Preventing Rx Drug and Opioid Abuse with LifeSkills Training; Webinar 2/12 at 1pm ET
Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic that demands immediate attention. A growing number of children and adolescents in the United States are dying from opioid poisonings, a new study shows.
Recently, many schools and communities have contacted us in search for new tools to combat the current opioid crisis. Our research team has developed a Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Module which gives teens the skills and knowledge necessary to help them avoid the misuse/abuse of opioids and prescription drugs. The module can be used as an additional lesson in the LifeSkills Training (LST) Middle School program (ideally implemented after the Assertiveness chapter), or as a stand-alone module.
The new module is designed to further enhance the effectiveness of the LST Middle School program, which has already been proven to reduce opioid and prescription drug misuse. The addition of this new module reinforces the already effective LST program.
Join us for this informative webinar where we will present the most recent state of the opioid epidemic, and explore ways for you to implement this module in coordination with existing LST implementations or as a standalone module.
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Time: 1:00pm ET
Duration: 45 minutes
Cost: Free
Presenter: Craig Zettle has presented at national and international conferences over the last 20 years. He has been active in prevention education with the Botvin LifeSkills Training program for the last 15 years and regularly consults with schools, districts, federal and state agencies, as well as community-based organizations on the implementation and support of the LifeSkills Training program.