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The project
The
problem of alcoholism, even if it is occasional, (especially on
Friday and on Saturday night), is a phenomenon which is on the
increase in every European country and that involves more and
more people, mainly young adults. The number of car accidents
because of drinking and driving is growing; family abuses are
frequent; permanent damage to health caused by excessive
drinking, even if occasional, is often underestimated by the
drinkers themselves. Schools are often ill-equipped to deal with
the problem in a serious and really educational manner because
of the poor knowledge on the subject that teachers and teacher
trainers have. The problem gets worse when the measures are
directed to young adults or to the students' parents. While it
is quite simple to involve the students who are attending
traditional courses in extracurricular activities on health
education, it becomes much more complex to involve 18/30
year-old young adults and even parents in an effective manner.
But, as statistics confirm, it is the age range mentioned that
is most risky. The parents of students attending evening classes
or day courses are offered an ideal occasion to hear about the
problem and to be made aware, through a process of re-education,
of the rules of human society and of the risks for their own
health and for the health of others', in case of alcohol abuse.
First of all the project is centred on a number of discussion
and educational meetings for teachers in order to single out
common methodology strategies to take preventative measures
against alcohol abuse. A second phase is centred on writing the
module and a final one on using the module and accomplishing its
objectives. The aim is to make the teachers able to select and
write one or more didactic extracurricular modules and to use it/them
with adults both in the final phase of the project and in the
following years.
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