DOCOBENT MUNE ED 099 721 88 CO 009 311 Drug Information and Attitude Development: Interim Evaluation Report, August 1, 1972 to July 31, 1973, TISTITUTION Ferguson-Florissant School District, Ferguson, Bo. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DBEV/OE), Washington, D.C. BUREAU NO 25-71-04-2 PUB DATE Sep 73 NOTE 284p. EDRS PRICE BF-80.75 BC-$13.80 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *Adolescents; Community Involvement; *Drug Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Involvement; *Inservice Education; *Program Descriptions; Research Projects IDENTIFIERS *Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III; ESEA Title III ABSTRACT This interim evaluation reports on the progress of an extensive drug education program in a St. Louis, Missouri school district. Designed to meet seven overall objectives, the project calls for comparisons between experimental and control groups at the elementary and secondary level. Far-reaching activities including staff orientation and training, curriculum developmentand implementation, staff and curriculum support, and parental involvement are discussed and evaluated in terms of their benefit to the overall objectives. A summary of all disseminationactivities is included, as are copies of all materials circulated by the project. Appendixes to the report include statistical analyses from both the student evaluation instruments and those utilized with the teacher training program. (Author/PC) DRUG INFORMATION 1 e n d ATTITUDE DEVELOPMENT U S DEPARTMENT OF ME Attic f DUCAT SON WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE Of foutATioal 4415toocumfNT .445 SEENREPRO DuCED EYACTi Y AS RI. CEIV4 0 6 ROM 'He PE 66S066 OR 000AAtt A V 'ON GRsGIN AT try&T POuvts06 tiff ItS OR 04616410RIS SUMO DO NOT Alf cissAu61y REPEL SENT Off tCtAt tyAt0Aatil INSTITUTE Of Project Submitted Under EDUCAt Mfg Kiss 110,6OR POI Y Title III, ESEA Public Act 89-10 INTERIM EVALUATION REPORT Project # 25-71-04-2 Augrst 1, 1972 to July 31, 1973 RECrril=o The Ferguson-Florissant School District St. Louis County, Missouri fCi 1i9; 655 January Avenue Fergusoh, Mo. 63135 September 28, 1973 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. Evaluation of Project Activities 2 II. Summary of Dissemination Activities III. Copies of Items Disseminated by the Project Memos and Staff Bulletins 30 Project Staff Presentations 64 Cooperation with Other Agencies Revenue Sharing Hearings Position Statement on Education 71 Comprehensive Community Plan 86 Samples of Community Reactions to Project Activities 111 IV. Description of Materials Produced by the Project 115 V. Appendix Section A:Student Evaluation instruments "Drug Attitudinal Inventory for Elementary Grades" llo "Risk-Taking Attitude--Values Inventory: Elementary Level" 148 "Values Inventory of Behavioral Responses" 191 "Drug Attitudinal Inventory-- Tunior and Senior High School Form" 200 "Drug T:sage Inventory" 234 Section B:Evaluation Instruments Utilized with the Teacher Training Program January Workshop Evaluation eorm 242 February Workshop Evaluation Form 244 Drug Attitudinal Inventory, Pre-test. February Workshop Drug Attitudinal invintory, Post-test, February Workshop /St; I.EVALUATIONOF PROJECT ACTIVITIES Introduction Six instruments were utilized in collecting the data which is analyzed in this section of the interim Evaluation Report.The six instruments were used with three groupsof individuals: elementary students, second- ary students, and districtstaff members. Copies of each of these instru- ments including summaries of student responses to eachof thee items on the instruments are included in the appendix to this report.Following is a listing of each of these instruments: Elementary -Values Inventory of Behavioral Responses"--by Nancy D. Seiders, Ph. D. and Edward W. Sanford, Jr., Ph. D. "The Risk-Taking Attitude-Values Inventory: Elementary Level"--by Richard E. Carney, Ph. D. "Drug Attitudinal Inventory for Ele... t.tary Grades"--by Colin E. Box, Ph. D., and Irvin W. Ckriel, Ph. D. Secondary "Drug Attitudinal Inventory"--Colin E. Box, Ph. D. and Irvin Cockriel, Ph. D. "Drug Usage Inventory"--Colin Box, Ph. I). and Irvin W. Cockriel, Ph. D. Staff Members "Drug Attitudinal Inventory " -Colin E. Box, Ph. D. and Irvin W. Cockriel, Ph. D. -Workshop Evaluation Form"--R2 School District A detailed description of the Project's evaluation designutilized during the second year is found on page 43 to 51 of the Project Year 02 Proposal.For purposes of making comparisonsbetween the experimental and control groups students in the experimental group at the elementary level weredivided into three sub-groups.One group of students received instruction from teachers who participated in the drug abuse workshop, tookthe three-hour graduate level course, and helped write the drug abuse curriculum(referred to as -Group I).The second group of elementary students received instructionfrom teachers who participated in the workshop program only (referred to asGroup Ii). I he thirdr (mu ''1 st Intent sreceived iiistresztion front teachers who had not previous! y participated in the Project'.ieacher Training Program or Curriculum Development Workshops (referred to as Group 111).The control group at the elementary level is referred to as Group IV.At the secondary level the experimental group is divided into two sub-groupings.The first included students who received instruction from teachers who participated in the drug abuse workshop, took the three-hour graduate level course, and helped write the curriculum (referred to as Group I).The second group of secondary students received instruction from teachers who participated in the workshop program only (referred to as Group II).At the secondary level t he control group is referred to as Group 111. 1) This section of the Interim i:ealuation Report lists those objectives stated in the Project Year 0.! Proposal.Following each objective is a brief outline of those project activities accomplished to help meet these objectiv:_.s.The' data collected to evaluate the activities and the extent to which objef:tives were reached is then analyzed. Summaries of this data are contained in the Appendix to this report. Objective One At the end of the seconci semester of the 1972-73 school year, the incidence of drug abuse among junior and senior high school students in the experimental classes (8, 648 students) will be 50 percent less than the incidence of drug abuse in the control classes. Relevant Activities All of the activities irAplemented by the Drug Abuse Education Project were designed to meet Project Objective One.These activities are outlined below. A detailed description of each of these activities is contained in the Activity Section of the Proposal for Project Year 02. 1. Staff Oriuntatio:: and 1 raining Activities a.Information and Communications Training Workshops- - a four session workshop intended to giveparticipants an understanding of:1) the basic physiological and psychological effects of the major types of abused drugs, 2) a heightened understanding of the sociology of drug abuse. b. Counselor Practicum---an eight session training program operated for selected elementary and secondary counselors. This prottiL till., covered such areas as values education techniques, ceision-makiag skill development, information about the maior of abused drugs, visits to most cottalionly used cirt4, treatment facilities, and methods of counseling young people involved in drug use and abuse and their parents. c.Social Seminar Facilitators Workshop--a week-long training prod: ram intended to enable seventeenstaff and community members to be facilitators of the National Mental Health Materials Center's Social Seminar Training Program. 2. Curriculumlie velopment and Implementation Activities s. (,ert cloidfit Wu rk:thops- a two week effort onducted during the fourth quarter of Project Year 02, 2 tit ti ri, tst at i members in the revision of the s ism dr.ig abi,x.e curriculum. b. Curriculum Orientwien Programsarea andindividual build- ing meeting,. intended to:1) develop heightened motivation among staff I 'r utilization of the drug abuse curri- culum,2.)ire rease district staff members' understanding of the putp.,se of ibis curriculum,3) lay groundwork for the collection of objective data andsubjective impressions to be used in the further refinement of thecurriculum. Survey` inst rument Re* istuft Workshop- -a workshop utilizing 14 selected stafflnemrs in the revision of the Project's primary data t7ollectiun instruments. 3, Staff and Currie ulum Support Activities a. the continued development ofa drug abuse curriculum library and associated resource materials. b. Dissemination activities- -a variety of programs intended to publicize this Project's curriculum andincrease the fre- quency 01 u.se in 5' hools in the Met ropolitan St. Louisarea. 1) rug and Substance Abuse Cuuncii of Met ropolitan St. Louis-- an o:i-going activity involving the participation of Project staff menibtrs in this Conned. Thetwo Council activities engaged in by Project staff members during theProject's second year which most directly relateto the goals of this project are:1) the development ofa "Statement on Educa- tion'. by thc Drug and Substance Council. Thedevelopment of this statement was directed bya staff me. rnbers of this Project and reflects this Project's point of viewregarding drug abuse education,2) sharing in the development of the Drug and Substance Abuse Council's "ComprehensiveCommun- ity Plan fur Drug Abuse Programming and Strategy. " The Task Force which deve1upcd this plan for thefive county Metro- politan