1st Edition

Let's Talk About Drugs Teacher's Guide & Student's Manual

By Michael Ackley Copyright 2014

    Effective drug education is key to steering young people away from drug use, whether in a group setting or one to one. This workbook provides a fun way to learn about drugs with a teacher or youth worker, parent or carer. The approaches include: information giving; life skills education; and mixed approaches. Packed with important information, strategies and facts, the following subjects are included: what is a drug; drug word game; drug names and nicknames; using drugs - for and against; the effects of drugs; risks and dangers of drugs; drugs and the law; keeping safe; resisting peer pressure; tobacco; and alcohol. A great deal of information provided in this easy to use package. Paperback & CD.

    Effective drug education is key to steering young people away from drug use, whether in a group setting or one to one. These small workbooks provide a fun way to learn about drugs with a teacher or youth worker, parent or carer. The approaches include:

    Fear arousal (also called the 'shock horror' approach)

    Information giving

    Life skills education

    Mixed approaches.

    Packed with important information, strategies and facts, the following subjects are included:

    What is a drug

    Drug word game

    Drug names and nicknames

    Why and why not use drugs

    The effects of drugs

    Risks and dangers of drugs

    Drugs and the law

    Keeping safe

    Resisting peer pressure

    Tobacco

    Alcohol.

    A great deal of information provided in this easy to use package.

    Biography

    Michael Ackley