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The lessons are organized into three strands: self-esteem building and coping skills; drug information; and relationship skills and decision-making. Information is coupled with an emphasis on the importance of healthy lifestyle choices and delivered with age-appropriate examples. ... Read more

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An important and strongly recommended reading
Co-authored by academicians Jason J. Burrow-Sanchez (Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City) and Leanne S. Hawken (Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City), and the newest addition to 'The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools' series, "Helping Students Overcome Substance Abuse: Effective Practices For Prevention And Intervention" was specifically designed to assist teachers, counselors, and school administrators to recognize and help their students deal with addiction and abuse of a variety of commonly encountered drugs ranging from alcohol and prescription medications, to marijuana, cocaine, speed, and heroin. Of special note are the extensive sections devoted to individual and group counseling, as well as consultation and referrals. "Helping Students Overcome Substance Abuse" is an important and strongly recommended reading for anyone in a public or private school setting having to deal with substance abuse issues among their students and their student's families. ... Read more

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There are many 1iteratures thatoffer insight on substance abuse treatment, yet very few have targeted specifictreatment protocol for youths. Marijuana is the national youth drug of choice.Our society has a very liberal view of marijuana. As a result, we generallytend to undermine the serious problems of marijuana addiction among our youths.Marijuana is undoubtedly a major gateway drug to other letha1 drugs, but itsability to stymie ambition, productivity, and hope among youths continues toreceive second-hand consideration in our national social problems. Many youthsabuse marijuana, yet there are no treatment programs specifically targeted totreating marijuana-addicted youths. As medical marijuana movement gathersmomentum nation-wide, it is imperative that we prepare for potentialconsequences of the misconceptions of medical marijuana. A recent CNN pollindicated that 75% of Americans favor legalizing medical marijuana with a viewto taxing its sales and using the money to defray medication cost for seniors.This perverse intent to hide a bad motive underneath a good one if allowed tomaterialize wou1d have far-reaching consequences. Marijuana Impaired Youthsis a c1inical handbook intended to educate the general public about theimplicit and explicit dangers inherent in marijuana use and abuse. The bookepitomizes the culmination of twelve years of clinica1 experience in workingwith marijuana abusing youths. The main objective of the book is to offer adesktop reference for addiction counselors, mentors, school counselors,teachers and parents for working with youths. The book uses vivid vignettes ofreal life clinical literary sketches to illustrate the challenge, cognitivedamage, discomfiture and distortion a marijuana abusing youth faces. Most importantly,the sketches offer serious professional insight on how to confront and treatyouths who abuse marijuana. The ultimate goal of the author is to educatecounselors, youth mentors, teachers and parents on the dangers of mariju ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from School Psychology Review, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2007. The length of the article is 7087 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: School-based interventions for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: current status and future directions.
Author: George J. DuPaul
Publication: School Psychology Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2007
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Title: Indicators for safe family reunification: how professionals differ.
Author: Brad R. Karoll
Publication: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2003
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This book clearly defines abstinence, recovery and sobriety.an easy read and recommended for one of my classes.I would recomment it to anyone who wants to know about alcoholism and drug addiction.Even though it was written over a decade agoit still appplies today!

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having worked with chemically dependent teens for23 years I can say..YEAH! Her sense of humor comes through all the way. Let's face it ..you gotta have one when working with teens.They are wonderful breed,albeit a breed apart. MS Bell does it well!! I recommend it as requiredreading for all parents of teens! ... Read more

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The statistic is staggering: As many as 50 percent of Christian studentssay they have lost their faith after four years in college. For far toomany students, the transition from home life to campus life istraumatic--what begins as a University of Instruction often ends upbeing a University of Destruction...with long-lasting negative effectsand no guarantee of return.

Relating his own experiences at Stanford, David Wheaton describes thethree Pillars of Peril you will face in college-sex, drugs/alcohol, andhumanism-and presents a game plan for victory over these pitfalls basedon raising your spiritual GPA. You will also receive practical advice ondating, friends, choosing the right college, and how to get back oncourse if you have gone astray.

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Stieg Strand reviews University of Destruction
As a youth pastor for over a decade, I have seen the powerful effects of "higher learning" on faith. This book helps decipher some of the key reasons and methods behind the systematic removal of most moral policies at colleges and university.

I would recommend that all Christian leaders, parents, teachers, administrators, and high school juniors and seniors read this book.

EXCELLENT GRAD GIFT!
I cannot recommend this book highly enough to give to high school college-bound graduates!!This book will help prepare the college-bound student for many of the cultural and worldly pressures they will faceon campus and give strategies to have victory over the temptations and clashing world views that will be thrown his/her way.

This book is biblically and doctrinally sound, and Chapter 4 is a must-read!! The author, David Wheaton, clearly presents the gospel to help the reader decipher whether they truly have a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and how to know and furthermore what to do if they don't!I think this book is not only a great gift to give to Christian graduates, but I believe it can be a great evangelism tool to give to graduates who do not yet have a personal relationship with Christ.

I give or recommend this book to any college-bound graduate I can!I think this book should be required college-prep material!!If you are a parent of a college-bound student, equip your son or daughter with the wisdom from God's Word to help them stand strong in their faith.This book will help you to do just that!

Thank you, David Wheaton, for this excellent book!I only wish it were around when I went to college!

Recommended to any prospective or current college student
I read this book before my first year of college, and looking back now at the end of my second year, I can say this book was a great help in identifying spiritual struggles and ways to avoid and work through them at college. It informed me about things I had never thought about, and prepared me to deal with the wickedness that is present on secular college campuses. This is a great book for those about to enter college or those already in college who have questions.

Excellent Christian Book
This is an excellent book about college and staying in your Christian faith there. I very highly recommend it.

Ted, Coy, Dave, and Lonnie all prove that college isn't Evil
Over the past ten years pastors in fundamentalist congregations have become increasingly alarmed over the dwindling attendance and participation in church activities by people age 18 - 30. Many of these people were `raised in the church', which is a term used by fundamentalists to indicate that they participated from a very young age in church-sponsored groups for religious instruction and socializing as children, pre-teens, and teenagers. Such young people were exposed to the church on a regular, continuous basis, not just at Sunday services, but at weeknight Bible Study, choral or music group practices, various retreats and `fellowship' sessions, as well as church-sponsored outings and sports activities.

It is thus with considerable consternation that pastors and parents find that when these young people go off to college (in other words, secular colleges and universities), they soon stop attending church. They also pick up what are considered immoral habits, such as consuming alcohol, engaging in premarital sex, listening to rock n' roll music, and jettisoning fundamentalist doctrine in favor of secular humanism. A proportion of these young adults eventually return to fundamentalist congregations when they reach their late 20s and early 30s and get married and have kids. But sufficient numbers fail to reconnect with the church culture they grew up with, so as to present a major dilemma for evangelical pastors and ministers.

The `college crisis' has generated a number of books from various ministers and advisors seeking to address the damage, and `University of Destruction' is one such entry. As far as author David Wheaton is concerned, one way to forestall this crisis is to urge young adults intent on attending a secular college to maintain their fundamentalist ideology. 'Destruction' is essentially a book-length sermon delivered with this goal ever in mind. Wheaton urges fundamentalist youth to avoid engaging in those actions that would compromise their religious upbringing, and to remain ever-vigilant against sliding into immorality.

The main problem I have with Wheaton's philosophy is that it envisions college as a Smorgasbord of Temptation, and a vehicle expertly suited for the downfall of Bible-Believing Youth.

But is this really true ?

Don't get me wrong; with so many incoming college students either already infected with genital warts and genital herpes, or destined to acquire these diseases during their college years, prudence in sexual matters is good advice. And as for alcohol, yes, too many students binge-drink and wind up with their stomachs pumped, or worse yet, suffering permanent or fatal injuries in booze-triggered accidents.

However, college is no more nor no less likely a place to go astray than any other location or habitat. Just ask "Pastor Ted" Haggard, formerly leader of the evangelical New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 2006 it was revealed by Mike Jones, a gay hustler, that Haggard had been having a sexual relationship with him, and later engaging in methamphetamine abuse, over a three-year period. Pastor Ted initially denied the accusations (James Dobson staunchly defended him), but eventually confessed, resigned from New Life Church, and underwent a Christian counseling-based `restoration' procedure.Ted is now a dedicated heterosexual, according to Tim Ralph, one of the restoration process coordinators.

I'm sure if Pastor Ted had been attending a meeting of the Campus Socialists Club every now and then, he may have been able to avoid an inappropriate rendezvous with Mike Jones.

And how about Baptist pastor Coy Privette ? In 2007 he resigned from North Carolina's Christian Action League after it was revealed he had been charged on six counts of aiding and abetting prostitution.

Maybe if Coy had been at the Homecoming dance - even if it meant exposure to rock n' roll -he would not have had idle time for mischief.

And what about W. David Hager, MD, author of several books addressing health and spirituality issues for Christian women ? When serving on an FDA advisory panel in 2003, Hager acted to restrict approval of birth control, reflecting his belief in fundamentalist doctrine. But then, in a 2005 article in `The Nation', his ex-wife revealed that throughout their marriage, Hager had insisted in practicing - without her consent - a form of birth control that many women find physically painful and repugnant.

Perhaps if Dave had going to the campus pub a few nights a week for a few cold ones, his ardor for improper marital relations would have been sublimated.

And finally, let's not forget South Tulsa Baptist Church senior pastor and Southern Baptist Convention executive committee member Lonnie Latham. In 2006 he was arrested for propositioning a male undercover police officer, while cruising in an area with a reputation for fostering gay sex hookups. Lonnie eventually was acquitted of the charge, but it was revealed that he had been a visitor to the `cruising' area at least one time prior to his arrest.

I have to wonder, if Lonnie had been in Biology class- even one that taught Evolution - he would not have had the time to go visiting certain questionable neighborhoods of Tulsa.

So I would argue to David Wheaton that being a reliable congregant at a fundamentalist church is just as likely to lead to the pursuit ofBad Behavior as going off to college. Let Ted, Coy, Dave, and Lonnie serve as reminders of what Christian Youth are NOT to do. You don't need to be at a 'University of Destruction' to understand this fact.
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