ograms provide students the opportunity to practice assertiveness skills in class by role playing their own uncomfortable life situations and by allowing rehearsal of new skills outside the classroom with guaranteed support from within. Assertiveness and self-esteem create a positive feedback cycle.
Journaling and diary-keeping are important parts of self-discovery, and self-discovery is necessary before behavior change can occur. Proghoff (1980) offers a highly developed school of journaling that can promote rapid emotional growth. Behavior modification programs always ask the individual to perform some type of self-monitoring (Stuart & Davis, 1978).
Many currently accepted programs for drug education in the schools have been examined recently to ascertain their effectiveness. One of the projects that has beco
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