1. What's happening on campus?
Perceptions and misperceptions
Drinking-related consequences
What students think about drinking and getting drunk
2. Responding to college drinking
Models of alcohol problems
College students and risk
Implications for intervention
What works in prevention and treatment?
3. Assessing drinking and related behaviors
When and where to assess drinking
4. Style of the interaction
Who can talk to students about alcohol?
Deconstructing the style of the interview
5. Brief individual interactions : advice and consultation
What motivates people in brief interactions?
Providing advice and suggestions
Exploring change in the abstract
Importance and confidence rulers
Sample brief advice (3-10 minutes)
Sample behavioral consultation (10-30 minutes)
6. Extended individual interactions
Opening and closing longer interactions
Talking about change (when it makes sense to do so)
Sample motivational intervention (four sessions, 60 minutes each)
7. Talking with college drinkers in a group
Rationale and challenges of group programs
Structure and spirit of the good group
Sample group intervention (120-180 minutes, over one to three sessions)
8. Service integration and training
How students receive services
Delivering services and following up
Clinical exercises and materials
