DRUG EDUCATION THROUGH CONCEPT TRAINING FOR TEACHERS

以学校为基础的药物滥用预防工作取得了进展 在过去的二十年里，越来越多的证据表明， 解决社会影响的方法的有效性。一个关键 尚未解决的挑战是广泛提供有效预防 服务该项目提供了一种有前途的替代方法， 注重教师能力发展的有效预防 而不是将方案设计作为实现预防目标的手段。 通过对教师进行关于预防药物使用的重要概念的培训， 这个项目将成为连接最先进的 药物滥用预防研究和有效提供服务 正常的学校环境。这项培训将使教师能够提供 更有效地利用现有和有待开发的课程。训练 教师将能够调整目前无效的方案， 有效和产生新的办法，以满足 他们的学生将通过继续教育提供培训 学分制课程是教师专业发展的正常途径。 在这个第二阶段的项目中，教师指导将实验性地 在20所社区大学的随机设计中进行了测试。 培训的效果将从知识、态度、信念、 和教学技能的教师培训计划六个月后， 程序完成。 拟定商业应用： GAO估计，14亿美元用于药物使用和滥用 每年预防。在93财政年度，仅美国教育部 拨款六亿元进行药物滥用教育。教师需要增加 预防方面的专业知识。继续教育学分必须 保持教师资格。培训是安全管理的一部分， 《无毒学校法》以教学为重点的继续教育 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.