Substance Use Prevention Elementary Afterschool Program

描述(由申请人提供)：提议的项目将创建和评估一个社会情感的、预防药物滥用的课后计划的可行性，用于小学后期儿童。为期20周的期末课程将包括课后工具包，包括通过融入广泛的文化多样性、适合发展的艺术、音乐、戏剧艺术和动觉活动来教授和练习社会情感技能。社交情绪技能领域包括选择、建立和保持友谊；移情和换位思考；愤怒管理和解决问题；以及现实世界中的问题应用。扫盲和交流活动贯穿整个方案。在该项目的第一阶段，将利用儿童和课后教师重点小组参与的迭代反馈过程，起草和开发课程的前六周。原型将在可行性研究中进行测试，随机分配10名课外教师实施该计划或在等待名单控制组服务。教师将完成基于网络的教师培训，并可以访问基于网络的资源。将获得教师、学生和观察员的反馈，以便就该计划的可行性、质量和影响提供系统的意见。假设课后课程原型显示出希望，第二阶段将包括完成课程并在随机对照试验中评估其有效性。 公共卫生相关性：这项课外计划填补了家庭和社区服务需求的一个重要缺口，并为学习和练习预防药物滥用和攻击的社会情感和行为技能提供了重要的背景。这些技能将有助于减少与越轨同龄人的联系，增加与亲社会同龄人的高质量友谊，减少攻击性行为，并增加对亲社会休闲活动的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed project will create and evaluate the feasibility of a socioemotional, substance abuse prevention afterschool program for use with late elementary school-aged children. The 20-week final program will consist of an afterschool kit including socioemotional skills taught and practiced through integration in a wide array of culturally diverse, developmentally appropriate art, music, dramatic arts, and kinesthetic activities. Socioemotional skill areas include the selection, making, and keeping of friendships; empathy and perspective- taking; anger management and problem solving; and real-world problem application. Literacy and communication activities are integrated throughout the program. In Phase I of the project, the first six weeks of the curriculum will be drafted and developed using an iterative feedback process involving focus groups with children and afterschool teachers. The prototype will be tested in a feasibility study with 10 afterschool teachers randomly assigned to implement the program or serve in a wait-list control group. Teachers will complete web-based teacher training and have access to web-based resources. Teacher, student, and observer feedback will be obtained to provide systematic input on the feasibility, quality, and impact of the program. Assuming the prototype afterschool curriculum show promise, Phase II will involve completing the curriculum and evaluating its effectiveness in a randomized controlled trial. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This afterschool program fills an important gap in service needs for families and communities and provides an important context for learning and practicing socioemotional and behavioral skills for substance abuse and aggression prevention. These skills will serve to reduce affiliation with deviant peers, increase high quality friendships with prosocial peers, reduce aggressive behavior, and increase involvement in prosocial leisure activities.