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-800100-226695TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgements IntroductionSection One:Youth Training - How to Use the Training Guide- Youth Leadership Training Guide- Ice Breakers for Youth Leadership TrainingYouth Leaders Drug Education- Introduction & Objective - Youth Leaders Drug Education Workshops- Drug Information - Youth Leaders Drug Education Facilitator Power Points- Drug Information - Youth Leaders Drug Education Facilitator NotesSection Two: IntroductionActivities- Hosting a World Café- Fish Bowl ActivityPresentations- Marijuana- Club Drugs / Ecstacy - Hallucinogens - Generation Rx (prescription drugs) - The Ripple Effect (social issues surrounding drugs) - Cocaine – Two Presentations- Inhalants - Predatory Drugs - Designer drugsGames- Drug trivia- JeopardyTools - Creating and Administering a Survey- “Did You Know?” cards- Newsletters- Display boards- Community discussion boards- Focus groups - Tree of Addiction00TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgements IntroductionSection One:Youth Training - How to Use the Training Guide- Youth Leadership Training Guide- Ice Breakers for Youth Leadership TrainingYouth Leaders Drug Education- Introduction & Objective - Youth Leaders Drug Education Workshops- Drug Information - Youth Leaders Drug Education Facilitator Power Points- Drug Information - Youth Leaders Drug Education Facilitator NotesSection Two: IntroductionActivities- Hosting a World Café- Fish Bowl ActivityPresentations- Marijuana- Club Drugs / Ecstacy - Hallucinogens - Generation Rx (prescription drugs) - The Ripple Effect (social issues surrounding drugs) - Cocaine – Two Presentations- Inhalants - Predatory Drugs - Designer drugsGames- Drug trivia- JeopardyTools - Creating and Administering a Survey- “Did You Know?” cards- Newsletters- Display boards- Community discussion boards- Focus groups - Tree of Addiction-2983230104775000-312547040697150039052577025500-809625187960Section Three: Introduction Events- Health Fair- Suggested Events- Youth forum- Adult forum Presentations - Parent/guardian workshopsSession One – The DrugsSession Two – The Social IssuesSession Three – Talking to Youth- Presentations to councils or stakeholdersSection Four: Appendices- Bookmark- Glossary of Drugs Terms- Straight Facts about Drugs & Drug Abuse - Health Canada- Street Drugs - a drug id guide 2012- Youth Truth Matters logo- Description of Videos- Youth Truth Matters –Power Point 00Section Three: Introduction Events- Health Fair- Suggested Events- Youth forum- Adult forum Presentations - Parent/guardian workshopsSession One – The DrugsSession Two – The Social IssuesSession Three – Talking to Youth- Presentations to councils or stakeholdersSection Four: Appendices- Bookmark- Glossary of Drugs Terms- Straight Facts about Drugs & Drug Abuse - Health Canada- Street Drugs - a drug id guide 2012- Youth Truth Matters logo- Description of Videos- Youth Truth Matters –Power Point -8470906216650Helpful Hints: Look for this icon throughout the tool kit for more information to ensure you have a great workshop. 0Helpful Hints: Look for this icon throughout the tool kit for more information to ensure you have a great workshop. -192405025717500AcknowledgmentsThe Tri County Women’s Centre would like to acknowledge and thank the people who made our Youth Truth Matters project such a success.We are very grateful for the three year funding from the Government of Canada, Health Canada Division, under their Drug Strategy Community Initiative Fund. This funding was essential in enabling the project activities to be carried out. We would especially like to thank Cory Hogan our Program Consultant with Health Canada over the first two years of the project. Cory’s guidance and support over that time made our job so much easier. We would also like to acknowledge Nicholas Saunders our Program Consultant over the last year of the project and his on-going guidance and support. A significant part of this project was centered on developing youth leadership and youth being the leaders on addressing illicit drugs in our community. We want to thank the one hundred youth who came forward over the past three years to be youth leaders. Because of their involvement and creativity we were able to introduce and implement another model for addressing illicit drugs in our communities. It was essential that we reached the junior and senior high schools students across the tri - counties while they were in school. We are very grateful for the support and cooperation from the two School Boards we work with, Tri-County Regional School Board and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial.An essential link between the project team, agency stakeholders, and the communities were the people who committed their time and resources to the Advisory Committees in all three counties. Their contribution was both helpful and appreciated. We want to thank the following for their professional assistance; Elaine Rivers, Evaluation Consultant, Michelle Hurlburt, Translation Services, Stephen Paquette and Neil MacKenzie, Layout & Graphic Design. The final expression of gratitude goes to the project staff that put into action the Youth Truth Matters project. Kirsta Morris, Project Coordinator, Tri-County, Amy MacKinnon, Youth Coordinator for Shelburne County and Lisanne Turner & Nicole Hattie, Youth Coordinators for Digby CountyThese women gave generously of their time, knowledge, expertise and creativity. Their dedication to working with the youth, stakeholders, and community enabled this important work to be achieved. Thank you all. Tri County Women’s Centre Board ~ February 2013 This Tool Kit can be downloaded from our two web sites: HYPERLINK "mailto:" 167640017526000IntroductionYouth Truth Matters takes a specific harm reduction approach and a strong emphasis on youth leadership as a way for youth and communities to deal with illicit drugs. Harm Reduction ApproachBased on what we know and understand about adolescent behaviour, we felt an educational approach that stressed harm reduction to illicit drugs was appropriate. Harm reduction focuses on promoting safety and reducing the potential harm that youth may cause themselves and others. Harm reduction is a continuum of strategies that includes abstinence. A harm reduction approach allows you to work with youth, regardless of where they are in the stages of change process.When using a harm reduction approach, youth-serving organizations can move beyond substance use to address other behaviours that put youth at risk. Such as; self-harm, safer sex, reckless driving, relationships and communicable disease through drug use practice like injecting. A harm reduction approach can help youth identify and reduce the harm across a range of behaviours and practices. Harm reduction aims to keep people safe and minimize death, disease, and injury from high risk behaviour. Harm reduction involves a range of support services and strategies to enhance the knowledge, skills, resources, and supports for individuals, families and communities to be safer and healthier.Why is Youth Leadership Training important? In order for youth to be prepared to work with and present to their peers/community, they need to develop and/or enhance their leadership skills. Leadership training prepares youth to manage time, work as a team, set goals, start conversations, and discover a variety of facilitation style to create effective presentations. To fully participate youth also need to be informed about various perspectives of the problems, challenges or issues being discussed. This education takes time but it is very important for the youth leader/ facilitator to be comfortable with discussions on various topics youth may bring up. They also need to be open minded and non-judgemental, being able to look at the issues from both sides. -1291590116395500Promoting youth leadership development is an excellent way to promote positive life skills and healthy lifestyles.Youth Taking the Lead- Why Peer Education?A young person’s peer group has a strong influence on the way she or he behaves. This is true of both risky and safe behaviours. Not surprisingly, young people get a great deal of information form their peers on eh issues that are especially sensitive or culturally taboo.Peer education makes use of peer influences in a positive way. The credibility of peer educators within their target group is an important base from which successful peer education can be built. Youth peer educators are less likely to be seen as authority figures. Peer educator is perceived as receiving advice from a fellow youth “in the know” who has similar concerns and an understanding of what it is like to be a young person. Peer education is also a way to empower young people, offering them the opportunity to participate in activities that affect them. 1685925197612000 ................
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