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Alcohol Awareness-Reaching for the Stars Curriculum (Grades 7-8)
Revised for 2006 • Rationale for this program: There is a strong need to belong • They're reasily controlled by others
• Risk-takers, quick to accept dares
• Greatly expanded social opportunities
• Want to be independent to make decisions
• Need instruction and support of adults to
develop values and beliefs about drug use
What Does the Curriculum Cover?
Decision-making, problem-solving, peer refusal skills • How alcohol affects the body • Hard liquor, binge drinking and growing up • Alcohol addiction • Responsibility to community and society • Identify and assess the credibility of media messages • Future implications of decisions made today • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome • Establish goals for the future • Additional resources, teacher evaluations, much more
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