Addiction prevention in primary education.
Introduction.
This essay has the purpose of gathering online information to document primary education teachers about addiction prevention such as drug addiction, smoking and alcoholism. Specifically for teachers of the Jaime Nunó primary school, located in the Rosendo G ejido. Castro, ahome, without. This issue is essential to deal.
First, the stages of evolution towards an addiction will be discussed so that teachers understand how an addiction develops in human beings;We will also talk about the initiative open your eyes!, which is a series of activities that apply to students to have a critical attitude towards the consumption of drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
Developing
To prevent addictions, it is important to know first the stages of evolution towards an addiction, for this we rely on the article published by Roldán, C. Stages of evolution towards addiction: First the young man resorts to the drug sporadically and can abandon it if you wish. It is a good time for adult protection intervention. Usually the group pressure and their personal shortcomings make consumption continue. Second almost without realizing the consumer becomes addicted.
Abuse drugs, tolerates and suffers from withdrawal syndrome. You can participate in small thefts to make money. You can also participate in the distribution of drugs with what you get in payment for personal use. Third the unit is absolute. You can’t live without drugs. You can steal and participate in criminal acts to achieve the chemical
There is an initiative entitled Open your eyes, which is a series of strategies to apply with students of the various educational levels and that pretends that children and adolescents have a critical and reflective thought against addictions! Abellán, c. M. A. The project opens your eyes! It is an initiative undertaken by the IES Francisco Salzillo Orientation Department in the framework of the improvement plan for drug prevention (PMPD).
There is a brochure prepared by the United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime (UNODC) which proposes sports, artistic and technological activities such as an innovative alternative to avoid drug use in children and adolescents. UNODC. The main objective of this brochure is to provide both young and adults, the principles, basic knowledge and some practical advice that allow them to use sport, artistic representation and the Internet as effective alternative activities to prevent thedrug’s use
The most frequent signals that minors may be in contact with drugs are:
- Tendency to loneliness.
- Constant changes of behavior.
- Difficulty to assume responsibilities.
- Decreased school performance.
- Sudden change of friendships.
- Lack of interest in activities that they liked before.
- Sleep a lot or hardly sleep.
- You always need money or have a lot of money.
- Decrease your appetite.
- Say lies.
- There are small thefts at home.
Teachers can also review a guide for teachers published by the Ministry of Public Education where the orientations for accident prevention in primary school are established. The school, like the family, are the social groups with the greatest potential to become protective environments, where its members can find a state of comfort and tranquility, in controlled spaces that move away the risks that can attempt against their physical, emotional integrityAnd social.
conclusion
In conclusion, all children and adolescents must be trained to prevent the use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco, from school, for which they need to have trained teachers in the prevention of this problem. It is also important that parents support teachers, participating in the education of their children and attending their fundamental needs, since it has been proven that the most vulnerable groups in drug use are those that lack a good family coexistence.
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