Many young people in this country are in crisis. The continuing rise in negative behaviour adversely affects their ability to attend, behave or learn in school. An alarming rise in deaths of young people from guns and knives since 2007 shows no sign of abating, fuelled by the increasing number of gangs and the gang culture.

This course looks at all negative behaviour: bullying, cyber bullying, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, risky and inappropriate relationships, gangs, gun and knife crime as well as young people's mental health.

The aim of this course is not to make you a counsellor, but to give you the real tools that will help young people to resolve crisis now and in the future. It focuses on the issues adversely affecting young people which come into the classroom with them and will provide sensible, sensitive and effective ways to help and support them in overcoming their problems.