Day One

Welcome
What is the Parent Corps?
Why Parents?
What Are Your Dreams for Your Child?
Roadblocks to Your Dreams
Adolescence: The Roller Coaster Ride
The Big Question
What Research Shows
Who Influences Kids Most?
The Power of Parents
Risk and Protective Factors
Science-Based Prevention Programs
Who Uses Drugs?

Day Two

How Drugs Change the Brain
What’s My Brain Got to Do with It?
How the Brain Works
How Drugs Change the Brain
New Risk Factor: Adolescent Brain Development

Are Drugs Medicine?
What About Legalization?
Environmental Factors
Advertising and Marketing
Computers and the Internet
Accuracy on the Internet
Parental Guidelines
Advocacy vs. Lobbying
My Governments

Day Three

Parent Corps Management Issues
Essentials Characteristics of Communication
Facilitation Training
Working with Difficult Group Members

Day Four

How to Form Parent Groups
Legal Right and Responsibilities of Parents
Kinds of Parent Groups
Forming a Parent School Group
Other Kinds of Parent Groups
Training Goals and Action Plans
Parent Leaders' Reporting Responsibilities

Day Five

Action Plan Report Outs
Activity Reports
Graduation and Certification