Utilizing Technology:Utilizing Technology: Creating a Creating a

Drug Abuse Prevention ProgramDrug Abuse Prevention Program

Drugs Abuse in Schools:Drugs Abuse in Schools:A Growing ConcernA Growing Concern

Thomas HauckThomas Hauck

Utilizing TechnologyUtilizing Technology

Technology is required Technology is required Provides information, resources, Provides information, resources,

communicationcommunication Encourages students and administratorsEncourages students and administrators Foster understanding and respect Foster understanding and respect Assist in referringAssist in referring Inform studentsInform students Share information, expertise, and Share information, expertise, and

competenciescompetencies Provide avenue for collaboration with Provide avenue for collaboration with

professionals professionals

Drug Abuse IssuesDrug Abuse Issues

Most difficult public Most difficult public health problems.health problems.

Devastate families Devastate families Drug related issues Drug related issues Greater riskGreater risk Devastating for Devastating for

studentsstudents

Important to Important to identify how many identify how many use?use?

Where it’s Where it’s obtained? obtained?

How many use? How many use? How many are How many are

sexually active?sexually active? How many have How many have

been threatened?been threatened?

Comprehensive School Health Comprehensive School Health ProgramProgram

Youth Risk Behavior Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)Survey (YRBS) Measures high risk Measures high risk

behaviorsbehaviors Monitor student trends Monitor student trends Compare students to Compare students to

national samplenational sample Plan, evaluate, and Plan, evaluate, and

improve improve community/school community/school programsprograms

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Project PRIDEProject PRIDE Provides abuse Provides abuse

prevention and group prevention and group counselingcounseling

Uses attitudinal and Uses attitudinal and behavioral approaches behavioral approaches to promote self-esteem to promote self-esteem & decision making skills& decision making skills

Focus on prevention, Focus on prevention, depression, and suicidedepression, and suicide

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Concerned StudentsConcerned Students

Must interveneMust intervene Enormous Enormous

influenceinfluence Can encourageCan encourage

http://www.health.http://www.health.org/govpubs/phd68org/govpubs/phd6888 resources and resources and

referencesreferences List of organizationsList of organizations State by state State by state

listing of hotlineslisting of hotlines

Prevention PrinciplesPrevention Principles

Objective is to evaluate, reform, and Objective is to evaluate, reform, and improveimprove

Designed to reach a specific population in Designed to reach a specific population in a variety of settings.a variety of settings.

Many programs are described by the Many programs are described by the audienceaudience Universal is all studentsUniversal is all students Selective is at risk studentsSelective is at risk students Indicated is for students already abusing Indicated is for students already abusing

drugsdrugs

SettingsSettings

Family programsFamily programs focus focus on communication on communication skills, appropriate skills, appropriate discipline styles, discipline styles, consistency of consistency of discipline, and discipline, and management management approachesapproaches

School programsSchool programs focus focus on academic and social on academic and social skills, peer skills, peer relationships, coping, relationships, coping, and drug refusal skillsand drug refusal skills

Community programsCommunity programs incorporate civic, incorporate civic, religious, legal, and religious, legal, and government government organizationsorganizations

Core Elements of an Effective Core Elements of an Effective Prevention ProgramPrevention Program

StructureStructure is how each program is is how each program is organizedorganized

ContentContent is how the information, is how the information, skills, and strategies are presentedskills, and strategies are presented

DeliveryDelivery is how the program is is how the program is selected, implemented, and selected, implemented, and evaluatedevaluated

StructureStructure

Addresses program type, audience, Addresses program type, audience, and settingand setting

Media and computer technology Media and computer technology programs demonstrate effectiveness programs demonstrate effectiveness

Combining programs is effective Combining programs is effective

ContentContent

Composed of information, skills Composed of information, skills development, methods, and servicesdevelopment, methods, and services

Includes facts about drugs, effects, Includes facts about drugs, effects, laws and policieslaws and policies

Methods are geared towards change Methods are geared towards change such as changing behavior or such as changing behavior or enforcing rules in schools , the enforcing rules in schools , the community, and in the homecommunity, and in the home

DeliveryDelivery

Includes selection and implementationIncludes selection and implementation Conduct reviewConduct review Selection of new research based Selection of new research based

programsprograms Shaping a program to fit needsShaping a program to fit needs Implementation should consider core Implementation should consider core

elements, research, audience, and elements, research, audience, and goalsgoals

FundingFunding A complete listing of A complete listing of

federal grant federal grant opportunities opportunities http://www.whitehousedhttp://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/fundingrugpolicy.gov/funding

Provides funding, Provides funding, training and technical training and technical assistance, equipment assistance, equipment procurement programs, procurement programs, and resourcesand resources

Current research, Current research, graphs, science and graphs, science and technology, and an technology, and an outlook for the futureoutlook for the future

ConclusionConclusion

Unlimited amount Unlimited amount of information and of information and resourcesresources

Current and Current and continuous continuous researchresearch

Local and state Local and state fundingfunding

Methods for dealing Methods for dealing and overcoming and overcoming drug abuse drug abuse

Assist in identifying, Assist in identifying, treating, and treating, and monitoringmonitoring

Facilitate awarenessFacilitate awareness Allows for feedbackAllows for feedback

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Research paperResearch paper

Internet Address Internet Address BookBook

Research Excerpt File Research Excerpt File