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EDUC-G 208: PREVENTION OF ADOLESCENT RISK BEHAVIOR: COUNSELINGPERSPECTIVES (3 credits)

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This course will provide an overview of the principles of prevention interventions with a focus on the role of counselors and other helping professionals in the development and dissemination of prevention. Prevention of the following adolescent risk/problems that will be covered in the course: alcohol and drug use, risky sexual behaviors, suicide and self-harm, delinquency, obesity, and bullying. Further, the course will address the settings in which prevention of adolescent risk behaviors occurs including, but not limited to, schools and community agencies.

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