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TIL,E You Can Prevent and Other Problems among Elementary School Children. The Fact Is... INSTITUTION Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Prevention. REPORT NO MS-349 PUB DATE 88 NOTE 18p. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Bibliographies (131)

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Alcohol Abuse; Drinking; *Drug Abuse; Elementary Education; *Elementary School Students; *Prevention; Resource Materials

ABSTRACT This resource list on preventing alcohol and other drug problems among elementary school Llildren was compiled by the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP). The main emphasis is helping educators and parents of nildren between theages of 4 and 12 teach the no-use message. Using theseresources, teachers, h.ealth educators, and community program planners can plan prevention activities for elementary school children. Parentscan teach their children the importance of healthy lifestyles and canprepare them for the peer pressure they are likely to encounteras they grow up. Children themselves can band together to support each other's decision'to say "no" to alcohol and other . Materials for elementary school children include publications, posters and audiovisual materials. Parent and teacher materials include publications, audiovisual materials, and programs and kits. A list of organizations and programs related to substance abuse is provided. Following the lists is a brief summary of factual informationon youth and substance abuse. (LEL)

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You Can Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Problems Among Elementary School Children

Dati recently collected and analysed by For more information on preventing the Gallup organization sugost that alcohol and other drug problems, today's children experience pressure contact the National Clearinghouse for to experiment with alcohol and other Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) at drugs while still in elementary school. P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD20852, or According to a 1983 Weekly Reader call NCADI at (301) 468-2600 and ask to survey of 3.5 million young children, speak to an information specialist,. this pressure exists as early as the Your comments and recommendations for fourth grade. additional msterials to be included in future updates of this publication are.. This resource list was compiled to welcome. encourage kids to avoid alcohol and other drugs and to help educators and parents of children between 4 and 12 Materials for Elementary years old teach the no-use message. Materials were selected for their School Children appropriateness, readability, information, and availability. Following the list is general Publications up-to-date informstion on yoath and substance abuse. A Little More About Alcohol. In this thorough discussion, cartoon Using these resources, teachers, chpracter named "Al" explains facts, health educators, and community program about alcohol and how it affects the planners can plan prevention activities body. Young elementary students may for elementary school children. need assistance to use this Parents can teach their children the publication. 1984. importance of healthy lifestyles and can prepare them for the peer Pressure Availability they are likely G3 encounter as they Alcohol Research Information Service grow up The media can be encouraged .1120 East Oakland Avenue to3 air public service announcements Lansing, MI 48906 and programs to educate youth and to (517) 485-9900 avoid the glamorization of alcohol and ($.15) drugs on regular programs. Finally, children themselves can band together to support esch other's decisions to say "no" toalcohol and other drugs. BEST COPY AVAILABLE MS 349 2 National Clearinghousq for Alcohol and Druy Information 'Le P.O. Box 2345E: Rockvdle, MD 20852 it c riciriArtmant rsf Anti Witswan qesratp..see A 1...-.L..1 1I...... 111--1.L. w_I . Alcohol Problems and Youth.An Buzzy's Rebound, by William Cosby and annotated reading liston alcohol Jim Willoughby. An 18-page "Fat problems and youth. Includes factual Albert" comic book that describesthe and fiction materials forelementary, peer pressure on a new kid in town to junior, and high school students.1985. drink, the negativeconsequences of drinking, and the support that his Availability parents and coach give him to helphim National Clearinghouse for Alcohol stop. 1986. and Drug Information P.O. Box 2345 Availability Rockville, MD 20852 National Clearinghouse forAlcohol (301) 468-2600 and Drug Information (No cost; ask to speak toan order P.O. Box 2345 clerk and request MS229) Rockville, MD20852 (301) 468-2600 (No cost) Alcohol: What It Is, What It Does, by Judith S. Sexias. An easy-to-read An Elephant in the LivingRoom: The illustrated primer on theuse and abuse Children's Book, by Marion H.Hyppo and of alcohol. Some of the common myths Jill M. Hastings. An illustrated about alcohol are also discussed. workbook designed to help 1977. children from alcoholic homes understandthat alcoholism is a disease and Availability that they are not alone. Greenwillow Books The workbook helps children express their feelings appropriately 105 Madison Avenue and improve their self-esteemand New York, NY 10016 family relationships and (212) 889-3050 encourages them to seek support through ($5.95) Alateen, Alatot, etc. A Leader's Guide is also (The Children's Book $6.00; available and offers adults A Leader's Guide $7.957- basic information about childdevelopment and the family disease of alcoholismand Be Smart: Don't Starts Just Say No! chemical dependency. A 4-color, 32-page booklet for 1984. preteens (ages 8-12). The booklet Availability provides alcohol information, celebrity CompCare Publications interviews, games, stories, book lists, Box 27777 and resources and can be used by Minneapolis, MN 55427 individqal youths at home or by groups (800) 328-3330 in a school setting. Companion (612) 559-4800 booklets for parents and teachers are (The Children's Book $6; available. 1987. A Leader's Guide $7.95) Availability Feeling Better Together. A coloring National ClEaringhouse for Alcohol book with a simple story about and Drug Information a mother who drinks too much, how P.O. Box 2345 her problem affects the family, and howthe mother Rockville, MD 20852 finally goes to the hospital for (301) 468-2600 help. Emphasis is given to the feelings of (No cost; 150-copy order limit; the two young children in the negatives loaned free of charge; family. 1985. no permission necessary to reproduce) Availability Pathway Center Memorial Hospital 615 North Michigan South Bend, IN 46601 (219) 284-3000 ($.85)

2 3 It's O.K. To Say No! An activity book Kootch Talks About Alcoholism, by Mary dot-to-dot drawing, mazes, puzzles, Kay Schwandt. A 40-page coloring book word find, etc.) to educate young in which Kootch the worm helps young children about body safety. It is children understand three basic suggested that the book be used by a principles about alcoholism and child under the supervision of an adult alcoholics: First, alcoholism is a so that questions can be answered and disease; second, alcoholism is no one's adult and child can talk openly about fault; and third, alcoholics can the dangers of child molestation and recover. Also includes simple abduction. 1984. activities. 1984.

Availability Availability Creative Child Press Serenity Work Attn: Playmore, Inc. 1455 North University Drive 200 Fifth Avenue Fargo, ND 58102 New York, NY 10010 (701) 235-5614 (212) 924-7447 (1-10 copies $3 ea; ($1.95) 11-100 copies $2.50 ea; 100+ copies $2 ea; Kids and Alcohol: Get High On Life, by a teacher's guide is sent Jamie Rattray, Bill Howells, Iry with all quantity orders) Siegler, and Fritz Wassor. Workbook designed to i.alp children (ages 11-14) My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease, make important decisions in their lives by Claudia Black. A workbook for and feel good about themselves. Facts children of alcoholics. It is designed and myths about alcohol are clarified, to help children through age 14 the effects of alcohol are discussed, understand alcoholism and their own and the importance of "positive self- feelings. Colored pens or pencils are expectation" is emphasized. Similar required to complete the exercises. workbooks on Kids and Drugs and Kids 1979. and Smoking are Pl.so available. 1984. Availability Availability Hazelden Educational Materials Health Communications, Inc. Pleasant Valley Road 1721 Blount Road, Suite 1 Box 176 Pompano Beach, FL 33069 Center City, MN )5012-0176 (305) 979-6776 (800) 328-9000 ($5.95) (800) 257-0070 (MN only) Kids and Drinking, by Anne Snyder. ($8.95; ask for publication Short stories based on real experiences #5018) of children who develop drinking problems during elementary school. The book The Sad Story of Mary Vanua or How includes questions and answers about Marijuana Harms You, by Peggy alcohol, a short parent/teacher guide, Mann, illustrated by Naomi Lind. A and a listing of other youth related 40-page activity book for children in material available from CompCare. It is grades one to four that contains suitable for older elementary and middle scientists' pictures of the damage school children. 1981. marijuana does to the body and illustrated "interpretations" for Availabing children. A supplement for parents and CompCare Publications teachers concludes the bock, whichcan Box 27777 be used to answer other specific Minneapolis, MN 55427 questions that children have. 1988. (800) 328-3330 (612) 559-4800 ($4.95)

3 Availability Twelve Is Too Old, by PeggyMann. A Woodmere Press humorous, realistic novel abouta P.O. Box 20190 contemporary heroine faced with the Cathedral Finance Station difficult problems of early New York, NY 10025 adolescence--changing friendships, (212) 678-7839 peer pressures, smoking pot, and ($2.95 plus $1 shipping and handling; having relationships with boys. She reduced rates for quantity orders) learns that growing up means believing in herself and relyingon her own Soozie and Katy. A coloring book that values. Also incorporates factual uses the cartoon characters "Soozie" information about cigarettes, and "Katy" to illustrate lessons about marijuana, and PCP. 1987. prescription drugs and dangers of misuse. A short instructor's guideis Availability included as well asa tearout, Woodmere Press fill-in-the-name President'sDrug Box 20190 Awareness Campaiga Award signed by Cathedral Finance Station Soozie and Katy. 1983, New York, NY 10025 (212) 678-7839 Availability ($6.95 plus $1.90 shippingand U.S. Department of Justice handling; discounts available Drug Enforcement Administration for quantity orders) Office of Public Affairs 1405 I Street, NW You're Not Alone: Kids Book on Washington, DC 20537 Alcoholism SI Child Abuse, by Patte (202) 633-1333 Wheat. A short story with (25 copies free) illustrations written for older elementary school children abouta Spiderman Comic Book. A special child and an alcoholic grandmotherwho edition of Spiderman, this comic book comes to live with the family after the contains two stories of emotional child's parents divorce. The child abuse. One of the stories portrays how grows up and becomes an alcoholic too. verbal abuse from an alcoholic father Throughout the story, many myths about affects Kevin, a youngteenager. 1987. alcohol and alcoholism are discussed. A short "Family Guide to Resources"and Availability a listing of books for further reading National Committee for the Prevention are included. 1985. of Child Abuse P.O. Box 94283 Availability Chicago, IL 60690 National Committee for Preventionof (312) 663-3520 Child Abuse (1-5 copies $2; 6-10 $1.60;11-25, P.O. Box 94283 $1.60; 26-99, $1.50; 100+, $1.40. Chicago, IL 60604 Include Shipping and handling: less (312) 663-3520 than $25, add $4; $25-$50, add $5.50; (1-5 copies $2; 6-10, $1.75; $50-$75, add $6.50; $15-$100, add 11-25, $1.50; 26-99, $1.25; $8.) 100+, $1.00. Include Shipping and handling charge (same rate as for rman Comic Book, listed earlier.) Posters Availability National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information A Little About Alcohol. A 17 1/2" x P.O. Box 2345 22 1/2" poster using cartoon character Rockville, MD 20852 "Al" to present basic alcohol facts to (301) 468-2600 young children. 1984. (No cost)

Aveilability Some Moms and Dads Drink Too Much. Alcohol Research Information Service A series of 6 posters using Marvel 1120 East Oakland Avenue Comics heroes as spokespersons for Lansing, MI 48906 variations on the following message: (517) 485-9900 "Some Moms and Dads Drink Too Much...If ($.50) you Want to Learn More, Ask Someone You Trust." Represented are Spiderman, Be the Best You Can Be...Stay Drug and , Fire Star, Ice Man, Alcohol Free. Two posters featuring Storm, , and the Incredible Mike Singletary (Super Bowl Champion of . 1987. the Chicago Bears) and elementary school children. 1987. Availability National Association for Children Availability of Alcoholics The National PTA 31706 Coast Highway, #201 700 North Rush Street South Laguna, CA 92677 Chicago, IL 60611-2571 (714) 499-3889 (312) 787-0977 (Sold in sets only; cost ($,50 for a set of two posters) information available from publisher in early 1988) The Head of the Class. A 22 1/2" x 17" color poster showing a young male student asle..4p at his desk. The Audiovisual Materials message is that there are two kinds of heads: the ones that do well in school Alcohol:The Inside Story. Puppets and the ones that smoke pot and do present the long-term effects of drugs. The reader is told he has a alcohol consumption by demonstrating choice--just say "no" to drugs. 1984. the harm done to the body when someone has been drinking for a number of Availability years. It reassures children that it National Clearinghouse for Alcohol is O.K. not to drink. The package, and Drug Information which has been screened by Canadian P.O. Box 2345 educators, includes a 9-min 30-sec Rockville, MD 20852 color videotape (VHS, Beta, or (301) 468-2600 3/4-inch), poster, and teacher's guide. kNo cost) Availability Say "No" to Crack. A poster of McGruff Marketing Service the Crime Dog encouraging kids, ages Addiction Research Foundation 8-12 years, to say "no" to and 33 Russell Street other drugs. Text describes what crack Toronto, Ontario looks like, how it is used, and why it Canada M5S 2S1 is harmful. Repeats the message to say (416) 595-6056 "no" and suggests people to talk to and ($300, Canadian dollars) hotline numbers to call for information and help. 1987.

5 Be Smart! Don't StarL! Just Say No! to tell people they do not want to use A 4 1/2 minute music video and PSAs that health-damaging substances. 13-min, demonstrate how kids--even in a 16-mm film, or 1/2" VHS/Beta/U-Matic. difficult situation--can say "no" to 1983. alcohol, take risks that don't involve drugs, and still remain popular. Availability Accompanying print materials are also MTI Teleprograms available. 1987. Division of Simon and Schuster Communications Availability 108 Wilmot Road National Clearinghouse for Alcohol Deerfield, IL60015 and Drug Information (312) 940-1260 P.O. Box 2345 (16-mm Film $310; 1/2" Video $280) Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 468-2600 Lots of Kids Like Me. Made especially (No cost for loan) for young children of alcoholic parents, this film tells the story of A Friend a Day. A 28-minute color 7-year-old Ben and his little sister video for children (grades 4-10) that Laurie. Through discussionc with explores the importance of friendship friends and counselors at summer camp, through music, dance, and a series of Ben learns about alcoholism and ways he vignettes. The video is suitable as a and his sister can cope with their trigger for classroom discussion on father's drinking problem. It such themes as shyness, stFess vs. emphasizes that children of alcoholics distress, maintaining relationships, are not alone and that they are not to and friends as "good medicine." 1984. blame for their parent's drinking. Suggestions are given for coping with Availability problems that arise from parental California Department of Mental alcohol abuse. A discussion guide is Health included. 28-min, 16-mm film, 1/2" or 2340 Irving Street, Suite 108 3/4" VHS/Beta. 1982. San Francisco, CA 94122 ($70 Purchase) Availability Gerald T. Rogers Productions, Inc. Friends. A 9-minute, up-beat 5225 Old Orchard Road, Suite 23 film that interweaves documentary and Skokie, IL 60077 dramatic sequences to illustrate the (313) 967-8080 importance of friendship during times (Film $425; Videotape $380) of stress. 1984. Mr. Punch vs. the Drug Alcohol. This Availability Punch and Judy video show for California Department of Mental elementary grade assembly programs isa Health supplement to alcohol and traffic 2340 Irving Street, Suite 108 safetyactivities. Using magic to San Francisco, CA94122 introduce the subject of illusion, the (415) 752-6533 program shows the effects of alcohol ($40 Rental; $150 Purchase) and other drugs on drivers. 25 min. 1983. How Do You Tell? A combination of live interviewb and animation, this film Availability encourages children to assert Cantact your local American themselves and say "no" to marijuana, Automobile Association Club , and alcohol. The signs Safety/Public Relations Offize associated with alcohol and drug use (3/4" Videotape $29.75; 1/2" VHS are outlined. Children are shown how $19) New Student. Filmstrip for 5- to The next films are available from 8-year-olds about Fred the Bear, a the American Automobile Association: young boy who wishes to become friends with a new student. Fred's old Is It Time To Stop Pretending? (Grade friends, however, reject the new Six) Nancy stops in the health office of student. The story shows how Fred her school to talk about her "friend" copes with the situation and decides to who is having a family problem befriend the new student. The involving alcohol abuse. The counselor presentation was designed to enable suggests ways to approach the problem children to cope with situations that and gives Nancy a pamphlet about may lead to drug use, to develop Alateen. Nancy isn't sure that her self-confidence, and to stimulate "friend" would want to talk to anyone communication and interpersonal skills. about the problem. Nancy arrives home 1983. and is confronted with an argument in her family involving alcohol abuse. Availability 5-minute trigger film. 1985. 16-mm Film School Supplies Division $35; 3/4" Video $20; 1/2" VHS $15. Department of Education Building 909 MTV: It's Your Right To Say "No." Pleasantville (Grade Five) This music video St. Johns Newfoundland presentation tells children it's Canada AlA 1R2 alright to say "no" to alcohol. (709) 576-2613 urges children to resist peer pressure ($15, Canadian dollars) and not to ride with drivers who have been drinking. 4-minute trigger film. Smoking Kisses Public.Service 1985. Sale: 16-mm Film $25; 3/4" Announcement. These 30- and 60-second Video $20; 1/2" VHS $15. PSAs use collage/pop art style graphics and rock'n'roll music and lyrics to Should H. Tell? (Grade Six) Jeff's dad encourage kids ta "get more out of life arrives to take Jeff on a weekend without a cigarette between their fishing and camping trip. His mother lips." 3/4" Video. 1986. cautions his father about drinking. Jeff loves being with his father, but Availability the weekend ts ruined by the father's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol heavy drinking. Jeff returns home and and Drug Information his mother tries to find out if the P.O. Box 2345 father "behaved." Jeff talks about Rockville, MD 20852 fishing and tries to avoid his mother's (301) 468-2600 questions. 5-min trigger film. 1985. (No cost for loan) Sale: 16-mm Film $35; 3/4" Video $20; 1/2" VHS $15. Users Are Losers. 15-, 30-, and 60-second PSAs showing McGruff the Availability Crime Dog teaching children (ages Contact your local American 10-12 yrs) to sing the song, "Users Are Automobile Association-affilated Losers and Losers are Users." club or AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Availability 8111 Gatehouse Road The Advertising Council has mailed Falls Church, VA22047 copies to all FCC-licensed television (703) 222-6891 stations. Contact the public service manager of your local TV station to have this message played. Cable or other television stations wishingto obrain the PSA should contact Karen Zavian at the Advertising Council (212) 758-0400.

7 Kits/Shows/Other Availability Health Education Media, Inc. Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse The Just Say No Club Book. A Programs three-ring notebook including State of Vermont information on the "Just Say No" 103 South Main Street approach, forming a club, running a Waterbury, VT 05676 club, and suggested activities. Also (802) 241-2170 included are registration forms, (Information on tailoring the worksheets for estimating costs, sample Rascal materials for areas other handouts, and all other materials than Vermont is available from the required for setting up a "Just Say No" Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Club. The Just Say No Foundation is a Programs of the State of Vermort. nonprofit organization and also Cost information is available on provides T-shirts, buttons, etc. 1987. request.)

Availability The Just Say No Foundation 1777 N. California Blvd., Suite 200 Walnut Creek, CA94596 (800) 258-2766 Materials for Parents ($10) and Teachers Professor F.T.W. Bodywise Puppet Show. A 45-minute, traveling community service performance for Washington, DC, Publications Virginia, and Maryland elementary schools designed to heighten children's Early On Prevention Program, byM. interest in healthy lifestyles. Rob, a McCarthy. Paper presented at the college student applying to becomean National Council on Alcoholism Forum, assistant to the Traveling Menagerie, Houston, TX. Describes a and eight "beasts" of the Menagerie program that includes teachers and explore basic health and safety parents and is targeted at young messages--e.g., to eat well; avoid children 3-6 years old in daycare cigarettes, alcohol and other drugs; lead a and preschools. In a discussion of the safe and active life; and take care of problems encountered by childrenas your teeth. Printed materials are also they pass through developmentalstages, provided. 1985, ongoing. the author cites pertinentresearcn. Risk factors for teenage druguse are Availability also discussed. 10 pp. 1983. Kaiser Permanente Health Education 4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 300 Availability Washington, DC 20016 National Council on Alcoholism (702) 885-0811 12 W. 21st St., 7th Floor (olo cost) New York, NY 10010 Attn: Miss Lull Rascal Media and School Prevention (212) 206-6770 Campaign. A package of alcohol- (No cost) prevention materials for children agea 4-12, including public service The Health Connection Catalog. A announcements, a 4-minute videotape, resource list and order form for curriculum guides, student activity teaching aids in five subjectareas: books, stickers, and posters. All alcohol, other drugs, tobacco,behavior materials focus on araccoon character, change, and health. Includes Rascal, and his message that it is OK audiovisuals, books, pamphlets, to say "no" if someone offers a drink. displays, computerprograms, and 1983. posters. 1987.

8 Availability teaching guide to accompany the Be Education, Inc. Smart! Don't Start! children's book 6830 Laurel St., NW and two reproducible teaching masters. Washington, DC 20012-9979 1987. (800) 548-8700 (No cost) Availability National Clearinghouse for Alcohol Helping Your Child Say No to Alcohol. and Drug Information A 23-page guide for parents of preteens P.O. B- 2345 containing information about alcohol Rockville, MD 20850 and suggestions for helping children (301) 468-2600 say "no" to alcohol. The booklet (No cost; 10-copy order limit; discusses communication between parent negatives loaned free of charge; and child, building self-confidence, no permission required to helping a child deal with peer reproduce) pressure, and promoting family togetherness. It also provides advice Marijuana Alert, by Peggy Mann. A to parents who believe their children 526-page comprehensive guide to the are drinking. Organizations that marijuana problem and what is being provide information and assistance to done about it. This book describes the parents are listed as well. 1987. extent of marijuana use in the and provide) researched evidence Availability of the physical and emotional harm National Clearinghouse for Alcohol caused by the drug. Includes chapters and Drug Information on schools, pilot programs that work, P.O. Box 2345 and The Parent Movement for Drug-Free Rockville, MD 20852 Youth. 1985. (301) 468-2600 (No cost; 50-copy order limit; Availability negatives loaned free of charge; no McGraw-Hill Consumer Group permission necessary to reproduce) 11 West 19th Street New York, NY 10011 Helping Your Pre-teen Say "No:" A (212) 512-2000 Parent's Aid. A short guide designed ($10.95 plus $1.90 shipping and to help parents deter their preteens handling; quantity discounts from experimentation with alcohol, available to groups and tobacco, and other drugs, while organizations--write for details) enhancing the parent/child relationship. 1986. Meeting the Needs of the Young Child of an Alcoholic in the School Setting. Availability An information packet including a National Clearinghouse for Alcohol booklet for meeting the needs of young and Drug Information children of alcoholics, six posters, a P.O. Box 2345 comic book on child abuse and neglect, Rockville, MD 20852 and a resource list on elementary (301) 468-2600 school children and alcohol and drug (No cost) education. 1987.

Helping Your Students Say.No to Availability Alcohol. A 20-page guide to help National Association for Children teachers of children in grades three to of Alcoholics six understand and respond to questions 31706 Coastal Highway, #201 about alcohol. Background information, South Laguna, CA 92677 teaching tips, activities for students, (714) 499-3889 and additional resources are included. ($3, $2.50 for members) The booklet also containsa mini

9 I 0 Quick List: 10 Steps To Help Your Whiskers Says No to Drugs. A Weekly Preteen Say "No." A brief summary of Reader Skills Book containing stories ten strategies that parents can use to and follow-up activities for students help their preteena stay away from in grades two and three to provide alcohol and other drugs. The brochure information and form attitudes before is designed to be taped on a they face peer pressure to experiment. refrigerator door or other prominent The ac.companying teacher's guide place in the home. 1986. suggests topics for class discussion and provides basic information about Availability young children and the "gateway drugs." National Clearinghouse for Alcohol 1987. and Drug Information P.O. Box 2345 Availability Rockville, MD 20852 Weekly Reader Skills Books (301) 468-2600 Field Publications (No cost) 245 Long Hill Road Middletown, CT 06457 Schools Without Drugs. An 80-page (203) 638-2400 guide for overcoming student drug use ($1.50) in schools. Explains how extensive and dangerous drug use is, how it starts Winner Magazine. A 16-page monthly and progresses, and how to identify magazine published from September to it. Recommends strategies and May that teaches the principles of describes communities that have healthful, drug-free living through successfully lowered drug use. Lists stories, games, and puzzlem. The recommended readings and organizations Winner is supported by a curriculum to contact. 1986. outline to assist the instructor in yearly planning and a teaching guide for Availability each issue. (Ongoing) Rational Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information Availability P.O. Box 2345 The Health Connection Rockville, MD 20852 Narcotics Education, Inc. (301) 468-2600 6830 Laurel St., NW (No cost) Washington, DC 20012-9979 (800) 548-8700 or Ten Steps To Help Your Pre-teen Say (202) 722-6740 "No." An in-depth, 24-page brochure (A single 1-year subscription of 9 that parents can use to help their issues $7.95; 2-9 subscriptions $6.95 preteens stay away from alcohol. ea; 10+ subscriptions $5.95 ea) Covers such topics as talking with and listening to your child, helpingyour Winner Magazine Teaching Guides. child develop self-esteem and strong Teacning plans that accompany each values, being a good role model, issue of The Winner, containing lesson teaming up with other parents, and objectives, suggested teaching aids and recognizing signs of alcohol abuse. content references, and activities to Lists resources and other references. reinforce and expand on the information 1986. in the magazine. A test for each issue is also provided along with an Availability answer key. (Ongoing) National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information P.O. Box 2345 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 468-2600 (Ao cost) 11

10 Availability program. Four teachers demonstrate how The Health Connection they adapted the early alcohol Narcotics Education, Inc. education programs in kindergarten, 6830 Laurel St., NW. first, fourth, and fifth grades. 26 Washington, D.C. 20012-9979 min. 1985. (800) 548-J700 or (202) 722-6740 Availability

($3, or free with 10 subscriptions Contact your local American . to the Thebannstiltsayit) Automobile Association-affiliated club or Young Children and Drugs: What Parents AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Can Do. A double-folded, 2-sided 8111 Gatehouse Road brochure that briefly describes some Falls Church, VA 22047 communication and parenting strategies (703) 222-6891 to help young people develop positive (16-mm Film $115; 3/4" Video self images and healthy lifestyles. $35; 1/2" VHS $20) Other resources are also listed. 1987. Hope for the Children. A film Availability concerned with the unique problems The Wisconsin Clearinghouse faced by 5- to 12-year old children of 1954 E. Washington Avenue alcohoiic parents. t shove how adults Madison, WI 53704 who come into contact with these (608) 263-2797 children can help them understand what ($6 per 100 brochures; is happening in their families. Baste permission required to reproduce) information is presented on how children are affected by parental Youth Aware: A Ten-Year Odyssey, by B. alcoholisy, what eau be done to Meyers. Paper presented at the involve these children in the family National Council on Alcoholism Forum, recovery process, and assistance for Washington, DC. Youth Aware is an the early diagnosis of children of alcohol education project designed alcoholics. 28-min, 16-mm film, spectfically for children in grades one 1/2" VHS/U-Matic, or 3/4" VHS/U-Matic. through six. Each olaserooto is reached 1983. three times per year over a 6-year period, which means that each child will Availability receive 18 classes prior to entering Health Communications, Inc. junior high school. Project goals and 1721 Blount Road, Suite 1 philosophy a%e described. 9 pp. 1985. 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A special orientation film for other drugs are explained, and hints pre-service and in-service teacher about how to say "no" are offered. training to show that it is easy and VHS Video. 1985. fun to incorporate alcohol education into a regular health education Availability Availability National Federation of Parents for Entertainment Industries Drug Free Youth Council, Inc. 8730 Georgia Avenue, 2nd Floor 4444 Riverside Drive Silver Spring, MD 20910 Suite 203 (301) 585-5437 Burbank, CA 91505 ($36.50 plus 10 percent shipping) (818) 841-9933 (approx. $50 plus shipping and Marijuana Alert: Slides From Scientists, handling; contact CCPTS for by Peggy Mann. A 40-minute slide show, details) including slides, script, and cassette, designed to help youth and adults under- Drug Information Tapes. 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13 CHEMICAL PEOPLE PROJECT, WQED-TV, 4802 Organizations Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, and Programs (412) 391-0900. National coalition spawned by the telecast, "The Chemical People," and itssequel "Generation at ACTION, 806 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Risk." The project supplies Washington, DC 2025, (202) 634-9759. information in the form of tapes, Through its Drug Alliance, the Federal literature, and seminars. School Domestic Volunteer Agency inspires and version of Our Troubled Teens a buoklet promotes community-based, volunteer funded by Metropolitan Life Foundation, drug-abuse prevention projects for the is available free to educators, along nation's at-risk youth and the elderly. with a free rental cassette. Address all inquiries to The Public Television ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA), P.O. Box Outreach Alliance, c/o WQED. 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, (212) 686-1100. With more DAVID M. WINFIELD FOUNDATION, Turn It than one million members in 114 Around Campaign, 2050 Center Avenue, Ft. countries, AA is thelargest self-help Lee, NJ 07024, (201) 461-5535. The group for recoveringalcoholics. Local Foundation's fight against drug use groups are listed inall telephone is designed to move from individual directories. awareness of drug use to community- wide awareness and action. AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS, P.O. Box 82, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, U.S. 10159, (212) 683-1771. Al-Anon Family Department of Justice, 1405 I Street, Groups, which includes Al-Anon for NW, Washington, DC 20537, (202) adults and Alateen for youth, are 786-4096. Provides information on self-help groups for family members and Federal Narcotics and Dangerous Drug friends of problem drinkers. Local Laws and disseminates DEA public groups are listed in all telephone information, including workbooks for directories. young children and sports drug awareness programs for schools. AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR DRUG EDUCATION, 204 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES COUNCIL, 20850, (301) 294-0600. Resource for INC., 1760 Reston Avenue, Reston, VA information on drug use. Develops 22090, (703) 481-1414. Organized to media campaigns, reviews scientific bring the power, influence, and talent findings, and publishes books and a of people in the entertainment newsletter. Offers films and industries to bear on the problems of curriculum materials for preteens. drug and alcohol use, particularlyamong the nation's youth. Produces audio- AMERIC/N FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, 555 materials designed to help reduce drug New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, and alcohol abuse, promote seat belt D.C. 20001, (202) 879-4400. use awarenec and describe drug use as Distributes "Be Smart! Don't Start!" it relates t the problem of AIDS. literature for teachers, parents, and Also, publisLas quarterly newsletter, children, as well as an AFT publication maintains celebrity speakers' bureau, Alcohol and Drug Abuse: A Community and distributes "Stop The Madness" (an Ausactl to a Community Problem. anti-drug use rock video).

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, 14 0 HAZELDEN FOUNDATION, Pleasant Valley MATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN OF Road, Box 176, Center City, MN ALCOHOLICS, 31706 Coast Highway, Suite 55012-0176, (800) 328-9000. Distributes 201, South Laguna, CA 92677, (714) educational mateeals and self-helo 499-3889. A national, nonprofit literature for individuals in twelve-step membership organization for children of recovery programs and the professionals alcoholics and those in a position to who work in the field. Materials include help them. Houses a clearinghouse of books, pamphlets, audio cassettes, and resources. It also established the films for members of Alcoholics National Elementary School Project, a Anonymous, Al-Anon, Narcotics Anonymous, campaign that includes posters, a comic Families Anonymous, and other recovery book, and a guide for school health programs. professionals, all targeting young children of alcoholics. THE JUST SAY NO FOUNDATION, 1777 N. California Boulevard, Suite 200, Walnut NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR ALCOHOL AND Creek, GA 94596, (800) 258-2766. In DRUG INFORMATION, P.O. Box 2345, California call (415) 939-6666. Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 468-2600. Valuable resource for information, The new Federal clearinghouse for providing a national link for all the information and services on alcohol and "Just Say No" Clubs, which are made up drugs. NCADI is the largest, most of children, 7-14 years old, who are comprehensive resource on alcohol and committed to not using drugs. Offers drug information in the world. technical assistance to local clubs and Prepares pamphlets, booklets, posters, distributes an adult leader's guide and fact sheets, directories, and other children's handbook (with educational, useful products. Answers inquiries, recreational, and service activities), offers new prevention ideas, and helps poster/study guides, information, conduct community programs. Oversees shirts, and buttons at a nominal cost. and disseminates the "Be Smart, Don't Write for a free brochure. Start-J4st Say No!" campaign, which includes a music video, booklets for JUVENILE JUSTICE CLEARINGHOUSE, Box parents, educators, and students, 6000, Rockville, MD 20850, (303) stickers and posters. Most of NCADI's 251-5307, (800) 638-8736. The Juvenile materials are free to the public. Justice Clearinghouse, a part of the National Criminal Justice Reference NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM, INC., 12 Service, is a service of the National W. 21st St., New York, NY 10010, (2:2) Institute of Justice. The 206-6770. The NCA is a national Clearinghouse is an information service voluntary health agency that provides for criminal justice practitioners, information about alcoholism end researchers, and the general public. alcohol problems through more than 300 It provides reference services, screens local affiliates. Some of the NCA's and collects publications and affiliates provide counseling for audiovisual materials for its alcoholics and their families. In collections, and disseminates written 1986, the NCA launched an educational materials. Primary emphasis is on campaign to prevent children from prevention. drinking by promoting the theme "Say No. And Say Yes to Your Life," targeted to MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING (MADD), young people ages 9 through 14. The 669 Airport Freeway, Hurst, TX 76053, campaign uses television, radio, and (817) 268-6233. An organization print media. focusing on youth education to combat drinking and driving. Programs for NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL, young children promote the development SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, of positive self-esteem and refusal 733 15th Street, NW, Room 540, skills Rnd incorporate the "Be Smart... Washington, DC 200059 (202) 393-7141. Don't Start" campaign. Resource for curricula, brochures, and

15 16 other consumer literature for children Publishes newsletters, handbooksand in elementary and intermediate grades. brochures, sells and rents books, films Newsletter atIlyst highlights new and videos, especially for grade 3-6. prevention materials as they are Also publishes a catalog of videos, developed. pamphlets, and books on adolescent drug abese that are available free or for a NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, 1201 nominal fee. 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 833-4000. Contact: James H. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ALCOHOL Williams. In cooperation with the AND DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION PROGRAM, National Association of School Nurses, Drug Abuse Prevention Oversight Staff, the NEA issued guidelines for Offtce of the Secretary, 400 Maryland school-based programs to curb student Avenue, SW, Room 4145, MS 6411, drug and alcohol abuse. Waehington, D.C. 20202, (202) 732-3030. Assistance in developing the NATIONAL FEDERATION OF PARENTS FOR capability of local schools to prevent DRUG-FREE YOUTH, 8730 Georgia Avenue, and reduce alcohol and other drug use Second Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910, is provided in three major ways: (301) 585-5437, HOTLINE: (800) 554-KIDS. A national network of more o Grant programs for State and local than 9,000 parents' groups concerned government, institutions of higher with the prevention of alcohol and education, Indian Youth, Native other drug use by youth. Members Hawaiians, and audiovisual receive a regular update on State and materials development; Federal legislation and a quarterly newsletter. Helps parent groups get o Federal activities such as started and stay informed. Publishes drug-free schools recognition resource materials and newsletters: program; network of drug-free Prevention and Parentline and college4; substance abuse Legislative Update. Distributes a curricula guide; research 45-minute VHS videotape for parents workshops; and The Challenge, a offering practical advice on approaches program to encourage and sustain a to improve family communication on the national network of drug-free subject of adolescent drug use. schools; Includes interviews and vignettes. Cost: $36.50 plus 10 percent shipping. o Regional centers providing training and expertise to achieve NATIONAL PTA DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE drug-free schools, located in New PREVENTION PROJECT, 700 North Rush York (contact: Dr. Gerald Street, Chicago, IL 60611, (312) Edwards, (516/589-7022), Atlanta 787-0977. Offers kits, brochures, (contact: Dr. Thomas Gleaton, posters, and other publications on drug (404/651-2548), Chicago (contact: and alcohol awareness for parents, Ms. Eldon Mason, (312/324-9500), teachers, and PTA organizations. Oklahoma (contact: Dr. John Steffens, (405/325-1711), and PARENTS' RESOURCE INSTITUTE FOR DRUG Oregon (contact: Dr. Robert Rath, EDUCATION (PRIDE), 100 Edgewood Avenue, (503/275-9500). Suite 1002, Atlanta, GA 30302. HOTLINE: (800) 241-9746. National resource and information center. Offers assistance to parentgroups, and provides a drug-use survey service. Facts About Alcohol and Other DrugUse Among Youth in the United States

The percentage of children using cocaine and PCP. The best time to alcohol and other drugs by age 13 has fight alcohol and other drug use is in more than tripled over the last two the early_ formative years, before decades. For example, in the early children start experimenting. 1960s, marijuana use was virtually nonexistent among 13 year olds, but now What Drugs Are Used Most Often? one in six 13 year olds has reported that he or she has tried marijuana. Alcohol remains the Nation's No.1 drug The following information can shed some problem. One-third of 4th graders and light on this problem. almost one-half of 6th graders report "some" or "a lot" of peer pressure to Why Do Chil.iren Try Alcohol and Other drink wine coolers, according to the Drugs? Weekly Reader Survey.

A Weekly Reader survey in 1986 showed Mari uana produced today includes some thht children take drugs to: varieties that are 5-20 times stronger than that generally available 10 years o FIT IN WITH OTHERS ago. Research has shown that severe pcychological damage, including o FEEL OLDER (especially in paranoia and psychosis, can occur when grades 4 and 5) marijuana contains 2 percent delta-9- (THC). o HAVE A GOOD TIME Since the early , most marijuana (especially in grades 6-12) has contained 4-6 percent THC, 2-3 times the amount capable of causing How Do Alcohol and Other Drugs Affect serious damage. Our Youth? Crack, now widely available, is a Because childhood, preadolescence, and Trailed and highly addictive form of adolescence are such formative years, cocaine. alcohol and other drugs use are especially destructive then. According PCP () has unpredictable to the Department of Education, drug and violent effects. Often children do use may affect learning in the not know that they are using this drug following ways: when PCP-laced parsley is passed off as marijuana or when PCP in crystal form o Alcohol and other drugs erode the is sold as LSD or when PCP laced pot is self-discipline and motivation sold as the "best" (most potent) necessary for learning; marijuana.

o Alcohol and other drug use is What Can B. Done? closely tied to truancy, dropping out of school, crime, and misconduct; Many parents and teachers do not realize that their young children and o Alcohol and other drugs retard preteens need to be warned about intellectual and social growth and alcohol and other drugs. In fact, it provide an escape from the has been shown that alcohol and other challenges that foster this drug use among children is as much as growth. 10 times higher than parents suspect! These early years are crucial for Alcohol and other drug use often preparing youth to resist the pressure starts with early societal and peer to use these substances. Get involved. pressure, progresses to experimentation Talk to your children or students. with alcohol and other "gateway drugs" Teach them the facts and support their (marijuana and tobacco), and finally efforts to "say no" to alcohol and moves into an abuse of drugs such Erb other drugs. 0 17