Accessing Information For Alcohol/Drug Prevention
Jennifer Gray
It is amazing the amount of resources you can find when you go to google.com. If you type in “smoking” or “alcohol” you can find many resources for teaching, learning, and quitting these substances. There are also websites that teach parents how to talk with their children and there are websites that speak to children about these two substances.
SMOKING:
A great website for adults is www.keepkidsfromsmoking.com
This website in its URL even says what its purpose is which is to keep kids from smoking. This is a youth prevention program that you have even seen ads about on the television. On this site, there are tips and advice on how to talk to kids about the dangers of smoking. There are tips for talking to kids and parental advice.
A great website for kids is http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/smoking.html
This website is very kid friendly and kid oriented. This is a fun and exciting website. This is an article called, “Smoking Stinks.” In this article there are answers to questions like, “What are smoking and smokeless tobacco?, Why are smoking and smokeless tobacco so bad for you?, and Why do some kids smoke or use smokeless tobacco?.” This is great for children ages from 9-15.
ALCOHOL:
A great website for adults is www.alcoholfreechildren.irg/gs/pubs/html/Prev.htm
This website states its goal in its website title. This is leadership to keep children alcohol free for adults. An example or information offered in this website is “reinforce acceptable social norms.” There are strategies for the home, school, and community to help teachers and other adults to promote alcohol free children.
A great website for kids is http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/alcohol.html
This site addresses children’s questions such as “What happens when people drink?” and “What is alcoholism?” and “Say NO!” This website offers many links to other kid health information such as “kids’ health problems” and “dealing with feelings.” This is a fun and interesting website. This is great for children ages from 9-15.
BOOK:
A great book on both smoking and alcohol is Concepts and Content in Peer Health Education by Luoluo Hong.
This book is a guide for peers to teach each other about the effects and consequences of smoking and drinking alcohol. This is appropriate for students ages 15-24. This book can also be used by middle and high school teachers to teach students about alcohol, tobacco, and other things.
Alison Moss
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related web sites that can be used by the students
- http://www.dare.com
- The website includes accurate information about drugs
and alcohol, teaches students about having good decision making skills,
shows students how to recognize and resist peer pressure, and gives
students positive alternatives to drug and alcohol use.
- The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program is
appropriate for multiple age levels because all students whether they be
in elementary, middle, and high school should be equipped with the
knowledge about drug and alcohol abuse and violence, the consequences of
misuse, and the means necessary for resisting peer pressure to experiment
with drugs and alcohol.
- The website provides a list of drugs and their
descriptions in order for students to recognize each type of drug that
might come their way and the effect set drug would have on their body.
- http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov
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The website includes facts on different types of drugs,
commonly asked questions and answers, real stories about drug and alcohol
abuse, and an interactive section than enable students to see what drugs do to
their brains and bodies.
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The website, provided by scientists of the National
Institute on Drug Abuse, is geared towards middle level and high school
students with their science – based facts about how drugs affect the brain and
body so that students will be prepared with better information to make healthy
decisions.
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Elements such as animated illustrations, games, and quizzes
are used throughout the website in order to clarify concepts, test the
students’ knowledge, and make learning fun through interaction.
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related web sites that can be used by the teachers
1. http://www.backtoschool.drugabuse.gov
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The website includes information about the latest science –
based drug abuse publications as well as various teaching materials.
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Teachers can check out specific curricula and other teaching
aids that will be appropriate for multiple age levels. The teaching aids on the website list
examples of lesson plans for students in elementary through high school.
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Teachers can order a collection of articles designed to
teach middle level or high school students about the repercussions of drug use.
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The website includes information about how drugs and alcohol
have not disappeared from schools and schoolyards and what teachers can do to
ensure that students maintain their health.
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The website is appropriate for multiple age levels because
all students can learn how to maintain their health independently as
adolescents and adults.
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Teachers can educate students about a variety of problems
facing them today, ie: eating disorders, school violence, “body art: a
dangerous new fad,” etc.
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internet source
1. I think that the DARE program is
a worthwhile organization that is appropriate for multiple age levels. All students whether they be in elementary,
middle, and high school, can benefit from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education
Program because they should be equipped with the knowledge about drug and
alcohol abuse and violence, the consequences of misuse, and the means necessary
for resisting peer pressure to experiment with drugs and alcohol.
Katie Kelly
Alcohol, tobacco,
and other drug use prevention
Websites for Students:
This is a powerful website that
gives plenty of the facts about the dangers of tobacco and big companies behind
tobacco. It’s great in giving students a
new perspective on tobacco and tobacco companies that are trying to sell the
tobacco to them. This would be a good
website for upper elementary and middle school students. What is really effective is how the site
creatively expresses the dangers and negative effects of tobacco use and is
reinforced by their informational commercials commonly seen on television.
http://www.aadac4kids.com/index.asp
This website (created by the Alberta
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission) is my personal favorite for kids; it is
extremely imaginative, animated, and original.
The elements are very fun and eye catching and would really keep a
student’s interest, and the games and other activities for the kids are fun and
useful. My suggestion would be that this
would be a great website for 2nd or 3rd graders and
older, just because some of the information may be beyond the comprehension
level of a kindergarten or 1st grade student.
Websites for Teachers:
Something unique about this website
for teachers is that it does have the link to a website for students which
would make all the material that they are taking out of this website and
bringing into their classrooms become even more reinforced. There was one section that particularly
caught my attention on this website; it is entitled “What If”. The section has questions teachers would
often have before starting a unit on drug prevention and answers them
thoroughly providing even more resources to use.
While this site is primarily geared
towards helping parents keep their kids away from drugs it also has a section
for educators (called “Teacher’s Guide”) giving them things like activity
ideas, resources, and a way to “order materials.” What makes this website a valuable source is its
section called “Teacher to Teacher.”
This is a great place for teachers to share (anonymously or otherwise)
their “teaching strategy for drug prevention” and gain ideas from other
teachers out there.
http://www.acde.org/educate/Default.htm
This website created by the
“American Council for Drug Education” is completely designed for
educators. It has many helpful items
including “tips for talking about drugs in the classroom,” “age-appropriate lesson
plans,” “signs and symptoms of drug use,” and “basic facts about drugs.” Another helpful item about this website is
that it also has a section for students, which has basic facts and other
research for them.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/NIE/anti-drug/
This website is designed solely for educators. It is from the New York Times and provides
fourteen lessons that are able to be used with articles and other items from
the newspaper.
Non-internet source:
You Can Say "No" to Drugs! by Gretchen Super
I found this book series on borders.com
and it seems like one that would be great for young kids. The synopsis says that they are appropriate
for grades K-3 and that each one discusses the use of different drugs, what
they do to the body, and the consequences of use.