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PEERx Initiative To Educate Teens on the Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse
April 10–12, 2012 Walt Disney World Swan Resort
Accepted Learning Objectives 1. Describe NIDA's free educational
resources for prescription drug abuse prevention among teens.
2. Explain how to best use the interactive PEERx resources for maximum impact.
3. Identify real-world strategies for integrating the free NIDA resources into existing programs.
Disclosure Statement
• All presenters for this session, Shelley Caplan and Roseline Hooks, have disclosed no relevant, real, or apparent personal or professional financial relationships with NIDA.
• Increase awareness of the risks and consequences associated with abusing prescription painkillers.
• Teach interactive refusal skills.
• Achieve student engagement with the PEERx “Choose Your Path” activity. – Encourage healthy decision-making and implementation of refusal skills.
• Mentors successfully complete the program.
• Through a subcontract, mentors are required to complete an internship.
• Mentors are required to implement at least one PEERx activity in their assigned school.