NCJ Number
145089
Date Published
1992
Length
238 pages
Annotation
Written by a parent who was also a teacher, superintendent of schools, and national drug prevention mobilizer, this volume explains how parents can focus their efforts and make a difference in drug prevention efforts in their children's schools.
Abstract
The text details how to evaluate a school's efforts to address juvenile drug use and drug trafficking and how to begin an effective drug education and awareness program in the classroom. The text emphasizes that parents can act now, without resorting to extreme, expensive, or complicated measures, to help solve the drug problem in their children's schools. Individual chapters explain the nature and extent of the problem, the crucial people involved in preventing and addressing drug abuse, barriers to change, the characteristics of schools with effective drug prevention programs, and the specific actions needed to organize and maintain an effective program. Forms, checklists, sample program materials, lists of resource organizations, and index