The nurse is planning a counseling session with a group of "at-risk" adolescents on the topic of drug abuse. Which education strategy would be most effective?

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Several approaches to mental health promotion with adolescents are recommended. First, intervening at the peer group level through education programs, alternative recreation activities, and peer counseling is most successful. Additionally, training in values clarification, problem solving, social skills, and assertiveness helps give adolescents the skills to cope with situations in which they are pressured by their peers. Simply providing information or education is not as effective as skills training (e.g., assertiveness or behavior training and programs).

The Nurse Is Planning a Counseling Session with a Group