Standard of Learning

9.1The student will apply health knowledge and skills to the development and analysis of personal goals to achieve and maintain long-term health and wellness. Key concepts/skills include

1. the use of current research and scientific study to interpret nutrition principles;
2. a decision-making process for selecting health and wellness products;
3. development of personal standards regarding the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other harmful substances;
4. maintenance of health habits that promote personal wellness;
5. implementation of a fitness and lifetime physical activity plan;
6. establishment of personal parameters for appropriate and inappropriate health behaviors;
7. utilization of a personal system for coping with distress and stress;
8. management of deadlines;
9. peaceful resolution of conflicts.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will develop and implement a plan of action to make a commitment to be drug-free.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• analyze peer pressure and alcohol and other drug use. (can be intense during the teen years - especially if alcohol and other drug use is considered the "norm")
• define personal standards. (set clear goals and values)
• describe a plan of action to make a commitment to be drug-free:
• make a commitment not to use drugs before they are offered to you;
• steer clear of people who use drugs;
• know that remaining drug-free is a positive, mature decision; and
• deal with life's ups and downs in a healthful way.

Sample Lessons

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
Grades: High School
Law enforcement and the school district join to educate students about the personal and social consequences of substance abuse. Includes strategies for anger management, violence prevention, making healthy choices.
Contact: http://www.dare.com

Group Rope Squares
Grades 5-12
This lesson will further reinforce group cohesion and communication skills as well as problem solving and cooperation. In teaching a drug prevention program, it is important to introduce activities like this that illustrate to students that Together they can help solve each other's problems, depend on one another, and communicate their needs to others.
Sponsor: Ask Eric
Contact: http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – substance abuse prevention)
Free

Project Toward No Drug Abuse (TND)
Grades 9-12
Model program to help youth resist substance use. Includes cognitive misperceptions leading to substance use; consequences of using substances; myths surrounding substance use; effective coping and self-control skills; and commitment to discussing substance abuse with others.
Sponsor: Department of Preventive Medicine, USC
Contact: http://www.cceanet.org/research/sussman/tnd.htm
Cost

Project Towards No Tobacco Use (TNT)
Grades 5-10
Model program to prevent or reduce tobacco use in youth. Ten core and 2 booster lessons. Includes effective refusal and coping skills; effects of media and advertisers; methods to build self-esteem; and strategies for advocating no tobacco use.
Sponsor: Department of Preventive Medicine, USC
Contact: http://www.etr.org
Cost

Additional Instructional Resources

• Abuse & Addiction – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource (health & fitness 9-12)
• ACDE Drug Prevention Lesson Plans – http://www.acde.org/educate/Lessons.htm
• Al-Anon/Alateen – http://www.al-anon.org
• Alcohol Cost Calculator for Kids – http://www.alcoholcostcalculator.org/kids
• American Council for Drug Education – http://www.acde.org
• TheAnti-Drug.Com – http://www.theantidrug.com
• Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms - http://www.atf.treas.gov
• Center for Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws – http://www.udetc.org
• The Cool Spot – http://www.thecoolspot.gov
• DEA State Fact Sheets – http://www.dea.gov/pubs/state_factsheets.html
• Department of Alcohol Beverage Control
• Drug and Violence Prevention - http://dave.esc4.net
• A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug Free, SAMSA – http://family.samhsa.gov
• Federal Drug Data Sources – http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/sources.html
• Global Youth Network - http://www.unodc.org/youthnet
• Healthy Competition Foundation (dangers of performance-enhancing drugs) - http://www.healthycompetition.org
• Inhalant Abuse – http://www.inhalant.org
• http://www.umsl.edu/~rkeel/180/classify.html
• http://www.umsl.edu/~rkeel/180/hallucin.html
• Life Skills Programs
• Local Police Department
• Local Resource Officer
• Monitoring the Future – http://www.monitoringthefuture.org
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving – http://www.maddva.org or http://www.madd.org
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information – http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
• National Inhalant Prevention Coalition – http://www.inhalants.org
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism – http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
• National Institute on Drug Abuse – http://www.nida.nih.gov or http://www.drugabuse.gov
• National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign – http://www.mediacampaign.org
• Parenting Is Prevention – http://www.parentingisprevention.org
• Partners for Substance Abuse Prevention – http://www.samhsa.gov/preventionpartners
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America – http://www.drugfreeamerica.org
• SAMSA Model [Drug Prevention] Programs – http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov
• Straight Scoop News Bureau – http://www.straightscoop.org
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) – http://www.saddonline.com
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – http://www.samhsa.gov
• U.S. Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program – http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Criminal Justice Reference Service – http://www.ncjrs.org
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention – http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Education Section – http://www.abc.state.va.us
• Virginia Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program – http://www.safeanddrugfreeva.org
• Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (Office of Substance Abuse) – http://www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov
• Virginia Department of State Police – http://www.vsp.state.va.us
• Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation – http://www.vtsf.org

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• write a paper on how to avoid a drug-related situation.
• identify characteristics of individuals who use illegal drugs and how this can limit their potential.
• identify characteristic of persons who commit to be drug-free.
• answer the question: To what extent can you control peer pressure?
• conduct a Drug Research Web Quest/Guided Web Activity.

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