Protective Factors, Risk
Factors, Measurable Program Outcomes
Protective Factors Individual / Family / Peers / Community
• Accurately appraise his/her ATOD risk level
• Recognize the need for preservation awareness by lowering resistance to the non-use prevention message
• Utilize healthy risk perception
• Identify defensive postures / denial issues
• Detect environmental myths
• Demonstrate an accurate knowledge base regarding ATOD dangers
• Employ refusal-skills
Risk Factors Individual / Family / Peers / Community
• Inaccurate appraisal of his/her ATOD risk level
• Devalued opinion of self-preservation issues related to substance use
• A Risk Perception Deficit
• Defensive postures / trust issues with adults / denial attributes
• Acceptance of environmental myths
• Inadequate knowledge base regarding physiology and ATOD risks
• Low rationale for developing substance use refusal skills
Outcomes
After the SIGNALS program the youth will be able to:
Accurately evaluate their risk level for substance abuse
Demonstrate an enhanced self-preservation awareness resulting in a lowered resistance to a non-use prevention message
Demonstrate a lowered risk perception deficit
Recognize defensive postures
Identify environmental myths
Demonstrate an accurate knowledge base on the harm of ATOD use
Apply ATOD refusal skills and Sustain non-use of ATOD
