The Theo Ratliff Activity Center sponsors a Life Skill Training Program developed by Dr. Gilbert J. Botvin, a psychologist at Cornell University. The Life Skill Training Program is an exciting program that educates against the use of: tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. This is an ongoing program that will teach our youth to:
1. Increase self-esteem
2. Increase ability to make
good decisions and solve problems
3. Communicate effectively
4. Avoid misunderstandings
5. Manage anxiety
6. Make new friends
7. Stand up for what is right
8. Say “no” to unfair requests
9. Resist advertising pressures
10. Resist pressure to use drugs