Blue Group UNIVERSAL PREVENTION

** Universal Prevention Program description: A universal program for school students, taught in a classroom. It has been designed to address a broad range of risk and protection factors and to teach general, personal, and social skills, together with normative education and the teaching of drug-resistance skills.

** Description of the Program's Logical Model

** ACTIVITIES Define the profile of the teacher Train teacher to use the program's materials Awareness-building in the administrative, community, and political spheres Program implementation Adaptation of the program to the school’s curriculum

** ACTIVITIES Develop and support a positive learning environment Teach thinking and social skills Promote community participation Foster learning through service to others Promote a drug-free approach to life Develop and support positive peer groups Celebrate and respect cultural diversity Offer support to parents, teachers, and members of the community

** Products Materials delivered and produced Working sessions Sponsorship for the institutes of education and schools from organized civil society Training for teachers Awareness campaigns Service campaigns Videos Services provided to students at school Technical assistance Evaluation and monitoring forms

** Target population Children and teenagers

** Immediate Results Lower school drop-out rate Less violent behavior Disciplines Integration into the school Developed capacity Awareness of their own skills

** Medium-term results Strengthened values Increased healthy decision-making when faced by risk situations Increased resilience Increased healthy life-style practices and decisions regarding drug use and abuse Delayed starting ages for the commencement of drug use

** Final results Strengthening full citizenship Reduced consumption levels Prevention of drug abuse Later commencement age

** Final Considerations Products by Results Limitations of the strategy, chiefly as regards population coverage Identifying key activities Political intent translated into practical means Paradigm shift Learning social management Guaranteed sustainability by incorporating the Program into the schools' educational plans

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