Prevention is defined as risk control science

The subject of the prevention of bad habits (smoking, drinking and using drugs) in the work with teenagers was settled by the situation in Lithuania – the problem is rapidly spreading usage of narcotics. Prevention is defined as risk control science, where achievements of modern management should be aimed. Complicated and contradictory process of personality’s development in adolescence is reviewed wichly in this work. The authoress presents the pedagogical – psychological characteristic of teenager, also factors influencing the teenager’s psychosocial development. The reasons of the formation of bad habits in adolescence and the tasks of the initial prevention are specified on the ground of the modern motion of dependences. Seeking the efficiency of the prevention, the special competence of parents and teachers and the strategy of their common efforts should be reached. The authoress specifies the role of parents (family) and teachers (school) fighting against unhealthy habits among teenagers (11 – 16 year olds) The prevention education of the usage o drugs is considered to be the process of the formation of pupils’ psychological – social competence. All stages of the initial prevention at the school are discussed in consecutive order in this work: forming of healthy way of living and training of resistance for negative occurrences; giving of skilled information about harm of drugs usage; organizing of free - time after lessons. In order to clear up, do school communities solve the problems of the prevention successfully the research was carried out in 2 secondary schools in Vilnius (Fabijoniškių and Šv. Kristoforo). 240 teenagers (11 – 16 year olds) and 50 their teachers were questioned. The preventive process of bad habits at school was estimated; the inclination for drugs among teenagers of different age and the main sources of information about drugs were defined; the reasons of mage were concretized; and finally, possibilities of organizing and managing of positive preventive work with teenagers were foreseen.Švietimo akademijaVytauto Didžiojo universiteta