LifeSkills Training is a middle school substance abuse prevention program that: (i) teaches students social and self-management skills, including skills in resisting peer and media pressure to smoke, drink, or use drugs; and (ii) informs students of the immediate consequences of substance abuse.
The program is delivered by regular classroom teachers who have received brief training from the LifeSkills Training organization. The teachers provide the program to students in 15 classroom sessions, each approximately 40-45 minutes in length, during students’ first year of middle school (either 6th or 7th grade). Over the next two years, the teachers provide students with a total of 5-15 review sessions to reinforce what they have learned.