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"I learned to make students active participants in class – and believe me, no one ever goes to sleep in my class."
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"It takes energy to be a good listener. But it pays real dividends in terms of how deeply my students get
a feeling about what is right and wrong."
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"If I’m going to get students involved, I need to give them an opportunity to talk.
There are facts I want them to know, but it is easier for them to learn when it
is coming out of their own mouths."
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It's never been easier
to attain High quality
professional development.
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- Real-world, research-
based techniques
- Easy to learn,
easy to apply
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- Earn continuing
education credits
- Self-paced for
individual learning
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Just $295.00 for
30 hrs.
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View Course Syllabus
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The Prevention ABCs online course has four units:
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The Basics unit addresses fundamental knowledge that is a background
to what adults working with your youth should know. The Basics unit answers
questions such as:
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- What are the goals of
prevention?
- What are the critical
elements of prevention?
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- What facts are fundamental
to prevention?
- What teaching methods
are crucial to make
prevention work?
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The Motivation unit reviews prevention approaches taht focus on changing
youth's disposition to use drugs and engage in risky behaviors. The
Motivation unit answers questions such as:
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- How do you help youth
develop a positive attitude?
- How can you establish
positive norms among youth?
- How can you promote
student's bonding to school?
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- How do you inspire a belief
in the future?
- How do you build
commitment to avoid
risky behavior?
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The Competence unit addresses how to teach social, emotional, and
academic skills. The Competence unit answers questions such as:
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- How can you help youth
develop academic skills,
decision making skills, goal
setting skills, and skills for
regulating their emotions?
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- How can you help youth
develop social problem
solving, communication,
peer pressure resistance,
and social skills that are
important to prevention?
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The Application Unit gives practical answers to real world questions such as:
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- How do you select a
prevention program that is
right for you?
- How do you get trained?
- How do you evaluate
your effectiveness?
- How do you implement a
program well?
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- How do you adapt a
program when you need to?
- How do you integrate
prevention practices
throughout your
organization?
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