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For teachers and school administrators

Curriculum resources

Education departments

• Australian Government—Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) —Resilience and Drug Education Information (REDI)
  Click on REDI Resources then Classroom Resources, on the right-hand menu
• Australian Government—Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)—School drug education: Cannabis and consequences
• Catholic Education Commission NSW—Drug Education—Resources
• Government of SA—Department of Education and Children's Services—Drug Strategy—Drug strategy resources
  Drug education curriculum resources.
• Government of WA—Department of Education and Training—School Drug Education and Road Aware (SDERA)—Drug education resources 
• NSW Government—Department of Education and Training—NSW Public Schools—School resources
• NSW Government—Department of Education and Training—PDHPE Unit—Crossroads: Drug issues
  Drug issues personal development and health education course.
• Victorian Government—Department of Education and Early Childhood Development—Drug Education
• Victorian Government—Department of Education and Early Childhood Development—Drug Education—Teacher resources
• Victorian Government—Department of Education and Early Childhood Development—Volatile Solvents: A resource for schools [PDF 368KB]

External agencies

• Australian Drug Foundation (ADF)—ADF Bookshop
  School drug education resources.
• Australian Lions Drug Awareness Foundation—Resources 
• Drug ARM—Schools programs
  Resources and programs for school drug education.
• Life Education Australia (LEA)
  Secondary school program 
  Primary school program
• Peer Support Australia
• State Library of New South Wales—drug info @ your library
  Information about alcohol and other drugs for all enquiries.
• UnitingCare Moreland Hall—Cautious with Cannabis  
  Harm reduction program.

Families

• Edith Cowan University—Friendly Schools & Families 
• Parenting Research Centre—Exploring Together
  Parent-child program.

Indigenous

• Australian Drug Foundation—Koori DrugInfo—Fact sheets
  Facts and resources on drugs and alcohol for indigenous communities.
• Government of SA—Department of Education and Children’s Services—Drug Strategy—Indigenous drug education support materials
• Vibe—Vibe School
  Class activities for indigenous students.
• Victorian Government Health Information—Information kit: About inhalant use
  Booklets for the Koori community about inhalants.

Mental health

• beyondblue—Schools Research Initiative
  Curriculum programs preventing depression for secondary students.
• Curtin University of Technology—School of Psychology—Aussie Optimism Programs
• KidsMatter
  Australian primary schools mental health initiatives.
• Living Is For Everyone (LIFE)—LIFE Framework
  Australia’s national resource of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy.
• MindMatters—School in the community
• Pathways Health and Research Centre
  Anxiety prevention program.
• Queensland University of Technology—Resourceful Adolescent Program

Multicultural

• NSW Government—Department of Education and Training
  NSW Public Schools—Drug education in culturally diverse classrooms
  NSW Public Schools—Drug education in a culturally diverse society
  Translated documents
  NSW Public Schools—Cultural awareness

Tobacco

• Action on Smoking and Health Australia (ASH)—Information for school students and staff
• Government of SA—Smarter than Smoking
• OxyGen—Resources for schools

Drug information

• Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia—National Inhalants Information Service (NIIS)
• Australian Drug Foundation—Drug Info Clearinghouse—Alcohol and drug info

National and statewide drug education frameworks

National

• Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA)—Policy papers
  Policy papers on specific drugs and harm reduction strategies.
• Australian Drug Foundation (ADF)—Position papers—Young people 
• Australian Drug Foundation (ADF)—DrugInfo Clearinghouse
  Drug education approaches in schools
  Framework for school drug education.
  School-based programs and policies that have an impact on harmful drug use 
• Australian Government—Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
  National framework for managing the possession, use and/or distribution of illicit and other unsanctioned drugs in schools
  National Safe Schools Framework
  To address issues of bullying, violence, child abuse and neglect.
  National School Drug Education Strategy
  Principles for school drug education
  School drug education monographs
  Eight monographs about innovation and good practice in drug education.
• Australian Government—Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Australian Guidance and Counselling Association (AGCA)—Mental health and wellbeing
• Australian Health Promoting Schools Association
  Whole of school approach to healthy lifestyles.
• Australian Secondary Principals Association—Policies and statements
• MindMatters—The Whole Student Approach
  National mental health initiative for secondary schools.
• Preventative Health Taskforce—National Preventative Health Strategy
  Preventing obesity, tobacco, and excessive consumption of alcohol.

Australian Capital Territory

• ACT Government—Department of Education and Training—Drug education

New South Wales

• Catholic Education Commission NSW—About Drug Education in Catholic Schools
• NSW Government—Department of Education and Training—NSW Public Schools - Drug education
• NSW Government—NSW Health—Druginfo
  Government policies, fact sheets and information for parents and community.

Queensland

• Community Solutions—Centre for Health and Drug Education
  Curriculum, resources and strategies for the management of drug related incidents in schools.
• Queensland Government—Department of Education and Training – Drug education
  Drug policy and education strategy.

South Australia

• Government of SA—Department of Education and Children's Services
  Drug Strategy 
  Drug Strategy: Indigenous Rural and Remote Initiative
  Click on “Indigenous Initiative” on the left menu.

Tasmania

• Tasmanian Government—Department of Education—Drug education policy
  Departmental guidelines and policy on drugs in schools.
• Tasmanian Government—Department of Education—State drug education strategy

Victoria

• Victorian Auditor-General’s Office—Drug education in government schools
• Victorian Government—Department of Education and Early Childhood Development—Drug education—Policy
• Victorian Government—Department of Human Services—Youth Alcohol Campaign

Western Australia

• Government of WA—Drug and Alcohol Office—Policy and discussion papers
• Government of WA—Department of Education and Training—School Drug Education and Road Aware (SDERA)
  Drug and road safety education strategy.

Professional development

• Academy of Health Education of Victoria (AHEV)—School community
• Australian Drug Foundation—Drug Info Clearinghouse—Proactive classroom management: developing resilient and healthy young people 
• Australian Government—Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) —Resilience and Drug Education Information (REDI)
  Educating pre-service teachers. Click on REDI Resources then Professional Development, on the right-hand menu.
• Centre for Social and Emotional Education (CSEE)—School Climate
• Drug Education Network (DEN)—Resources for schools
• Journal of Student Wellbeing
  Theoretical papers on students' social, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing.
• Mental Health First Aid
• MindMatters—Staff Matters
  Promoting staff mental health and wellbeing>
• Response Ability
  Multi-media mental health teaching resources for trainee primary and secondary school teachers.

School drug policy

• Australian Government—Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) —Resilience and Drug Education Information (REDI)
  Database of resources, policies and materials for drug education and incident management.
• Government of SA—Department of Education and Children’s Services—Drug Strategy—Supporting students
  Intervention matters: A policy statement and procedural framework for the management of suspected drug-related incidents in schools.
• NSW Government—Department of Education and Training—Drugs in schools policy
• Tasmanian Government—Department of Education—Drug education policy
  Departmental guidelines and policy on drugs in schools.

Student support and wellbeing

• Australian Guidance and Counselling Association—Mental Health & Wellbeing
  Effective school case management.
• Australian Government—Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations—Connections
• Australian Government—Mental health and wellbeing—Youth Pathways
  Keeping 13-19 year-olds in education.
• Australian Government—Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations—Connections
  Education program for young people 13 to 19 years disconnected from mainstream schooling.
• Royal Children's Hospital—Gatehouse project
  Promoting emotional wellbeing of students in secondary schools.
• The Nemours Foundation—KidsHealth—What you need to know about drugs
  Information for students.
• Victorian Government—Department of Education and Early Childhood Development—School Focused Youth Service (SFYS)
  Preventative and early intervention strategies for young people in school/community.
• Victorian Government—Department of Education and Early Childhood Development—Student Wellbeing Policy
• Victorian Government Health Information—Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

For students

Australia

• Australian Drug Foundation—DrugInfo Clearinghouse—Fact sheets
• Australian Drug Foundation—Somazone—Q & A—Drugs
• Australian Government—Department of Health and Ageing—National Drugs Campaign—Where’s your head at?—Get the facts 
• headspace
  Mental health, alcohol and other drug support.
• NSW Government—Department of Education and Training—What’s next?
• NSW Government—NSW Health—Drug info
  Fact sheets and statistics.

Safe partying and Schoolies week

• Drug and Alcohol Services SA—Parties and events: what young people need to know
• Leavers Western Australia
• National Schoolies Week Website
• Queensland Government—Department of Communities—Schoolies
• Victorian Government—Department of Planning and Community Development—youthcentral—Schoolies week 

For parents and the community

• Australian Drug Foundation—ADF Bookshop—Parents
• Australian Drug Foundation—DrugInfo Clearinghouse
  Communicating with your teenager about drugs
  Prevention of alcohol-related harms 
• Drug Education Network—Steps Together
  Program for parents and community.
• Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia—Worried about drug use and your adolescent
• Family Drug Help
  Peer support for Victorian family members affected by another’s alcohol or other drug use.
• Family Drug Support
  For NSW families where alcohol or other drug use is an issue.
• NSW Government—communitybuilders.nsw—Family matters: How to approach drug issues with your family [PDF 904KB]
• NSW Health—NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service—Alcohol and other drugs
  Drug information resources, available in 23 languages.
• Victorian Government Health Information—What parents should know about ice

Research and statistics

Australia

• Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA)—Register of Australian Drug and Alcohol Research (RADAR)
• Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
  National association for fostering educational research.
• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)—Drugs
• Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
  Research-based knowledge, products and services.
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)—Alcohol and other drugs
• Edith Cowan University—Child Health Promotion Research Centre
• Flinders University—National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA)—The Role of Schools in Alcohol Education 
• National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)—School drug and education programs 
• National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)—School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project 
• National Drug Strategy
  Australian secondary school students' use of over-the-counter and illicit substances in 2002 Australian secondary school students’ use of alcohol in 2005
• The University of Melbourne—Melbourne Graduate School of Education—Youth Research Centre
  Up-to-date research on the issues facing young people today.
• The University of Melbourne—Student Welfare Wellbeing Action Partnership
• Victorian Government Health Information—Victorian secondary school students’ use of licit and illicit substances 2002

Canada

• Alcohol-Drug Education Service (A-DES)
  Education and prevention programs through schools.
• Communities and Schools Promoting Health
  Comprehensive set of resources, tools and links in school health promotion.
• Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (OPHEA)
  Provides school health promotion and drug education materials.
  Living School
  Initiative for adopting active healthy living.
  Take Action
  Program teaching safety awareness of tobacco, alcohol and other substance use.

UK

• RIDE Foundation—Programmes
  Classroom materials.
• Teachernet—Case studies—Drugs, tobacco and alcohol
  Case studies outlining teaching materials for schools.

USA

• American Council for Drug Education
  Evidence-based programs and materials.
• Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD)
  Implementing resilience and alcohol and other drug programs.
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  Heads Up
  Science-based facts and lesson plans about drugs and the teen brain and body. (Click on “Heads Up” link.)
  NIDA for Teens—Mind Over Matter 
  NIDA for Teens—Mind Over Matter: Teacher’s guide
  NIDA for Teens—Sara’s Quest
  Effects of drugs on their brain and body.

 

Page last updated: 23 February 2010