Substance Misuse Prevention and Education Louise Jones

Highland Drug & Alcohol Action Team (HDAAT) The Highland Council NHS Highland now incorporating Argyll & Bute CHP (ADAT) For Highlands Children 3 Your Choice to Healthy Living 225 School and 5 Intensive Support Centres Highland Profile

Scottish Learning Festival 2008

National Direction

Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 schools are ‘health promoting’ nutritional standards – all food/drink provided in school promote school lunches and free school meals protect the identity of those taking a free school meal principles of sustainable development HMIE – Health & Nutrition Inspector (HNI) www.healthpromotingschools.co.uk

schools are ‘health promoting’

nutritional standards – all food/drink provided in school

promote school lunches and free school meals

protect the identity of those taking a free school meal

principles of sustainable development

Health and Wellbeing Es and Os Curriculum? “ Learning through health and wellbeing promotes confidence, independent thinking and positive attitudes and dispositions. Because of this, it is the responsibility of every teacher to contribute to learning and development in this area.” Building the Curriculum 1 www.curriculumforexcellencescotland.gov.uk

Health and Wellbeing Es and Os Three levels Area of the curriculum Permeates all aspects of school life Responsibility of all Engagement and consultation through trialling

Area of the curriculum

Permeates all aspects of school life

Responsibility of all

Health and Wellbeing Six Organisers Mental, Emotional, Social and Physical Wellbeing Planning for Choices and Changes Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport Food and Health Substance Misuse Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood

Mental, Emotional, Social and Physical Wellbeing

Planning for Choices and Changes

Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport

Food and Health

Substance Misuse

Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood

Cross curricular approaches Education Learning experiences which are rich, meet different styles of learning and promote young people to become confident individuals, responsible citizens, effective contributors and successful learners. Across ages and stages. Resources….blueprint, get real, choices for life, risk watch, heart start. collaborative learning methods , leading edge resources. Prevention… Sense of self-efficacy, identification of strengths, consistent and correct knowledge and information setting up lifestyles for life, explodes ‘social norms’. Across ages and stages, recognising achievements, career aspirations and leisure activities.

Shared Responsibility Provides a context for learning New Cross Curricular Approach Tapping into new ways of thinking Use Web 2.0 Technologies Pilot Projects www.sharedresponsibility.gov.co/

Provides a context for learning

New Cross Curricular Approach

Tapping into new ways of thinking

Use Web 2.0 Technologies

Context for Learning www.mindmeister.com

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Louise Jones