The Alcohol Skills Training (ASTP) is unlike most alcohol programs because it acknowledges that college students drink, and rather than try to impose abstinence on college students, it acknowledges that any steps toward reduced risk are steps in the right direction. The ASTP was designed to provide drinkers and nondrinkers with information regarding Alcohol use and associated negative consequences and with the skills to reduce risky use and/or abstain from use altogether.

The goal of ASTP is to educate students about alcohol-related behavior while increasing students’ interest in critically examining their drinking patterns and eventually implementing the skills they learn. In doing so, students can learn to recognize high-risk situations and to minimize the potential negative consequences through prevention action, reduced consumption, or abstinence.

Time Commitment: 2 hour chapter event
Participation: 100% of entire chapter