Marijuana Intervention
The engaging discussions, activities, and journal writing in this curriculum is intended to provide support to students who are motivated to reduce or quit their marijuana use. This curriculum includes the required an MEI Intervention workbook to help students explore their marijuana use habits and patterns.
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Description
Marijuana Education Initiative Intervention Curriculum
Target Audience: Middle- and high-school-aged youth who have an established marijuana use habit and who want to reduce or quit their use.
Administration: This curriculum is intended to be facilitated by a mental health professional in an academic or youth services setting.
OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify their habits around marijuana use
- Identify where they are on the Stages of Change model
- Understand the impact their marijuana use has on their body, behavior, and brain
- Employ stress management techniques to replace using marijuana to alleviate stress
- Identify how their use affects their present and future selves
- Identify social supports
At the completion of this program, participates will know:
- How marijuana affects their body, behavior, and brain
- The Stages of Change model
- Erickson’s stages of development
- Their habits and patterns of use
- Characteristics of people who can support them
Methods of implementation:
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Transtheoretical Model
- Mindfulness/stress management practices
- Behavior-image model
- Social cognitive theory
- SEL programming
PROGRAM DETAILS:
- Seven units, approximately 50 minutes long, that are to be delivered in sequential order on a weekly or biweekly basis
- The curriculum is instructor driven with opportunities for group dialogue and self-exploration
- Instructor provides information, tools, and education so that participants can make their own decisions regarding marijuana use
- Students are expected to quit using marijuana for a short period of time
- Pre- and post-intervention student surveys are required
- Rubric is available for unit assessment
- Lessons align with American School Counselor Association (ASCA) standards
- Lessons align with social and emotional learning (SEL) programming and competency areas
- Former group members can return to speak about their experiences with reduction
- Intervention Journal download available for participants
Purchase grants one user, individual use of course materials for a self-selected period from date of purchase. This contract is extendable. Multi-year discounts available, contact us for details.