DrugWise Parents

A Dissemination & Train the Leaders Program by Parents, for Parents

 

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Drugs and Teen Use     What Schools Can Do      What Parents Can Do      What Parent Volunteers Can Do     What Parent Leaders Can Do

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 Engage their Students

 

This series of web pages describes how schools and school staff can work with parents to prevent substance abuse. This page describes steps that schools can take to ensure that the students in their school are as engaged as possible in instruction and school life.

 

 

Go to these resources for more information on best practices:

-                    The Critical Role of School Culture in Student Success (Voices for Children)

-                    Creating Safe Schools Through Invitational Education. ERIC Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services

-                    Creating a Positive School Climate (Manitoba Education)

-                    Positive School Climate (Department of Education, Newfoundland)

-                    Enhancing School Learning Climate: Theory, Research and Practice (SSTA)

A National Assessment of Effects of School Experiences on Health Outcomes and Behaviours of Children (Health Canada)

 

 Youth Engagement

(Canadian Association for School Health)

 

Compendium of Best Practices in Preventing SA among Youth

(Health Canada)

 

Best Practices: Treatment and Rehabilitation for Youth with Substance Use Problems

(Health Canada)

 

      

 

 

 

 

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