Parent education event
The school is concerned about student exposure to unhealthy drinking habits and recognises the dangers of excessive drinking in teenagers, leading to developmental and learning disruptions.
The ‘Parent Education Event’ aims to engage with experts and educate parents about the harmful impacts of alcohol, and the role parents can have in influencing young people’s attitudes and decisions around alcohol.
Project activities included:
- Partner with the Road Safety and Drug Education Branch (RSDE) for ideas and resources to address this health issue in the school.
- Host two parent and community evening events, inviting an RSDE consultant to talk about the harmful impacts of alcohol among young people. The event will be widely promoted through various communication channels to attract parents.
- RSDE Professional development training for the physical education and health teachers. The teachers will then create classroom activities for students using the ‘Challenges and Choices’
resources.
Sustainability:
- A health promotion committee is established to develop an alcohol policy that prevents parents from drinking at school events. It also restricts the use of alcohol as school fundraising items and parent or teachers awards. This policy will be distributed throughout the school community and to all staff and parents.
- Activities and resources from the ‘Challenges and Choices’ will be embedded into the school curriculum.
*Please note the above initiative is not a real case study, however it is a project a school could implement. In this case Healthway would contribute funding towards teacher professional development and relief time, hosting parents evening sessions, and activities and other resources for classrooms.
