Lifeskills Training Program

LifeSkills Training (LST) is an evidence based primary prevention program aimed at preventing substance use and abuse among adolescents (Botvin & Kantor, 2000). LST is established on Bandura’s Social Learning Theory and Jessor and Jessor’s Problem Behavior Theory; the theories essentially state that drug and alcohol use is a result of observational learning and an interaction of individual and environmental factors (Spoth, Randall, Trudeau, Shin, & Redmond, 2008). As opposed to only teaching the

assessment of early intervention as well as provide services in a culturally appropriate environment (McGrew & Danner, 2009). The unique training of the PMHNP allows for both medication management and therapeutic intervention to aid in widening a young adult’s perception of their health-related behaviors. The LifeSkills

Statistics show that prevention programs decrease binge drinking in students 6th through 12 grades, as indicated by the successful intervention programs of Project Northland and Life Skills Training. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of both programs, The Atlanta Public School System decided to use strategies from both program which addressed the closest positive results that matched the Atlanta Public School System’s objectives

Introduction Life Skills Training (LST) is a school based intervention; the goal of the program is to prevent alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use along with violence. This is done by targeting major social and psychological factors that increase the start of substance abuse and additional risky behaviors. Substance abuse problems are multifaceted; LST addresses multiple risk and protective factors. Core Components The core components of the program teach 1) personal self-management skills; that

and attend health classes. The class I attended is called Health/Wellness & Trivia and is part of the Older Adults Program (OAP). OAP is one of the programs that is under of the Lifeskills Education Advancement Program (LEAP), which is part of the North Orange County Community College District. The class was one hour long and was lead by

companies have available to them, their quality of care, cost of housing, treatment programs, and some of the advantages as well as disadvantages of the for profit-business of corrections. The

A Brief Introduction To Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy By Wayne Froggatt Third Ed.(this version Feb 2005) Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is based on the concept that emotions and behaviours result from cognitive processes; and that it is possible for human beings to modify such processes to achieve different ways of feeling and behaving. REBT is one of a number of therapies that come under the heading ‘cognitive-behavioural’. In the mid-1950’s Dr. Albert Ellis, a clinical psychologist