How to Practice Refusal Skills

How to Practice Refusal Skills is a one-page educational resource from the Addiction Policy Forum that helps teens prepare to decline offers of alcohol and other drugs. It presents five approaches: simple responses, direct statements, excuses, alternatives, and reversing peer pressure. Parents, caregivers, and educators can use the examples to guide conversations and role-playing activities. Practicing these responses helps teens identify ways to refuse that feel comfortable and natural to them.

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