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Tacade Publications

Alcohol
 
Keys To Alcohol
Available Summer 2008
Keys To Smoking




£24.95 each

The series 'Keys to ....' aims to provide key sessions on key issues for anyone working with children and young people, with a particular emphasis upon those with a visual impairment. Each resource contains ten easy to deliver sessions focusing upon aspects of knowledge and understanding, skills development and attitudes.

The photocopiable handouts are in large font, with additional copies in larger font for those children and young people with a visual impairment, so that the sessions may be fully inclusive. Included in each resource is a FREE CD ROM containing the handouts in order that they may be enlarged further if required.

'Keys to alcohol' is aimed at children aged 7-11 years old and is complementary, but with different material, to Tacade's Skills for the Primary School publication 'The World of Alcohol'.

The aims of the 'Keys to ....' series are to enhance the knowledge and understanding of a variety of key health issues; to develop and enhance the skills required; and to develop the self confidence and promote the wellbeing of children and young people to enable them to make an informed healthy choice.


Life Matters - New!
A board game for young people aged 13-19 years old about life's opportunities, risks and challenges




13 - 19
£56.40

Life Matters is an engaging and interesting way for young people to learn about sexual health, drug, alcohol and tobacco issues. Up to twelve people can play the game at one time. It is an enjoyable way of focusing young people on drug, alcohol and sex and relationship issues.

The game throws up the unexpected, just like life. It takes knowledge and sound decision making to become a winner. With a role of the dice and an unlucky card everything can change.


Skills for the Primary School Child Part 5: The World of Alcohol
New Edition 2007
The World of Alcohol




£49.95
This resource is intended to increase children’s knowledge about alcohol and its effects, address and clarify their attitudes towards its use, and to help to enhance and develop the skills required to deal with alcohol related situations.

It contains:
  • 7 key lessons including: Alcohol – what is it?; Making choices; and Keeping safe with alcohol.
  • Photocopiable classroom materials
  • 11 workshops for teachers, whole school staff, parents and governors
  • 2 Background papers on the alcohol education curriculum and the use of alcohol by children and young people.

Respect It! – Alcohol materials for secondary schools
New Edition 2007
Respect It! – Alcohol materials for secondary schools




11 - 16
£44.95
The materials will provide a basic entitlement for alcohol education for 11-16 year olds.

Respect It! contains:
  • 15 lessons including Decisions – who decides?; Have you got an attitude?; Help!; What is acceptable drinking?; and Can I remember?
  • Photocopiable materials for classroom use
  • 2 Background papers on curriculum and research into young people’s drinking.

ASK – Drug education materials for true mixed abilities

ASK - Drug education material





£36.95

The materials are intended for use with 11-14 year old students. They are particularly targeted at those students with learning difficulties, who may well be the more vulnerable and at risk young people.

The ASK materials (Attitudes, Skills and Knowledge) contain 49 trigger sheets each of which may form the basis for a session on a particular aspect of drug education.


Sex, Drugs & Alcohol - material for use with young people of all abilities
New Edition 2007
Sex, Drugs & Alcohol




14 - 19
£48.95
An interactive resource for young people aged 14-19 particularly those with low levels of literacy. ‘Sex, Drugs & Alcohol’ can be used in schools, colleges, informal youth settings, with young people in care and with young people involved in the criminal justice system.

Sex Drugs & Alcohol contains:
  • 15 core activities plus extension activities
  • 25 cartoon style illustrations showing situations common to young people
  • Background papers and support information for facilitators and teachers.

Sex, Drugs & Alcohol: HIV Transmission Activity - material for use with young people of all abilities
New Edition 2007
HIV Transmission Activity




16+
£26.95
The HIV Transmission Activity is part of the ‘Sex, Drugs & Alcohol’ resource for use with young adults aged 16+. It is an interactive, engaging way of working with young adults around the issue of HIV transmission.

Sex, Drugs & Alcohol contains:
  • 17 cartoon style illustrations some of which show sexual activities
  • Guidance notes on how to use the game
  • Discussion questions.
Due to the sensitive nature of these materials, this resource must be bought in conjunction with the ‘Sex, Drugs and Alcohol’ materials.


Alcoshots – young people in alcohol related situations
New Edition 2007

Alcoshots





14 - 19
£36.95
This resource was developed by young people for young people aged between 14-19 years. It aims to raise young people’s awareness and to promote sensible appropriate drinking behaviour. The photographs provide structured opportunities to explore some situations regarding the use of alcohol. Produced in conjunction with St John Ambulance, there is also some basic First Aid information for young people.

The Alcoshots materials contain:
  • 12 photographs of young people in alcohol related situations
  • Discussion questions and fact files to explore and enhance young people’s knowledge
  • Background papers on the project process, First Aid, and young people’s drinking.

On the booze again: Alcohol Materials for Young People at Risk
On the booze again: Alcohol Materials for Young People at Risk




£36.95
These materials are designed to provide a programme of alcohol education for use in a wide variety of settings, such as schools, Pupil Referral Units, Young Offending Teams and informal youth settings. They are aimed at young people of different educational abilities, including those with poor literacy skills, to help them to increase their knowledge of alcohol related issues, explore attitudes and values and to improve their personal and social skills.

There are 18 interactive participatory activities, using a variety of learning and teaching ideas including discussion, cartoon 'trigger' illustrations, role play, drama and collages. The materials have been successfully trialled in a variety of settings by involving the target groups outlined above in the development process.


Peer Alcohol Education Toolkit: for use with Secondary School Students
*includes a CD ROM
Peer Alcohol Education Toolkit: for use with Secondary School Students




11 - 16
£36.95
Tacade has undertaken both a pilot and an extended peer alcohol education project in secondary schools recently. The toolkit contains materials that will enable a school to develop a peer alcohol education project based upon the outcomes of the successful projects. It will act as a flexible resource base for a project, containing:
  • A CD Rom with three sections: Statistics on young people and drinking; What makes effective alcohol education?; and Peer Alcohol Education - what makes it work? This has been trialled for use with young people, and for presentations to teachers, learning mentors, school nurses, governors and parents.
  • Background information on peer alcohol education, including case studies
  • Practical tools for developing a project, including recruiting peer educators and activities for use with students on peer education and alcohol issues.


DrinkDeal – a card game about alcohol
New Edition 2007
DrinkDeal – a card game about alcohol




12+
£24.95
This alcohol card game has been used with young people from the age of 12 upwards, both in schools and in youth work settings. It has proven to be particularly useful in training sessions with professionals who want to increase their awareness of alcohol issues. DrinkDeal contains 48 question cards and 48 answer cards about a whole range of alcohol issues.

 

 

 

 


Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking, gambling, Sexual Health, Citizenship, Health Education, Personal & Social Education
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