What is the LifeSkills Training program?
The LifeSkills Training (LST) program is a remarkably effective tobacco, alcohol, and drug abuse prevention program for elementary, middle, and high school students. It was developed in the late 1970s by Gilbert J. Botvin, Ph.D., an internationally known expert on drug abuse prevention who is currently a Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College and Director of Cornell’s Institute for Prevention Research. The LST program is based on the latest scientific evidence of what causes drug abuse and how to best prevent it. This exciting program provides adolescents with the motivation and skills necessary to resist peer and media pressure to use drugs. It also provides them with the skills needed to deal with the challenges of life as an adolescent.
