with the addition of course content assisting in improvements in decision making
Focuses on how we face the challenges we all have in our lives and the choices we might make when dealing with them
Presents several sections each representing an important activity when facing challenges, choices and changes including learning, being, living, knowing, choosing, and doing
Provides strategies for altering negative behaviors
Author
Dr. Amy Smith
Courses
11
A Professor at San Francisco State University in the psychology department. She holds a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a bachelor’s degree in Classics and Psychology from Grinnell College. Her research explores issues relating to capital punishment, the impacts of incarceration, legal decision-making, and the intersections of psychology and law generally.
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Level I Syllabus
What you will learn from this course
1. What is Substance Abuse?
2. What Causes Substance Abuse?
3. The Science of Underage Substance Abuse
4. Peer Pressure
5. Do you have an issue with Substance Abuse?
6. Impact & Possible Consequences of Substance Abuse
7. Legal Implications of Substance Abuse
8. Dealing with Substance Abuse &
Changing Your Behavior
9. Final Review
Level II Syllabus
What you will learn from this course
1. Learning (Learning Styles | Punishment & Deterrence)
2. Being (Positive Outlook | Self Worth)
3. Living (Food Choices | Physical Activity | Sleep | Stress)
4. Knowing (Communication | Conflict | Challenges)
5. Choosing (Decision-Making | Behavior | Values & Goals)
6. Doing (Final Review | Next Steps)
7. What is Substance Abuse?
8. What Causes Substance Abuse?
9. The Science of Substance Abuse & Addiction
10. The Science of Underage Substance Abuse
11. Peer Pressure
12. Do you have an issue with Substance Abuse?
13. Impact & Possible Consequences of Substance Abuse
14. Legal Implications of Substance Abuse
15. Dealing with Substance Abuse & Changing Your Behavior
16. Final Review
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