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Briefings

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Substance specific

Ketamine briefing 2006 (PDF 246KB)

Poppers briefing 2005 (PDF 226KB)

Cannabis briefing 2005 (PDF 247KB)

Ritalin (Methylphenidate) in schools briefing 2005 (PDF 228KB)

Good practice in drug education

Assessment in drug education: a briefing paper for teachers and other drug education practitioners (PDF 450KB)

Gender and drug education: a briefing paper 2006 (PDF 264KB)

Consulting young people about the world of drugs: a briefing paper 2006 (PDF 329KB)

Continuity and Progression briefing 2006 (PDF 116KB)

Drug education for young deaf people (PDF 244KB)

Mobile pupils and drug education 2006 (PDF 228KB)

Developing culturally sensitive alcohol education (PDF 156KB)

Drug education for hard to reach parents (PDF 1.22MB)

Case studies

A case study of the work of school drugs advisors - Wiltshire (PDF 56KB)

A case study of the work of school drugs advisors - Bristol (PDF 56KB)

A case study of the work of school drugs advisors - Bedford (PDF 33KB)

A case study of the work of school drugs advisors - Bexley (PDF 80KB)

Evenings for parents and governors in Essex: a case study 2005 (PDF 85KB)

Parents evenings at local schools: a case study - Windsor and Maidenhead (PDF 76KB)

Guidance

Drugs: guidance for further education institutions (PDF 220KB)

Drug & alcohol education through theatre - guidance for schools and commissioners (PDF 128KB)

Alcohol resources

Binge drinking and citizenship KS5 (PDF 180KB)

Binge drinking and citizenship KS4 (PDF 212KB)

Developing culturally sensitive alcohol education (PDF 156KB)

Newsletters

Working with parents e-newsletter Issue 4 (PDF 378KB)

Working with parents e-newsletter Issue 3 (PDF 852KB)

Working with parents e-newsletter Issue 2 (PDF 289KB)

Working with parents e-newsletter Issue 1 (PDF 152KB)

Reviews

Media messages: a review of drug related messages reaching young people (PDF 483KB)

Young people's websites - reviews and guidance (PDF 4.8MB Large fie)

Reading lists

Relevant reading lists from the Library and Information Service

Religion, Faith and Substance Use (March 06) (PDF 85KB)

Sniffer Dogs, Testing and School drugs policies (July 04) (PDF 120KB)

Young people (Reading List to support the Conference) (April 05) (PDF 146KB)

Young people's website reviews

In 2005, as part of the Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (DEPIS), DrugScope undertook a review of UK drug information websites that are specifically aimed at children and young people.The aim was to provide a critical review, for professionals working with young people, of what sites are available to support their drug education work. Some of these reviews and the websites they correspond to are listed below:

Lifebytes

Website
Review (PDF 40KB)

Northern Ireland Students

Website
Review (PDF 38KB)

Talk to Frank

Website
Review (PDF 36KB)

The Site

Website
Review (PDF 50KB)

Wotzdafactz

Website
Review (PDF 39KB)