Applied Final Project Part 3: Parenting Action Plan

Running head: ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANNCE ABUSE IN TEENS 1

ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN TEENS

Alcohol and Substance Abuse in Teens

Name: Folajimi Akinfe

Due Date: 06-08-2021

Alcohol and Substance Abuse in Teens

Alcohol abuse is the use of much alcohol, and it entails the inability to manage the habits involved in drinking. Alcohol abuse has got some effects on teens' bodies, for it puts the brakes on the immune system. When alcohol is abused, the body is not able to make white blood cells that are used to prevent or fight germs. When the teens spend a long time taking alcohol, there is the possibility of falling sick and other illnesses like pneumonia and tuberculosis. The teens are between the ages of 14-18years of age, the social-economic status for these teens is lower class. The lower social-economic rate is households with little income or wealth to deal with some of the negative effects of adverse health events.

When describing the teens in terms of lower social-economic status, we regard them as inferior in education, income, and employment. They have low achievement in educational attainment and household income. In step 4, that is the family composition, the parental involvement in preventing alcohol in teens. The parents can take more significant concern in parental monitoring, family rules, and parent-child communication. The family composition concerning these teens who take alcohol mostly is in the family with a single mother. There is not enough force to discipline the child by only one parent; all parents should be involved. In terms of siblings, the teens have got other siblings who look at what they are doing and abusing the alcohol, and later on, there is the possibility of getting affected since they live in the same environment. The employment status of one parent is not suitable for the mother, for she struggles to earn a living (Villages-Pantoja, 2018).

In step five, in terms of the problem, alcohol has a more significant impact on schoolwork; there are poor results in school. The reason being there is a reduced number of hours that these teenagers spend studying. Too they have limited time on completing the assignments that the teachers have given them. There is a lot of absence in attending the school; thus, drinking causing a lot of effect on GPA. In addition, there is still an impact on the time taken to ensure there is enough concentration in studies. On the impact of alcohol in teens, there is an exhibition of extreme levels of psychological distress. A certain percentage of around 39 have got serious behavioral complications to develop poor impulsive control. Thus causing risk sexual behavior, or even they can cause conflict from nowhere (Kane, 2017).

The physical and emotional issue concerns teens taking excessive alcohol where GABA can make feelings of relaxation. When alcohol is taken to a greater extent can lead to mood, personality, and behavior modification. Moreover, alcohol can lead to intensifying feelings of depression and anger. On the side of the physical issue when taking a drink, they may get fat or develop heath complications. There are even other issues like fighting or brawling, drowning, drug overdose, self-harm, and suicide.

Step six with the issue of sites of impact at home this teen’s care known to refuse to undertake the regular duties assigned by parents. They fail to do the homework and the class work at school, too, hence poor performance in the public’s spaces that include a playground, retail, and grocery. The neighborhood parks are thought to minimize the stressors of chaotic urban environments by adding green space. In addition, initially, they were believed to increase social cohesion, but today things are different. They are fostering behaviors concerning criminology. Where the teens can use substances because they feel the places are safe, they cannot be caught ( Kim, 2017).

In step seven, it's the discussion concerning potential solutions, to begin with, the issue of the home plan. There should be led to be enhanced by parents to these teens who take alcohol and commitment. The community, too, should take action in preventing the use of alcohol at home. For instance, when one is found taking a drink, one should be well punished so that other teens get afraid of repeating the same act. Alcohol should not be allowed to be sold to teens, and anyone found using should be forced to face the law. Monitoring and surveillance should be done, and finally, reducing the use of alcohol in public places with some of these teens ( Damico, 2018).

In school, there are diverse ways to be used by teens to prevent the use of alcohol. Thus, the teachers can talk to the kids. There is an educational key and assist the teens in understanding some of the impacts of taking a drink. For instance, one can tell them how risk can develop even cancer and severe disease infections when one takes excess alcohol. The teachers can still make a positive influence and get to know some of the warning signs of taking a drink. The community support groups should get to help the teens who take alcohol by giving guidance and counseling. The community group, too, should focus a lot on identifying people who sell alcohol to teens and give them a very stern warning. If they fail to adhere to the law, they should still be reported for more punishment.

The behavioral plan that can be made to make teens stop taking alcohol is that they should be advised of some of the influencing groups. They ought to stay away completely and avoid them and get to groups that help them come out being very successful. The issue of the health of teens is warned of the side effects of the alcohol when used by teens and how much it gets to affect the health of students.

References

Villegas-Pantoja, M., Guzmán-Facundo, F., Alonso-Castillo, M., de la Rubia, J. M., & López-García, K. (2018). Parenting behaviors and their relationship with alcohol involvement in Mexican teenagers and young adults. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 27(4), 227-237.

Kane, J. C., Van Wyk, S. S., Murray, S. M., Bolton, P., Melendez, F., Danielson, C. K., ... & Murray, L. K. (2017). Testing the effectiveness of a transdiagnostic treatment approach in reducing violence and alcohol abuse among families in Zambia: study protocol of the Violence and Alcohol Treatment (VATU) trial. Global Mental Health, 4.

Kim, S. Y., Sim, S., & Choi, H. G. (2017). High stress, lack of sleep, low school performance, and suicide attempts are associated with high energy drink intake in adolescents. PloS one, 12(11), e0187759.

D'Amico, E. J., Parast, L., Shadel, W. G., Meredith, L. S., Seelam, R., & Stein, B. D. (2018). Brief motivational interviewing intervention to reduce alcohol and marijuana use for at-risk adolescents in primary care. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 86(9), 775.