Service-learning is an effective tool for prevention of substance abuse (including drugs and alcohol) amongst youth. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.
NSLC-Produced Resources
NSLC Library Items
- Sober Minded: A High Impact Project Manual Focusing on Underage Drinking Prevention (Student Handbook) (2008), Larry Fletch, Chris Burt, Susie Richards, and Lynda Kamerrer (PDF)
- Tobacco Prevention: Culminating Project Tools for Students (2008), Larry Fletch, Chris Burt, Susie Richards, and Lynda Kamerrer (PDF)
- Spinning Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Webs: A Project of the Maryland Service-Learning Fellows Program (2007) (PDF)
- Strategy For Alcohol Abuse Education: A Service Learning Model Within A Course Curriculum (2002), Gerald Thompson, Susan Lyman, Kathy Childers, and Patricia Taylor
- Linking Service-Learning and No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Title IV: Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities (2002) (PDF)
SLICE Ideas and Examples
- Drug Education - Game of Life (K-12)
- Chemistry and Drug Use Intervention (K-12)
- Human Services 130: Pharmacology of the Substances of Abuse (HE)
- View more: substance abuse
Related Websites
- Building a Healthy Community: Meth Abuse
- The Challenge
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- The Partnership for a Drug-Free American
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