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Alcohol Education Program For Minors Course Overview
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Alcohol Education Program for Minors
Overview
Rationale:
With the advent of the 21-year-old drinking age law, many areas have seen an increase in violation of purchase, attempted purchase, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons. While Texas law provides penalties for this offense, it also makes provision for an education effort designed to alter behavior. Young people who illegally consume alcohol are prime candidates for DWI. In addition, data supplied by young people charged with Minor-In-Possession (MIP) offenses has shown that as many as fifty percent (50%) of them have serious problems with alcohol which go well beyond a single offense. For these reasons, a uniform educational program has been developed to provide information and possible referral services.
This curriculum contains seven different but related topics, as follows:
- Topic One: Social Values
- Topic Two: Advertising and the Alcohol Industry
- Topic Three: Alcohol and Young People
- Topic Four: Alcohol and Accidents
- Topic Five: Laws Relating to Young People and Alcohol
- Topic Six: Youth and Drinking Problems
- Topic Seven: Decision Making
TOPICS
I. Social Values
I. Purpose
To help young people examine and evaluate our society's beliefs and values related to the use of alcohol.
II. Advertising and the Alcohol Industry
I. Purpose
To help participants understand the influence advertising has upon our choices concerning the use of alcohol.
III. Alcohol and Young People
I. Purpose
To help young people understand the effects of alcohol on humans and especially on younger persons.
IV. Alcohol and Accidents
I. Purpose
To provide information to young people about the relationship between alcohol and various types of accidents and deaths, especially as they relate to young people.
V. Laws Relating to Young People and Alcohol
I. Purpose
To help young people gain an understanding of the various laws relating to the use of alcohol by minors.
VI. Youth and Drinking Problems
I. Purpose
To help young people examine their drinking pattern and explain aspects of a potential drinking problem.
VII. Decision Making
I. Purpose
To assist young people in making quality decisions about the use of alcohol.
Alcohol Education Program For Minors Course Overview
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Alcohol Education Program for Minors
Overview
Rationale:
With the advent of the 21-year-old drinking age law, many areas have seen an increase in violation of purchase, attempted purchase, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons. While Texas law provides penalties for this offense, it also makes provision for an education effort designed to alter behavior. Young people who illegally consume alcohol are prime candidates for DWI. In addition, data supplied by young people charged with Minor-In-Possession (MIP) offenses has shown that as many as fifty percent (50%) of them have serious problems with alcohol which go well beyond a single offense. For these reasons, a uniform educational program has been developed to provide information and possible referral services.
This curriculum contains seven different but related topics, as follows:
- Topic One: Social Values
- Topic Two: Advertising and the Alcohol Industry
- Topic Three: Alcohol and Young People
- Topic Four: Alcohol and Accidents
- Topic Five: Laws Relating to Young People and Alcohol
- Topic Six: Youth and Drinking Problems
- Topic Seven: Decision Making
TOPICS
I. Social Values
I. Purpose
To help young people examine and evaluate our society's beliefs and values related to the use of alcohol.
II. Advertising and the Alcohol Industry
I. Purpose
To help participants understand the influence advertising has upon our choices concerning the use of alcohol.
III. Alcohol and Young People
I. Purpose
To help young people understand the effects of alcohol on humans and especially on younger persons.
IV. Alcohol and Accidents
I. Purpose
To provide information to young people about the relationship between alcohol and various types of accidents and deaths, especially as they relate to young people.
V. Laws Relating to Young People and Alcohol
I. Purpose
To help young people gain an understanding of the various laws relating to the use of alcohol by minors.
VI. Youth and Drinking Problems
I. Purpose
To help young people examine their drinking pattern and explain aspects of a potential drinking problem.
VII. Decision Making
I. Purpose
To assist young people in making quality decisions about the use of alcohol.
DWI Education Overview
CURRICULUM
This curriculum is divided into four major components. The four components are:
- Alcohol/Drug Traffic Safety Problem
- Effects of Alcohol/Drugs on the Driving Task
- Alcohol/Drug Abuse and Dependence
- Personal Action to Avoid Future DWI Behavior
A. Alcohol/Drug Traffic Safety Problem
- A-1. Administration
- A-2. Introduction to Alcohol/Drug Traffic Safety Problem
- A-3. Coping with Hostilities & Explanation of Texas Laws
B. Effects of Alcohol/Drugs on the Driving Task
- B-1. Effects of Alcohol/Drugs on Humans
- B-2. Alcohol/Drugs & Driving Task Abilities
C. Alcohol/Drug Abuse and Dependency
- C-1. Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
- C-2. Symptoms of Dependency
- C-3. Sources of Assistance
D. Personal Actions to Avoid Future DWI Behavior
- D-1. Costs of DWI
- D-2. Decision Making
- D-3. Post Test and Course Evaluation
MODULES
Module A-1
Administration
I. Purpose
This module is designed to enable the instructor to handle any basic in-class administrative details which are necessary prior to beginning instruction.
Module A-2
Introduction to the Alcohol/Drug Traffic Safety Problem
I. Purpose
This module is designed to define terms, explain the nature of the problem of alcohol/drugs and traffic safety, and provide possible solutions.
Module A-3
Coping with Hostilities and Explanation of Texas Laws
I. Purpose
The purpose of this module is to break down hostilities, to allow participants to become involved, to explain necessary alcohol/drug traffic laws, and to begin instruction on alcohol and drugs.
Module B-1
Effects of Alcohol/Drugs on Humans
I. Purpose
This module is designed to provide basic information concerning ways humans are physiologically and psychologically affected by alcohol and selected other drugs as a lead-in to driving task effects.
Module B-2
Alcohol/Drugs and Driving Task Abilities
I. Purpose
The purpose of this module is to explain the relationship of alcohol and other drugs to driving task abilities.
Module C-1
Alcoholism and Dependency
I. Purpose
The purpose of this module is to introduce participants to the concepts of alcoholism, dependency, and abuse.
Module C-2
Symptoms of Dependency
I. Purpose
The purpose of this module is to present a variety of signs of chemical dependency to help participants evaluate the extent of their own problem.
Module C-3
Sources of Assistance
I. Purpose
The purpose of this module is to provide information on sources of assistance for alcohol and drug problems.
Module D-1
Costs of DWI
I. Purpose
The purpose of this module is to point out that there is more than legal responsibility involved in dealing with alcohol/drugs and driving.
Module D-2
Decision Making
I. Purpose
The purpose of this module is to aid the participants in making specific decisions which will prevent DWI behavior in the future.
Module D-3
Post-Test and Course Evaluation
I. Purpose
The purpose of this module is to administer the post-test instrument and conduct a course evaluation.
