Preventing Substance Abuse

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This Web site features OVERBOARD, on online 13-issue comic book that teaches high school students about the consequences of using drugs and alcohol. It is the Web companion piece to Bill Moyer’s program Close to Home.

The American Council for Drug Educations’ Facts for Educators Web site offers teachers of all grades a comprehensive plan for addressing drug use and prevention in the school. The Web site includes tips for talking about drugs in the classroom, drug prevention lesson plans organized by grade level, and signs and symptoms of drug use.

This Web site provides lesson plans that will allow the teacher to differentiate classroom instruction and give students an opportunity to use multi-media tools in the classroom while learning about alcohol and other drugs.

Too Smart to Start! Is a Web site that offers advice from teen columnists on various topics related to alcohol use, like how to say no, how teens can talk to their parents about alcohol, and what the physical effects of alcohol are. In addition, the site includes interactive games and additional resources.

This Web site is the young teen’s place for information on alcohol and resisting peer pressure. Activities, suggestions for handling almost any peer situation involving drinking, and a column that will answer kids’ questions about peer pressure fill this informative site. There is also a teacher link with lessons and activities for the classroom.

Visit Alcohol Free Children and learn what your school can do to prevent the use of alcohol in children ages 9 – 15. Information provided includes statistics on alcohol consumption, resources for parents, community members, and educators, and prevention. In addition, find out what your state is doing to prevent underage drinking and access weekly updates.

Use this lesson plan from the Web site The Educator’s Reference Desk to demonstrate the difficulty of dealing with peer pressure. This cookie activity can easily be used as a first unit on substance abuse for grades 4-6.

The Web site of the National Family Partnership can help you celebrate Red Ribbon Week all year! Activities and resources are offered for each month of the year, and support teachers and students in crusade to keep kids drug free.

The Web site Drug and Violence Education by the Texas Education Agency, provides a search for drug and violence prevention activities. Teachers can search by subject area and development (grade) level. There is even a category for the fine arts teacher.

This Web site from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is a comprehensive resource for teachers, including six lesson plans and activities for students that helps them understand alcoholism and alcohol abuse. For grade school use.

From the US Department of Health and Human Services comes this Web site, Alcohol and Drug Information, that includes Web casts, talking books and power point presentations that teach about alcohol and drug abuse.

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