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SCRIPTS
Increases student's
- Knowledge of the impact of alcohol, prescription and illegal drugs on individuals, families
and communities.
- Resiliency factors
- Knowledge and use of healthy living skills
SCRIPTS is a multi-modal, highly interactive classroom curriculum, addressing alcohol,
prescription, and illegal drug abuse. It consists of ten sessions of 50 minutes each. Session
topics include Addictive Substances in the Media; The Effects of Alcohol, Prescription and
Illegal Drugs; The Addiction Process; The Impact of Alcohol, Prescription and Illegal Drugs
on Emotions (including anger); The Impact of Alcohol, Prescription, and Illegal Drugs on
Families; Their Impact on Friendships and Peers; Student Decision Making, Choices, and
Refusal Skills; and Resources. SCRIPTS contains additional recommended preparatory
classes on classroom atmosphere (trust and rules), communication skills, and appropriate
expression of feelings and defenses. The curriculum teaches
The curriculum teaches
- Facts about the addicted brain, alcohol, prescription and illegal drugs
- The influence of media and advertising on consumption
- Assertive communication, including the use of "I" messages
- Refusal Skills
- Where to turn to for help.
Outside evaluation showed that at completion of the class students had increased their
- Knowledge of the impact of alcohol, prescription and illegal drugs
on individuals, families and community
- Resiliency Factors
- Knowledge and use of healthy living skills.
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"There is strong evidence that the course added to the information available for
students in making wise decisions about their own behavior."
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