EDUO 9720: Dealing With the Problem of Athletic Drug Use

Class Description

Class participants will learn how to detect the signs of drug use and will encourage all of their student/athletes to follow a drug fee lifestyle. If a student is suspected of using drugs, the teacher/coach can use the problem solving techniques presented in this class to help the student.

Required Text:

Successful Coaching-4th Edition by Rainer Martens, Human Kinetics; February 17, 2012)

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will have had examined a style of teaching/coaching that:

• Facilitates the detection of the signs of substance abuse among young student/athletes.
• Encourages developing and enforcing a drug-free participation policy.
• Uses knowledge about drugs and drug abuse to help student/athletes when a problem arises.
• Enables them to provide preventive education about substance abuse.
• Encourages them to counsel their student/athletes about drug abuse and, when necessary, help them to obtain professional help.
• Helps them feel more comfortable in dealing with the parents of a student with drug problems.