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Ideas For School Staff

Review Prevention Research

Review Treatment & Rehabilitation Research

Improve Instruction

Identify, Counsel, Refer Students

Create Safe, Caring Schools

Improve Student Engagement

Involve Parents

 School Staff Can Create & Maintain Safe, Caring Schools

This series of web pages describes how schools and school staff can work with parents to prevent substance abuse. This page describes steps that educators can take to ensure that their schools are as safe and caring as possible. Research shows that such schools are more likely to be successful at retaining students in school, thereby reducing the potential harmful uses of substances among students.

Go to these resources for more information on best practices:

-                    Safe School Plans (Safe Schools Manitoba)

-                    Enriching Children's Out-of-School Time (ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education)

-                    Positive Character Development in School Sport Programs (ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education)

-                    Working Together: A Guide to Positive Problem Solving for Schools, Families, and Communities (Manitoba Education)

-                    Safe & Caring Schools (Alberta Teachers' Association)

-                    Creating an Environment for Emotional and Social Well-Being (World Health Organization)

-                    SEL Tools (CASEL)

-                    Organizational Self-Assessment for Youth Involvement in Public Decision-making (Canadian Association for School Health)

-                    Working With Youth: Ten Lessons (Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic)

-                    Schools as Communities (ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management)

-                    After-School Programs that Promote Child and Adolescent Development (The National Academies Press)

The Promise of After-School Programs (Educational Leadership)

Schools as Communities (ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management)

Hearing The Voices of Youth (Health Canada)

Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline

(Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)

Safe and Caring Environment

(Regina School Division and Saskatchewan Learning)

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