Worksheet
Stage 5 – Activity 2 Worksheet
CASE STUDY: “WE’LL BE OK”
The situation
A group of friends are going to the beach to meet other young people for a 16th birthday party. There will not be any adult supervision at the party and the group of friends have informed their parents/guardians that they are going to see a movie.
At the party
7:00pm
It is still daylight and everyone is chatting in small groups with people that they know. A few people enter the surf and have a swim, while others are sitting or standing around drinking soft drinks and alcohol and eating some snack foods. Some people are smoking cigarettes. There are several CD players with different music playing.
9:00pm
Many people are showing some effects of excessive alcohol consumption, such as slurred speech, difficulties coordinating movement, losing their inhibitions and making decisions they might not normally make. The number of people at the party has increased significantly and there are a lot of uninvited/unfamiliar people.
Some of the friends are now feeling the effects of alcohol. The friends are expected home in 30 minutes and they know that their parents will be waiting for them. Some of the friends are invited down to the water’s edge by a group of people they don’t know, while others are offered a lift home from an older person who they know has been drinking.
Questions
- Describe the influences on young people that may be leading to the type of risk-taking behaviour occurring in the scenario.
- Predict the potential harms that may occur in the scenario.
- Justify how you would behave in a similar situation.
- Develop three strategies to promote safe behaviour at the party.