EDU MAP
Educational Materials for Substance Abuse Prevention
The EDU MAP project aims to prepare and train school teachers in recognizing addiction and be well-informed on what steps to take next, thus helping students who have addiction problems by assessing the need for intervention.
The project aims to offer innovative solutions along with providing an evaluation of addiction problem which occurs to be an international problem, by combining quantitative and qualitative methods in order to provide the best possible answers for policymakers.
Project Priorities
Supporting teachers, school leaders and other teaching professions
Common values, civic engagement and participation
Tackling learning disadvantage, early school leaving and low proficiency in basic skills
Target Group
School teachers (from primary, secondary, and high schools): 900 (150 from each partner country
School directors: 120 (20 from each partner country)
Project Objectives
1. To increase awareness/knowledge of teachers to understand substance abuse of youth, and to increase knowledge of differences between dependence, abuse, and addiction, recognize signs of them by providing methodology, guidelines and tools
2. To provide teachers and other school staff with materials, methodology, guidelines, and tools
3. To increase the knowledge of the strategy of prevention of substance abuse and dependence.
4. To increase the knowledge of consequences of substance abuse/dependence at personal, peer, family, and societal levels by creating a guidebook that defines social symptoms of substance abuse for school communities
5. To create an international network of professionals working in the field of substance misuse.ct Objectives
Project Results
1. A reference handbook for substance abuse
The handbook will offer a comprehensive, educational-oriented approach to substance use, abuse, and dependence, with an emphasis on prevention
Desk Research https://www.edu-map.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/EDU-MAP-Desk-Research.pdf
Reference Handbook for Substance Abuse
2. Educational supportive videos for school teachers
There are 4 supportive videos about substance abuse and inspire and engage teachers to project learning activities.
Video 1: Health and Societal Response to substance abuse problems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmR0xfEDZlc&t=4s
Video 2: How can teachers prevent substance abuse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYkkRkpr42o
Video: The truth of drugs, real stories
Video 4: Effective Educational Tools for Mitigating Substance Abuse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrgCo3SVUxE
- Guidebook to define psychological symptoms of substance abuse
Chapters of the guidebook are:
- How severe do substance abuse affect psychological conditions?
- Psychological effects of substance abuse on the individual
- Links between substance abuse and mental health
- Emotional effects of substance abuse on the individual
- Short-term and long-term physical and psychological signs of substance use on students
- Practical tips to teachers
Guidebook to define psychological symptoms of substance abuse
4. Guidebook to define social symptoms of substance abuse
Chapters of the guidebook are:
- Social issues in home and family life
- Social issues in school atmosphere
- Social issues in personality and relationships
Guidebook to define social symptoms of substance abuse
- Preventive substance abuse education online toolkit for teachers
An online toolkit for teachers includes suggested activities for teachers to conduct drug & substance abuse education sessions for students with relevant knowledge to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Online Toolkit for Teacher
Partners
Human resources monitoring and development office ZISPB, Lithuania
University rehabilitation institute Republic of Slovenia Soča (URI Soča), Slovenia
Austrian Association of Inclusive Society (AIS), Austria
APEC Egitim Danismanlik Ltd. Turkey
Metropolitan College, Greece
STANDO LTD/Cyprus
Sustainable Development Institute, Finland
Krazante Progymnasium, Lithuania
Social Media
Website: https://edu-map.eu/