Guiding Good Choices (GGC) (formerly known as Preparing for the Drug Free Years) was a program designed to teach parents skills that can help prevent drug and alcohol abuse in their families.
The primary goal of GGC was to increase family involvement that is rewarding and enhances parent-child bonds. The program was offered in a series of sessions, each designed to focus on one of five areas. The program began with increasing parents’ knowledge of the risk factors associated with drug abuse. It then focused on teaching parents the skills that help mitigate these risk factors, such as how to clearly communicate expectations for behavior, how to reduce family conflict, and how to encourage the expression of positive feelings and love. One of the sessions taught both parents and children various ways to resist peer and social pressures to engage in inappropriate behavior.
