Overview of the "Developing Positive Parental Influences" Training

This module is a highly interactive training offered to parents and other caring adults interested in influencing youth in positive ways. Participants are expected to develop a greater awareness of facts and feelings about chemical use, abuse, and dependency; to review effective approaches to prevention; and to develop a practical understanding of intervention, referral procedures, and treatment options. The "Developing Positive Parental Influences" training includes an examination of personal and group feelings and attitudes toward alcohol and drug issues, and an in-depth look at the dynamics of chemical dependency and its impact on families.

The "Developing Positive Parental Influences" training is the result of 20 years of research, training experience, and observation. In developing the "Developing Positive Parental Influences" training, COPESæ staff studied the curricula and literature published by some of the most effective substance abuse preventionists in the country, and received extensive training and consultation in their approaches to effective prevention programming.

This alcohol and other drug issues training promotes the skills of self-awareness and examines personal history and genetic risk factors so that people not already harmfully involved with alcohol and other drugs can make responsible decisions regarding their alcohol and other drug use behavior. The "Developing Positive Parental Influences" training focuses on separating thoughts and feelings along the continuum of abstinence, use, abuse, and dependency, and how to apply these clarified thoughts and feelings in the area of behavioral standards for oneself and children based upon familial, genetic, environment, and lifestyle risk factors.

The trainers are encouraged to seek to create an atmosphere of acceptance and inclusion for all individuals in the training, including people all along the continuum from abstinence through chemical dependency.

COPES staff have trained over 20,000 people in the "Developing Positive Parental Influences" training. The "Developing Positive Parental Influences" training has been provided to individuals, families, schools, churches, civic groups, social services agencies, universities, corporations, industries, and government agencies.

The "Developing Positive Parental Influences" Rationale

The basic premises upon which the "Developing Positive Parental Influences" training was developed are as follows:

1. It is difficult to control someone else's behavior 24 hours a day 7 days a week (including our children).
2. We may influence children through open and honest communication including listening, sharing, and modeling. We can also share knowledge, information, understanding, and love.
3. Independence and responsibility can be learned through practice.
4. Extreme attitudes and behaviors may be dangerous because they often promote both the extreme position held by the parent and its opposite, leading to tremendous conflict.
5. Pain is a natural part of life. It is normal to feel pain.
6. When a person hurts, it can be helpful for them to express feelings.
7. It is one thing to drink, another thing to get drunk, and something altogether different to be alcoholic or chemically dependent.
8. It can be considered neutral (neither right nor wrong) for most American adults to choose to drink a single serving of an alcoholic beverage.
9. It can be considered irresponsible to get drunk or intoxicated.
10. Anyone who consumes alcoholic beverages may be at some risk for developing alcoholism over a lifetime.

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