Curriculum Requirements

(1) The facility shall use a curriculum approved by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services. The curriculum shall minimally include current information areas including the following: (a) Traffic Safety aspects of alcohol and drug use, including: MINIMUM PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR ALCOHOL CHAPTER 0940-05-39 AND DRUG DUI SCHOOL SERVICES 1. Overview of the D.U.I. problem in Tennessee; 2. Tennessee laws relevant to D.U.I.; 3. Why the offenders are in school (probable cause for stopping an impaired driver); 4. Relationship of blood alcohol and other drug use on driving ability; 5. Techniques for avoiding driving while impaired; and (b) Physiological aspects of alcohol and other drug use, including: 1. Pharmacological and physical effects of alcohol and other depressants; 2. Pharmacological and physical effects of other drugs; 3. The potentiating effect of combining alcohol and other drugs; and (c) Psychological aspects of alcohol and other drug use, including: 1. Dynamics of alcohol and other drug use, abuse, and addiction, e.g., loss of control, denial, delusion, blaming, and guilt; 2. The progression of addictive behavior; 3. Dynamics in an alcohol and/or other drug abusive family; 4. The impact of alcohol and other drug addiction on other life aspects, e.g., emotional, physical, professional, legal, spiritual, rational, and intellectual; and 5. Local treatment resources and community support groups, e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Adult Children of Alcoholics.