Education

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2012 Red Ribbon Week

2012 Prevention Resource & Media Center (PRMC) Featured Materials (27 MB pdf)

Toolkit to help guide school and community-wide celebrations! (1.27 MB pdf)

Youth Activities for the Classroom and Beyond

Elementary

• Art and Music Activities
• English Activities
• Math Activities

Middle School

• Art and Music Activities
• English Activities
• History and Government Activities
• Science Activities

High School

• Art, Music and Drama Activities
• English Activities
• Math Activities
• History and Government Activities
• Science Activities
• Business and Computer Activities

All Ages

• Physical Education Activities

Medicine Wheel Activities
Sacred Seven Teachings Activities

Templates

• Junk Food v. Healthy Food Activity Template (1.22 MB pdf)
• I "Live my NO" by...Template (34kb pdf)
• Sample School Newsletter Template (372kb pdf)

Usually held the last full week in October, the purpose of Red Ribbon Week is to...

• Create awareness of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use/abuse.
• Encourage implementation of effective strategies in school and communities statewide that support healthy, drug-free lifestyles.

What is Effective Prevention?

• Efforts are repeated and reinforced.
• Efforts are developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive.
• Efforts play a role in creating a healthy and drug-free environment at the school and the larger community.
• Efforts are driven by data.

Elements of Effective Alcohol and Drug Prevention Education:

Making the Grade: A Guide to School Drug Prevention Programs outlines the key element of effective curricula:

• Helps students recognize internal and external pressures to drink or use drugs
• Provides normative information
• Involves family and the community
• Uses interactive teaching methods
• Helps students develop refusal skills
• Uses developmentally appropriate materials
• Prevention programs should be long-term with repeated interventions to reinforce the original goals
• Includes teacher training and support
• Is easy to implement

SOURCE: Prevention Education in America Schools: Findings and recommendation from survey of educators.
View Full report here. (1.72 Mb pdf)

Resources:

Evidence Based Programs

Click here for a list of resources for Evidence Based Programs. (264kb pdf)

Evidence Based Programs are available for check out at the Prevention Resource & Media Center (PRMC). (1 MB pdf)

School Policies

The effectiveness of a school policy depends in its comprehensiveness. How comprehensive is the substance abuse policy at your school?

For more guidance on school substance abuse policies including a Self-Assessment Checklist and sample policy click here or contact the Prevention Education Specialist.

North Dakota System Standards for a Healthy and Safe School Environment

Teacher Resources

View a list of Teacher Resources that can be used in the classroom (413 kb pdf)

Other Educational Resources and Entities

Click here for a complete list of educational resources and entities. (See 'North Dakota Resources' and 'For Schools' sections)

The Prevention Education Specialist is available to:

• Provide technical assistance to educational entities, Targeted Communities, and the State Substance Abuse Prevention Team regarding policies, best practices, evidence-based programming and strategies that are developmentally appropriate.
• Facilitate the implementation of substance abuse prevention in N.D. schools and early childhood systems.

Contact the Prevention Education Specialist

Rachelle Loda, Ed.S., NCSP
Phone: 701-857-8576
Cell: 701-220-6831
rloda@nd.gov