Utilizing Technology: Creating a Drug Abuse Prevention Program

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Utilizing Technology Creating a Drug Abuse
Prevention Program

• Drugs Abuse in Schools
• A Growing Concern
• Thomas Hauck

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Utilizing Technology

• Technology is required
• Provides information, resources, communication
• Encourages students and administrators
• Foster understanding and respect
• Assist in referring
• Inform students
• Share information, expertise, and competencies
• Provide avenue for collaboration with
  professionals

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Drug Abuse Issues

• Most difficult public health problems.
• Devastate families
• Drug related issues
• Greater risk
• Devastating for students

• Important to identify how many use?
• Where its obtained?
• How many use?
• How many are sexually active?
• How many have been threatened?

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Comprehensive School Health Program

• Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
• Measures high risk behaviors
• Monitor student trends
• Compare students to national sample
• Plan, evaluate, and improve community/school
  programs
• http//www.state.vt.us/adap/

• Project PRIDE
• Provides abuse prevention and group counseling
• Uses attitudinal and behavioral approaches to
  promote self-esteem decision making skills
• Focus on prevention, depression, and suicide
• http//www.jfcsphil.org/pride.htm

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Concerned Students

• Must intervene
• Enormous influence
• Can encourage

• http//www.health.org/govpubs/phd688
• resources and references
• List of organizations
• State by state listing of hotlines

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Prevention Principles

• Objective is to evaluate, reform, and improve
• Designed to reach a specific population in a
  variety of settings.
• Many programs are described by the audience
• Universal is all students
• Selective is at risk students
• Indicated is for students already abusing drugs

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Settings

• Family programs focus on communication skills,
  appropriate discipline styles, consistency of
  discipline, and management approaches
• School programs focus on academic and social
  skills, peer relationships, coping, and drug
  refusal skills

• Community programs incorporate civic, religious,
  legal, and government organizations

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Core Elements of an Effective Prevention Program

• Structure is how each program is organized
• Content is how the information, skills, and
  strategies are presented
• Delivery is how the program is selected,
  implemented, and evaluated

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Structure

• Addresses program type, audience, and setting
• Media and computer technology programs
  demonstrate effectiveness
• Combining programs is effective

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Content

• Composed of information, skills development,
  methods, and services
• Includes facts about drugs, effects, laws and
  policies
• Methods are geared towards change such as
  changing behavior or enforcing rules in schools ,
  the community, and in the home

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Delivery

• Includes selection and implementation
• Conduct review
• Selection of new research based programs
• Shaping a program to fit needs
• Implementation should consider core elements,
  research, audience, and goals

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Funding

• A complete listing of federal grant opportunities
  http//www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/funding
• Provides funding, training and technical
  assistance, equipment procurement programs, and
  resources
• Current research, graphs, science and technology,
  and an outlook for the future

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Conclusion

• Unlimited amount of information and resources
• Current and continuous research
• Local and state funding

• Methods for dealing and overcoming drug abuse
• Assist in identifying, treating, and monitoring
• Facilitate awareness
• Allows for feedback

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Additional Information

• http//www.angelfire.com/vamp2/minos919nj/COUN511.
  html
• Research paper
• Internet Address Book
• Research Excerpt File

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