Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission

School Based Prevention Programming and Resources

May, 2007

IN CLASS LEARNING RESOURCES - Curriculum

Name of Description
Project/Resource
Leaps and Bounds 3 The Grade 3 Lessons include six 45-
minute lessons that support the Alberta
Education Program of Studies, 2002.
Leaps and Bounds 4 The Grade 4 Lessons were developed
in support of the Alberta Learning
Program of Studies, 2002. It is
comprised of eight lesson plans, which
encourage children to make sound
decisions regarding drug and alcohol
use and gambling.
Teaming Up for Tobacco Teaming Up For Tobacco-Free Kids is
Free Kids a team of organizations and
companies concerned about the
affects of tobacco use on kids.
Teaming Up for Tobacco Teaming Up For Tobacco-Free Kids is
Free Kids a team of organizations and
Objectives Target Audience Contact
The lessons focus on: Grade 3 male and www.aadac.com or
 improving and practicing positive health habits female students please contact your local
 safety rules AADAC office
 healthy alternatives to alcohol, tobacco, other
drugs and gambling
 the importance of personal goals and role
models
 the benefits of healthy choices
 the effects of positive and negative peer
influence
 the importance of recognizing personal skills
and assets.
The focus of this resource is to provide the Grade 4 male and www.aadac.com or
students with accurate information and assist female students please contact your local
them in acquiring life skills, while emphasizing the AADAC office
importance of internalizing healthy lifestyle
choices.
Encourages elementary school children to make Grade 4, 5 and 6 male www.aadac.com or
healthy choices and to stand by those choices. It and female students please contact your local
also recognizes and respects the traditional AADAC office
Aboriginal use of ceremonial tobacco as opposed
to the habitual misuse of tobacco.
Encourages elementary school children to make Grade 4, 5 and 6 male www.aadac.com or
healthy choices and to stand by those choices. It and female students please contact your local

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 companies concerned about the
affects of tobacco use on kids.
Leaps and Bounds 6 Leaps and Bounds 6 is comprised of
eight lesson plans, each of which
fulfills Specific Outcomes outlined in
the grade six Health and Life Skills
Curriculum.
Own Your Zone Own Your Zone was developed in
collaboration with Alberta Learning to
be a ready-to-go, 10-session unit
whose objectives fulfill many of the
specific outcomes students are to
achieve through the Grade 7 Health
and Life Skills, Language Arts, Social
Studies and Drama curricula.
Grade 8 The Grade 8 Lessons include four 45-
minute lessons that support the Health
and Life Skills Objectives of Alberta
Education Program of Studies, 2002.
Be Your Own Hero The resource includes six 80-minute
lessons that fulfill outcomes from the
also recognizes and respects the traditional AADAC office
Aboriginal use of ceremonial tobacco as opposed
to the habitual misuse of tobacco.
The focus of this resource is to provide the Grade 6 male and www.aadac.com or
students with accurate information and assist female students please contact your local
them in acquiring life skills, while emphasizing the AADAC office
importance of internalizing healthy lifestyle
choices.
The focus of this resource is to help Grade 7 Grade 7 male and www.aadac.com or
students take responsibility for making healthy female students please contact your local
lifestyle choices about drugs (alcohol, tobacco, AADAC office
marijuana and others) and gambling. It uses
interactive and approach to discuss:
 the effects, risks and consequences of
unhealthy choices
 to develop refusal and other skills required to
make healthy choices
 to form their own value-based philosophy of
abstention from drugs and gambling
The lessons topics include: Grade 8 male and www.aadac.com or
 Tobacco, female students please contact your local
 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), AADAC office
 Gus Issues
 Go Girl
Each lesson allows students to focus on improving
and practising positive health habits and covers
concepts such as healthy alternatives to alcohol,
tobacco, other drugs and gambling, the
importance of personal goals and role models, the
benefits of healthy choices, the effects of positive
and negative peer influence, and the importance
of recognizing personal skills and assets. The
lessons are intended as part of a series but can
be modified to include less lessons.
Be Your Own HERO (Health, Education, Grade 11 – CALM www.aadac.com or
Resiliency, Opportunity) - provides accurate students please contact your local
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 Alberta Learning Career and Life
Management (CALM) curriculum. The
lessons were developed to be practical
and valuable to teachers, and easy to
use in a variety of CALM classes. The
activities involve class discussion,
group work and experiential
components.
IN CLASS LEARNING RESOURCES – Videos, Interactive C D’s, Facilitators’ Discussion Guide
Name of Description
Project/Resource
Cool? Cool? Identity, Drugs and Fitting In, is
a fast-paced 23-minute video,
developed by and featuring teens.
Faces of Reality This documentary brings together four
young adults who experienced an
alcohol or other drug problem in their
teens. Their task is to create a
television commercial that will carry a
message to other youth.
When Choices Collide An interactive CD-Rom, Video and
Discussion Guide, which allows
students to answer questions and
make decisions about impaired driving
issues.
This powerful and moving docudrama
information, helps youth to develop life skills, and AADAC office
emphasizes the importance of healthy choices.
Objectives Target Audience Contact
The video explores the complex issues of identity, Grade 7-9 male and www.aadac.com or
drugs and fitting in. It looks at how commonly female students please contact your local
teens use drugs and alcohol, how taking drugs AADAC office
relates to “fitting in”, and the point where taking
drugs becomes a problem. The issues are viewed
from both a rural and an urban perspective.
The accompanying discussion guide provides
facilitators with background information, activities
and discussion questions.
In the process of making the commercial, the Grade 7-9 male and www.aadac.com or
young people in the video share their personal female students please contact your local
stories of addiction and recovery. A discussion AADAC office
guide is included which provides teachers and
other youth leaders with questions and activities to
generate discussion.
Included is a comprehensive and easy-to-use Grade 11 students www.aadac.com or
learning guide provides strategies for discussion please contact your local
of the video and offers exercises to enhance and AADAC office
strengthen the powerful learning experiences
offered to youth on the dangers of impaired
driving. Suggestions for school campaigns are
included to point your group in a positive and
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 targets youth and addresses the
serious social issue of impaired driving.
RESOURCES TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL STRATEGY
Name of Description
Project/Resource
School Policy Manual This manual offers principals, teachers
and school councils practical
information about developing a
substance use and gambling policy.
A Grad to Remember This guide is intended as a resource
for parents, teachers, students, and
anyone interested or involved in
organizing a dry grad.
Teacher Information The Teacher Information Series is
Series designed to give teachers like you
factual information to help you engage
students in talking about substance
abuse and gambling and allow them to
make informed lifestyle decisions and
healthy choices.
proactive direction.
Objectives Target Audience Contact
It describes the key components of an effective School Administrators, www.aadac.com or
policy, discusses the benefits of such policy, teachers, other school please contact your local
addresses common concerns, and provides staff and parents AADAC office
information about relevant resources that schools
can use. The manual includes sample resources
such as a presentation for those developing
policy, a school policy template, and statements to
the school community about dealing with incidents
related to substance use or gambling.
It answers important questions about dry grads, Grade 12 students, www.aadac.com or
describes how to get things done, and guides dry parents, teachers please contact your local
grad planning from start to finish. There are AADAC office
recommendations and suggestions for a
successful dry grad from actual dry grad
organizers, information on specific Alberta
legislation relevant to dry grad planning, samples
of correspondence, and more.
Kids have always experimented and pushed the Teachers www.aadac.com or
boundaries of what they should and shouldn’t do. please contact your local
They need to prove things to themselves and to AADAC office
their peers – it’s a part of growing up. When
tobacco, alcohol, other drugs or gambling is
involved, experimentation can become a
dangerous progression that may lead to
dependency or an addiction.
Topics Include:
 Resiliency
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  The Process of Addiction
 What is a Drug
 About Alcohol
 Drinking and Driving
 Marijuana Myths
 About Gambling
 Substance Use and Gambling
 Crystal Meth
AADAC Mobile Service AADAC Mobile Services teams provide Mobile Service Teams offer services outside the Students, Teachers,
Teams treatment and prevention services on- office environment where it can make sense for Other School Staff,
site, in many Alberta schools and youth to engage differently. Other services Community Agencies
community settings include:
 Assessment & counselling for youth and
families
 Information and treatment groups for youth
 Presentations to classes
 Staff workshops
 Resources
 Referrals

SCHOOL BASED SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROGRAMS

Name of Description Objectives Target Audience Contact
Project/Resource
Kick the Nic Kick the Nic is a 10-week cessation After 10 small group sessions, lead by an adult Male and Female www.aadac.com or
program for 13 to 17 year olds. The facilitator, teens will have learned reasons behind Youth – aged 13 –17 please contact your local
goal is to help youth who smoke quit their tobacco use, the consequences of use, AADAC office
and prepare for future quit attempts. strategies to avoid tobacco, withdrawal coping
strategies, and ongoing support strategies.

Blast This program offers students the The focus of BLAST is student leadership Grade 7 – 9 Male and www.blastonline.com or
opportunity to take part in exciting conferences that encourage tobacco use Female Students please contact your local

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 interactive presentations and
educational workshops on tobacco use
and its consequences.
Families and Schools Schools, parents and the community’s
Together human service agencies come
(F&ST) together to address problems such as
behavioural issues, school failure,
alcohol and substance abuse, that are
impacting negatively on the school-age
children.
Better Together Schools BTSP is a joint initiative between
Project AADAC, the Alberta School Board
(BTSP) Association and AB Education. Better
Together Schools Pilots are supported
to identify local concerns and priorities
within the school/division and to
develop and implement local action
plans. AADAC funds and consults with
the local BTSP teams to develop
comprehensive strategies for
preventing youth substance use.
Currently planning for nine sites /
projects in the 2007-08 school year.
prevention through leadership and skill AADAC office
development. Students learn about tobacco
industry marketing and tobacco health effects and
then participate in a series of skill development
workshops on communication, leadership, and
action planning.
The students then develop tobacco reduction
action plans to implement in their own
communities and report back what they have
achieved.
F&ST creates opportunities for the voluntary Children (aged 4 – 8) www.cfs-ab.org
involvement of children in repeated, affirmative, and their families Cheryl Houtekamer,
personal, interactive and communicative bonding AADAC Youth Services
experiences that ensure highly positive outcomes. - Calgary (403) 297-
F&ST brings 10-15 families together for a 4664
minimum of eight weekly sessions of carefully
structured, research-based family and social
activities including family flag designing, Special
Play Time and parent networking.
Better Together Schools Pilots commit to Administration, Naomi Parker
identifying, developing and implementing local teachers, students, (780) 415-2014
action plans that support comprehensive, parents, key
collaborative prevention activities and strategies. community Shiela Bradley
stakeholders. (403) 297-4673
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