ALL STARS, JR.: DRUG PREVENTION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

第一阶段SBIR项目的目标是开发和测试一个小学药物滥用预防计划。该项目将专门为学生准备参加现有的中学项目“全明星”，该项目是由SBIR以前的资金开发的。为了最大限度地发挥其融入小学教育结构的潜力，该计划将被开发用于小学典型的核心科目。旨在加强关于吸毒、打架和犯罪的传统规范信念的活动将与科学和数学教学相结合。强化吸毒和其他高危行为不符合理想生活方式的观念将纳入语言艺术教育；词汇和语言活动将侧重于培养学生的理想主义。除了这些特定内容的组成部分外，还将包括基于Kellam良好行为游戏的行为管理策略，该策略使用群体偶然性来促进学生之间的亲社会互动。将为四年级和五年级制定不同年龄的课程。示范项目将在4年级的12个班和5年级的12个班进行试点。将开发和测试针对该计划的调节变量结构的年龄适当措施。拟议的商业应用：美国教育部在2000财政年度为安全、纪律和无毒学校提供的预算接近6亿美元。缺乏具有可靠记录的商业项目，专门针对小学学生中已知的中介变量。该项目将与一个显示出巨大前景并正在开发巨大市场潜力的中学项目“All Stars”整合在一起。

The goal of this Phase I SBIR project is to develop and test an elementary school drug abuse prevention program. This program will be designed specifically to prepare students to participate in an existing middle school program, All Stars, developed with previous SBIR funding. To maximize its potential for integration into the structure of elementary school education, the program will be developed for use in core subjects typical of elementary school. Activities designed to reinforce conventional normative beliefs about drug use, fighting, and delinquency will be integrated with science and mathematics instruction. Reinforcing perceptions that drug use and other high-risk behaviors do not fit with desired lifestyles will be integrated into language arts education; Vocabulary and language activities will focus on building idealism among students. In addition to these content specific components, a behavior management strategy based on Kellam's Good Behavior Game that uses group contingencies to foster prosocial interaction among students will be included. Separate age-appropriate programs will be developed for 4th and 5th grades. The prototype programs will be pilot tested in 12 classes of 4th and 12 classes of 5th grade students. Age- appropriate measures of mediating variable constructs targeted by the program will be developed and tested. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: The US Department of Education budget for FY 2000 for Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-free Schools is nearly $600M. Commercial programs with proven track records that specifically address known mediating variables among elementary school students are lacking. This project will be integrated with a middle school program that shows great promise and is developing significant market potential, All Stars.