The Theo Ratliff Activity Center sponsors a Life Skills Training program developed by Dr. Gilbert J. Botvin, a psychologist at Cornell University.  The Life Skills Training Program is an exciting program that educates against the use of: tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.  This is an ongoing program that will teach our youth to:

 1.  Increase self-esteem

 2.  Increase ability to make good and informed decisions and to be come better problem solvers

 3.  Communicate effectively

 4.  Avoid misunderstandings

 5.  Manage anxiety

 6.  Make new friends

 7.  Stand up for what is right

 8.  Say "No" to unfair requests

 9.  Resist advertising pressures

10. Resist pressure to use drugs

To find out when the next class will be held, please call: 334-289-2200.