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CRAFT and Decision-Making: A Listener Weighs In

Our Podcast: Coming Up For Air

To look at how CRAFT informs decision-making, Dominique, Kayla, and Laurie address a listener comment, discussing a father’s choices in handling a son and the possibility of drunk-driving.

 

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