The Heart of the Matter: Building Safe and Drug Free Schools Conference

Training Opportunities

Delta-9, Marijuana Curriculum for Middle and High School Students

Carrie Kulinski, ATODA Coordinator, School District of Janesville

Marijuana is becoming the drug of choice for many American teenagers. Delta-9 is a research-based prevention curriculum specifically designed for middle and high school students. Highly engaging and interactive, Delta-9 helps teens recognize myths and truths about the nature of marijuana use. The curriculum includes nine lessons:

• How many Teens Smoke Marijuana (social norms)
• Marijuana Myths and Facts
• How Marijuana Affects the Brain
• Attitudes and Behaviors
• Patterns of Adolescent Abuse and Addiction
• Legal Aspects
• Drugged Driving
• Refusal skills

Delta-9 students will play games, role play, discover how their own attitudes and beliefs affect their choice, do a self-assessment, use Fatal Vision goggles, and even become a lawyer to argue a case!

This training will be given December 4, 2009, from 8:30 a.m.-noon. Limited to 30 attendees.

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Using Circles Effectively

Ted Wachtel, International Institute for Restorative Practices

Learn the value and process of circles - practical and effective tools for creating a positive classroom climate in both secondary and elementary schools, which you will be able to use immediately. This training will focus on circle techniques and ideas; what circles can accomplish; how circles can be restorative; and how using circles stimulates learning and discussion.

“Restorative circles could be the best way to form a sense of community among students.”
—Lisa Brey, Teacher, Muhlenberg High School, Laureldale, PA

Benefits

Circles can be used, with a modest time investment, to:

• create a positive classroom community at any grade level;
• manage classroom behavior; and
• engage students in their education and improve academic achievement.

Circles teaches students:

• that their classroom is a community;
• how to build trust;
• to support each other's learning; and
• to hold each other accountable.

Focus

Circle techniques and ideas

• what circles can accomplish
• how circles can be restorative
• using circles to stimulate learning and discussion

Agenda and Materials

Participatory exercises to:

• practice using circles;
• develop new circle applications and questions;
• videos of circles in actual classroom situations;
• analysis of videos in the context of restorative philosophy;
• discussion of key circle issues.

This training will be given December 3, from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., and continued on December 4, from 8:30 a.m.-noon. Limited to 50 attendees.

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Drug Impairment Training for Educational Professionals (DITEP)

Instructors: John Gscheidmeier, Glendale Police Department; and Jeff Meloy, Watertown Police Department

This training option, as part of The Heart of the Matter Conference, is a Day 1 DITEP training program. Being a DITEP Day 1, it is suited to any adults who work in our schools who wish to develop a broader knowledge base of information about drugs, drugs in our society, and drugs in our own local communities. Topics to be covered include: Introduction and Overview; Drugs in Society; Policy, Procedures, and Rules; Overview of Alcohol Drug Identification; Categories and Effects; and Contacting the Parent(s); and References.

Note: Information will be shared regarding possible Day 2 DITEP training opportunities being planned during the winter and spring of 2009/2010.

This training will be given December 3, from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., and continued on December 4, from 8:30 a.m.-noon. Limited to 50 attendees.

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Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) Training

American Lung Association in Wisconsin

The American Lung Association in Wisconsin will be offering facilitator training for the Not on Tobacco (N-O-T) teen cessation program. The facilitator training will prepare individuals to conduct the cessation program using the respective curriculum and materials.

The American Lung Association's N-O-T program is a state-of-the-art voluntary program specifically designed for teenagers who want to stop smoking. The N-O-T program meets the CDC's Guidelines for School Health Programs, and N-O-T has been named a Model Program by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. No other teen smoking cessation program can rival N-O-T's record of research, evaluation, and success.

N-O-T offers specific help with tough problems like nicotine withdrawal and how to prevent relapse. N-O-T also deals with issues that matter to teens, such as weight control after quitting, and how to cope with peer pressure. The program uses a life skills management approach so students learn how to reduce stress, make better decisions, and communicate more effectively.

N-O-T's core curriculum for schools and community groups consists of ten 45-minute sessions and four optional booster sessions designed to provide continuing support. A variety of activities were developed to accommodate different learning styles.

COST
The cost of the one-day (8 hour) facilitator training workshop is being offered at a special price of $25.00 during the DPI Heart of the Matter Conference! The participant fee covers: facilitator training, facilitator curriculum, sample participant workbook, additional resources and program materials, FREE student incentives during program implementation, access to the NEW National N-O-T Website: http://www.notontobacco.com, and a continental breakfast and lunch during the training workshop.

This training will be given December 4, 2009, from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Limited to 20 attendees.

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For questions about this information, contact Linda S. Carey (608) 267-9354

Last updated on 5/26/2009 12:48:14 PM