CALIFORNIA HISPANIC COMMISION ON ALCOCHOL & DRUG ABUSE 5 - 2006

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Core COllrsc #6, Constructmg rl BchilVICHil! C~III(I;Jnrr Sy:;;/rm [1!:,'v0.lopln~J Nr.rrJ('(j Life Skills changing attitudes and behaviors toward friends and family) These units are designed to strengthen the artici ants' decision-makin skills. Course Objectives - After completing this seSSion, each participant will be able to: discuss how decision-making relates to a behavioral guidance system; define the concept of decision-making; explain why a non-decision is a decision, discuss decision-making through default; compare and contrast high-InVolvement and low-involvement decision-making; and outline and discuss each step in the decision-makin rocess. Course Activities - After establishing where decision-making skills fit into the larger program, the I counselor will cover each area in the objectives through a lecture First; however, a guided discussion about the youth's decision-making process is held. As a final activity, alternative scenarios that require decision-making are created Each participant is required to go through each step that they used in order to make the decision. Core Course #7: f Need a Job! Analyzing your Marketing Offerin and Job Preparation - Course Description - This course is designed to teach the youth techniques that can support them in findin em 10 menl in site of the existence of described barners.. Course Objectives - During this session, each participant will learn topics such as: Filling out an Application; the Tough Interview; Skills Employers Want; Types of Resumes; Resume Writing Tips; Job Search Plan; What an Interview is; Three Types of Interviews; the Seven Phases of an Interview; How People Find Jobs; Using the OOH and/or O'Net; Identifying Your Skills; Tips for Moving UP; Why People Get Fired; and others. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to demonstrate knowled e of all sub'ecl matter and be em 10 able. Course Activities - A number of activities are used to support this course. These include role-playing interviews and initial contact telephone calls; employers will be invited to speak regarding what they look for in an applicant. Occupation skill-testing will be conducted. Youth will also spend time reviewing and discussing job opportunities identified through newspapers. Participants will also complete a newspaper and electronic search for employment opportunities. Finally, each participant will go on a job interview or "mock" interview and share the experience with the group. Youth will also re ort on their trainin ro rams. Cors"', ,':,C tit:: Eernr i/!nl":,'~::'-' ;-".., ,",.- t',j ;::)' ;;' ~"},- " '1 1 . 'i,."",, i", ~.E- Course Description -In this course, we explore the identification of types of anger, anger management and domestic violence. Course Objectives - The objective of this unit is to identify the signs of the onset of anger. Potentially volatile situations can be avoided b identification and behavior modification. Course Activities - Participants will identify situations that may lead to angry confrontation. They will answer questions to identify when angry feelings are most likely to occur. Participants will also be asked to "draw" what they think anger looks like In addition to Identifying types of anger, the youth will also learn to identify the "signs" of anger and what they can do to defuse such situations through role- la in and other activities. Core Course #9: The Ab ss of Addiction -I am a Dru User, but the Ball is in MY Court Course Description - This is the course in which substance abuse counselors literally begin the drug treatment component in substance abuse programs. Before the youth can begin to "grow" toward recove ,his/her inter- s chic attitudes about chemical use must be extricated. The outh must 24