DRUG EDUCATION THROUGH CONCEPT TRAINING FOR TEACHERS

以学校为本的药物滥用预防工作取得进展 在过去的二十年里，随着越来越多的证据表明 解决社会影响的方法的有效性。一个至关重要的 尚未满足的挑战是广泛提供有效的预防 服务。该项目提供了一种很有前途的替代方法 注重教师能力发展的有效预防 而不是将程序设计作为实现预防目标的手段。 通过培训教师了解预防药物使用的重要概念， 该项目将作为一条重要的纽带，将最先进的 预防药物滥用的研究和有效的服务提供 正常的学校环境。这项培训将使教师能够 更有效地开发现有和有待开发的课程。训练有素 教师将能够将目前无效的课程调整为更多 有效并生成满足以下特定需求的新方法 他们的学生。培训将通过继续教育提供 学分制课程是教师专业发展的常态路径。 在这个Il阶段的项目中，教师指导将是试验性的 在20个社区大学站点实施的随机设计中进行了测试。 培训的效果将从知识、态度、信念、 以及六个月后接受该计划培训的教师的教学技能 程序完成。 建议的商业应用： 美国政府问责局估计，14亿美元用于药物使用和滥用 每年预防一次。在93财年，仅美国教育部一家 支付了6亿美元用于药物滥用教育。教师需要增加 预防方面的专业知识。需要继续进修学分才能 保持教师资质。培训是作为外管局的一部分强制进行的 和《无毒品学校法案》。以教学为中心的继续教育 预防概念在商业上是可行的。

School-based substance abuse prevention efforts have advanced significantly during the past two decades with growing evidence of the effectiveness of approaches that address social influences. A crucial unmet challenge is the broad-based delivery of effective prevention services. This project offers a promising alternative approach to effective prevention that emphasizes the development of teacher competence rather than program design as a means for accomplishing prevention goals. By training teachers in concepts important to substance use prevention, this project will serve as a crucial link between state-of-the-art substance abuse prevention research and effective service delivery in the normal school environment. This training will allow teachers to deliver existing and yet-to-be-developed curricula more effectively. Trained teachers will be able to adapt currently ineffective programs to be more effective and generate new approaches that meet the specific needs of their students. Training will be delivered through continuing education credit courses, the normal route of professional development for teachers. In this Phase Il project, teacher instruction will be experimentally tested in a randomized design implemented in 20 community college sites. The effect of training will be assessed on knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and teaching skills of teachers trained in the program six months after program completion. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The GAO estimates that $1.4 billion is spent on substance use and abuse prevention annually. In FY 93, the US Department of Education alone disbursed $600 million for drug abuse education. Teachers need increased expertise in prevention. Continuing education credits are required to maintain teaching credentials. Training is mandated as part of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act. Continuing education that focuses on teaching prevention concepts will be commercially viable.