Drug Abuse and Addiction: A Multimedia Approach

描述(由申请人提供)： BSC建议开发有关药物滥用和成瘾科学的教育材料，目标是中学生和他们生活中的成年人，包括父母或监护人、教师、学校辅导员、学校卫生专业人员和其他学校工作人员。拟议的项目将制作一部关于药物滥用和上瘾的信息视频(供每个受众使用)和针对每个目标受众的辅助材料。探究式课程教材将是学生和教师的教学体验的重点。促进指南将为成人受众提供结构和资源。将开发一个网站来支持这些材料。视频、活动和引导性讨论策略的结合将通过引人入胜的形式提供专注于主要重要概念的连贯计划。这种多方面的方法将帮助公众了解药物滥用和成瘾，这些问题每年影响数百万人，并给人们的学校、工作、家庭和社会环境带来重大问题。该项目的目标包括： 为中学生编写4-5天的教学材料，向他们介绍药物滥用和成瘾，以及药物对个人生活和福祉的影响。有关滥用药物的信息将强调药物滥用和成瘾背后的科学，以及药物如何改变大脑功能。这些材料将包括印刷材料和多媒体组件。 向教师、学校辅导员、学校卫生人员和管理人员提供有关药物滥用和成瘾的科学准确信息。创建一种关于药物滥用和成瘾的资源，可用于教育在青少年生活中发挥重要作用的父母和其他成年人，使他们了解使用滥用药物会导致大脑的生物变化，知道治疗可能非常有效，并减少与阻止个人寻求治疗的成瘾相关的耻辱。对于这些受众，视频将补充实施指南中包含的基于印刷的材料。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): BSCS proposes to develop educational materials about the science of drug abuse and addiction that will target middle school students and the adults in their lives, including parents or guardians, teachers, school counselors, school health professionals, and other school personnel. The proposed project will develop an informational video about drug abuse and addiction (to be used with each audience) and supporting materials specific for each target audience. Inquiry-based curriculum materials will be the focus of the instructional experience for students and teachers. A facilitation guide will provide a structure and resources for adult audiences. A Web site will be developed to support the materials. The combination of the video, activities, and guided discussion strategies will provide a coherent program focused on major important concepts through an engaging format. This multifaceted approach will help the public understand drug abuse and addiction, problems that affect millions of people each year and that cause significant problems for people in their school, work, family, and social environments. The objectives for the project include:  Developing 4-5 days of instructional materials for middle school students to inform them about drug abuse and addiction and the impact drugs have on an individual's life and well-being. Information about drugs of abuse will emphasize the science that underlies drug abuse and addiction and how drugs change brain function. The materials will include both print-based materials and a multimedia component.  Providing scientifically accurate information to teachers, school counselors, school health personnel, and administrators about drug abuse and addiction. Creating a resource about drug abuse and addiction that can be used to educate parents and other adults who play important roles in the lives of adolescents so they understand that using drugs of abuse leads to biological changes in the brain, know that treatments can be very effective, and reduce the stigma associated with addiction that prevents individuals from seeking treatment. For this audience, the video will be supplemented with print-based materials included in the implementation guide.