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Course Snapshot
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Target Students
Grades 8-12
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Curriculum
High School Vaping Prevention, Prevention Education, Prescription Drug Safety, Health, Life Skills, FACs -
Time
Prescription Drug Safety: 8 lessons, 15 minutes each; Anti-vaping: 4 lessons, 5-10 minutes each
Lesson Plan
The Basics
Students become familiarized with the difference types of prescription drugs, how they can affect the body, and some of their harmful side effects.
Science of Addiction
Students explore how substance use disorder can affect the brain and body, knowledge which can ultimately help students avoid developing a problem.
Understanding of Prescriptions
Students learn about the proper usage, storage, and disposal of prescription drugs – important in preventing misuse and abuse of prescription drugs.
Safe Use
Students guide characters to make smart choices regarding prescription drug use, which is not always harmful but has the potential to be misused.
Refusal Skills
Students learn about the risks of the recreational use of prescription drugs. They also learn strategies for effectively refusing to misuse prescription drugs through interactive scenarios.
Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery
Students learn that treatment works, and recovery can help people in recovery. Students also have an opportunity to check in with themselves about their own prescription drug use and determine if they need support.
Supporting Others
Students become familiar with how to support others in situations involving prescription drug misuse and overdose. They also get the opportunity to reflect on what stops and encourages them to reach out and help others in need.
Lesson Plan
The Basics
Students become familiarized with the difference types of prescription drugs, how they can affect the body, and some of their harmful side effects.
Uncover
This lesson confronts learners with the hard facts about e-cigarette companies’ marketing and advertising schemes, and debunks the myth that vaping is a safe activity or a safer option than smoking.
Overcome
This lesson challenges learners to consider the dangers of nicotine addiction, reinforces addiction as a primary danger of vaping, and lays the framework for quitting.
Change
This lesson examines positive social norms that sit opposite of vaping, self-care and quitting. It looks to refocus learners’ energy on alternative behaviors while reinforcing the dangerous truths about vaping.
