To dialogue with detention center residents about incarceration and how it has affected their lives. This is the only session in which parents are invited to actively participate with the students. All participants meet at a designated location, and go through preparatory activities with the detention director before being escorted into the main meeting room with the residents. Faculty and facility staff are present and may facilitate interviews. This visit is usually the most provocative for the students.
All participants meet in a relaxed atmosphere to debrief about the experience and the interviews.
Facilitators explain the purpose of the collage activity, and ask students to bring in magazines, songs, posters, etc. that are related to the use of ATOD and some of the other issues that may have been explored in previous session, such as teen sexuality, child abuse, etc. 5. To analyze WHY youth engage in abusive behaviors. To explore how students' communities may contribute to alcohol and tobacco abuse and other risky behaviors. To begin to identify student values in relation to issues that affect teenagers. To promote healthy decision-making through analyzing media.