Preventing Drug Addiction
Preventing drug addiction is a complicated task. The root cause to the problem is usually connected to issues arising in the addict’s home, school and community during their childhood and adolescent years. In order to win this war on drug addiction, we must develop or adopt a comprehensive plan of attack focusing on these challenges. Any successful plan will begin by recruiting the soldiers needed fight the battle and using existing research to plan the attack.
Programs and Success
There are two programs that have had success fighting drug addiction across the United States. One is Promoting School-Community-University Partnership to enhance Resilience (PROSPER) project (14). This plan employs university staff, …show more content…
It is how they are able to deal with those issues that will determine if they are at a higher risk of becoming a substance abuser. Resilience broadly refers to the tendency to spring back or rebound from adverse situations. It involves the capacity to respond and endure, or develop and maintain a healthy life in spite of life stressors (22). Lesson plans need to include problem solving activities that will help the student develop and maintain coping skills in order for them to be resilient when problems occur in their life. Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg identified the Seven “C”s of Resilience: Competence, Confidence, Connection, Character, Contribution, Coping, and Control (23). Improving these ‘Seven “C”s’ should be the objective of every educator. If educators are successful at developing and improving these skills, students will become more resilient.
Drug Prevention Education
Schools play an important role in drug prevention programs. They have a captive audience. It is the perfect setting to educate children about the negative impact illegal drugs can have on their life. Middle schools and high schools are the most effective levels of education to focus drug prevention programs …show more content…
Affective Education needs to be utilized to get them interested in the subject matter. This will improve their attitude toward drug prevention education. The goal should be to reduce student alienation by increasing their self-esteem and self-concept. Most importantly the program should focus on the social influences in the student’s world. The teacher must be aware of the influence of cultural and environmental forces at work in the student’s daily life including peer attitudes and behavior. Evidence suggests that and individual’s attitude and behavior will mirror those of their peers
Preventing drug addiction is a complicated task. The root cause to the problem is usually connected to issues arising in the addict’s home, school and community during their childhood and adolescent years. In order to win this war on drug addiction, we must develop or adopt a comprehensive plan of attack focusing on these challenges. Any successful plan will begin by recruiting the soldiers needed fight the battle and using existing research to plan the attack.
Programs and Success
There are two programs that have had success fighting drug addiction across the United States. One is Promoting School-Community-University Partnership to enhance Resilience (PROSPER) project (14). This plan employs university staff, …show more content…
It is how they are able to deal with those issues that will determine if they are at a higher risk of becoming a substance abuser. Resilience broadly refers to the tendency to spring back or rebound from adverse situations. It involves the capacity to respond and endure, or develop and maintain a healthy life in spite of life stressors (22). Lesson plans need to include problem solving activities that will help the student develop and maintain coping skills in order for them to be resilient when problems occur in their life. Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg identified the Seven “C”s of Resilience: Competence, Confidence, Connection, Character, Contribution, Coping, and Control (23). Improving these ‘Seven “C”s’ should be the objective of every educator. If educators are successful at developing and improving these skills, students will become more resilient.
Drug Prevention Education
Schools play an important role in drug prevention programs. They have a captive audience. It is the perfect setting to educate children about the negative impact illegal drugs can have on their life. Middle schools and high schools are the most effective levels of education to focus drug prevention programs …show more content…
Affective Education needs to be utilized to get them interested in the subject matter. This will improve their attitude toward drug prevention education. The goal should be to reduce student alienation by increasing their self-esteem and self-concept. Most importantly the program should focus on the social influences in the student’s world. The teacher must be aware of the influence of cultural and environmental forces at work in the student’s daily life including peer attitudes and behavior. Evidence suggests that and individual’s attitude and behavior will mirror those of their peers