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RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL STAFF AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS:
SUBSTANCE USE & ADDICTIONS

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For more information, see our Health Topics section on Substance Use and Addictions.

Manitoban Addictions Foundation of Manitoba Website
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

AFM website offers information, resources, descriptions of its programs and services, and contact information.

 

Manitoban Addictions Foundation of Manitoba Library Lesson ideas
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

The AFM's William Potoroka Memorial Library holds the most comprehensive collection of resources on addictions and related issues in Manitoba. It offers up-to-date and reliable information on issues, trends and research in the addictions field and holds special collections on such topics as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Harm Reduction. With over 1000 audio-visual resources on a wide range of topics, the Library is an ideal resource to support and enrich learning in this subject area. Library membership is free to all residents of Manitoba 18+ years of age. For more information on how you can use this collection to gather information, develop or enrich presentations and learning activities or help someone you care about contact AFM Library today.

 

Manitoban AFM Youth Counselling Services: What's Involved? Guide/Manual/Workbook
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English

Available at:
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Information about AFM's counselling services for youth.

 

Manitoban AFM Youth Services Guide/Manual/Workbook
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English

Available at:
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Information about services for youth offered by AFM.

 

Manitoban Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Manitoba Students PDF/Direct print accessBook
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English

Report on substance use among Manitoba high school students.

 

Manitoban Help for Concerned Parents Guide/Manual/Workbook
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English

Available at:
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Information for parents about about AFM's services.

 

Manitoban Legal Brainteasers: What Do You Know About the Law? PDF/Direct print accessLesson ideas
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

Scenarios to help students explore some of the legal and personal consequences of substance misuse.

 

Manitoban Manitoba Addictions Awareness Week - School/Community Activities and Resources PDF/Direct print accessLesson ideas
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

A resource kit to help you, your school and community think, talk and learn about substance use/misuse, gambling and related issues.

 

Manitoban P.A.R.T.Y - Manitoba Speaker/Workshop
MBIA P.A.R.T.Y. Manitoba Coordinator English

A community and rural based program targeting high school students on taking responsibility for their lives. Students come face to face with the realities of high-risk behavior.

 

Manitoban Pritchard House Treatment Program ProgramWebsite
Pritchard House Treatment Program English

A program for the treatment of addictions whose staff is comprised entirely of those who are of Native descent.

 

Manitoban Substance Abuse Prevention - Instructional Resources Unit PDF/Direct print access
Manitoba Education, Training, and Youth English

List of resources (ex. Books, videos, websites, journal, etc).

 

Manitoban Take Action in Schools: Drug Awareness: The why and how of saying NO to drugs Speaker/Workshop
Gr 6 - 12
Winnipeg Police Service English

The TakeAction in Schools program was developed to enhance the crime prevention material available for school age youth and their parents. All presentations have been loaded into Microsoft PowerPoint format and include teaching aids in the notes section. This presentation aims to educate youth and parents of the dangers associated with drug use. The presentation also explores and addresses the negative impact drugs have on society.

 

Manitoban Teen Touch Website
Teen Touch English

This site has information available for parents and teacher as well as links to mental health related topics including; counselling services, stress management, and alcohol abuse.

 

Manitoban When Someone Else's Drinking, Gambling or Drug Use Affects You Guide/Manual/Workbook
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English

Available at:
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Information about the effect of someone else's drinking, gambling, or drug use on you.

 

Manitoban Youth Counselling in Schools Guide/Manual/Workbook
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English

Available at:
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Information about AFM youth counsellors in schools across Manitoba.

 

Manitoban Youth Educator Series: Adolescent Alcohol and Other Drug Issues Speaker/Workshop
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

This workshop will examine the reasons as to why adolescents use alcohol and other drugs, the factors that place youth at risk for use and problem use, how to identify adolescents in trouble, and suggest some positive ideas for intervening.

 

Manitoban Youth Educator Series: Children and Families at Risk Speaker/Workshop
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

This workshop discusses some of the common characteristics of children at risk and their families, provides an overview of risk and protective factors, and gives helping strategies for working with these children and families.

 

Manitoban Youth Educator Series: Comprehensive School Based Responses to Student Alcohol and other Drug Use Speaker/Workshop
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

This workshop looks at some comprehensive school-based responses to student alcohol and other drug use.

 

Manitoban Youth Educator Series: Meeting Needs through Recreation and Leisure Speaker/Workshop
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

This workshop will focus on how recreation and leisure activities can be an alternative to alcohol and other drugs for adolescents.

 

Manitoban Youth Educator Series: Motivation and Change Speaker/Workshop
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

This workshops discusses the struggles of motivating young people towards change and growth and explains techniques and strategies for how to encourage them.

 

Manitoban Youth Educator Series:  Teaching Children with Alcohol Related Birth Defects - Setting Kids up for Success Speaker/Workshop
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

This workshop will discuss what are FAS and Alcohol related birth defects, how can children affected by FAS and ARBD be identified, and what are the challenges these children bring to the classroom.

 

Manitoban Youth Educator Series:  Working with Adolescents in Groups Speaker/Workshop
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

This workshop is for counsellors who work with adolescents in a variety of groups.

 

Manitoban Youth Educator Series: Working with Involuntary Clients Speaker/Workshop
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

This workshop was designed for those who struggle with mandated clients.

 

Manitoban Youth Educator Series: Youth and Gambling Speaker/Workshop
Addictions Foundation of Manitoba English/French

This workshop is for educators and other youth caregivers to learn about gambling, the appeal and the risks of gambling for teens, and the signs of problem gambling and where help is available.

 

Canadian Answering the Call – A National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol, Other Drugs and Substances in Canada PDF/Direct print accessBook
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse English

This document is a national framework for action to reduce the harms associated with alcohol and other drugs and substances is necessary, practical, and achievable.

 

Canadian Best Practices: Substance Abuse: Treatment and Rehabilitation PDF/Direct print accessBook
Health Canada English

This report provides baseline information concerning substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation. The purpose of this report is to provide advice on “where we need to go” in substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation in Canada.

 

Canadian Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport Website
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport English/French

Provides information that promotes the ethical, drug-free conduct of sports including promotional campaigns, banned substances list, frequently asked questions, and related resources.

 

Canadian Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse Website
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse English/French

Provides information and advice to help reduce the health, social and economic harm associated with substance abuse and addictions.

 

Canadian Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Website
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health English/French

This website includes a wide range of mental health and substance use topics.

 

Canadian Choices. F.I.T. (Fostering Independent Thinking)-A Substance Abuse Prevention Resource for Teachers Grades 4-8 Guide/Manual/WorkbookLesson ideas
Gr 5 - 8
Alcohol and Drug Concerns, Inc. English

Available at:
Manitoba Text Book Bureau

This resource contains current, accurate, and clearly presented information for making personal decisions in relation to substance use and abuse. It includes extensive material about useful and harmful substances.

 

Canadian Curriculum Guide Website
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health English/French

Offers lesson plans for educating students about drug use and abuse as well as information and curricular material on mental health issues. Offers curricular material on drug use and abuse for elementary and secondary grade levels and as well as on mental health issues and stress management geared for senior grades 11 and 12.

 

Canadian National Database of FASD and Substance Use During Pregnancy Resources Website
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse English/French

Offers a searchable database of Canadian resources and includes a description of each resource as well as pertinent ordering information.

 

Canadian Peril Activity/GameKitLesson ideas
Ages 12 - 16
University of Guelph English

Promotes an educational CD-ROM game about risk perception, designed to teach youth aged 12 to 16 how to make choices when faced with risky activities in home, play, and work environments.

 

Canadian Preventing Substance Use Among Young People PDF/Direct print accessBook
Health Canada English/French

Report on substance use among youth.

 

Canadian Problem Substance Use Workbook PDF/Direct print accessGuide/Manual/Workbook
BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information English

A series of worksheets and guidelines designed to help individuals and families struggling with problems from alcohol or other drug use, wherever they may be on their road to behaviour change.

 

Canadian Substance Abuse in Canada: Current Challenges and Choices PDF/Direct print accessBook
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse English

Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Report on substance use in Canada.

 

Canadian Supporting Mental Well-Being and Decreased Substance Use and Abuse PDF/Direct print accessBook
Saskatchewan Health English

A resource document providing ways of supporting mental well-being and decrease substance use.

 

Canadian The Primer: Fact Sheets on Mental Health and Addictions Issues PDF/Direct print accessInformation sheet
BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information English

Fact sheets on mental health and addictions issues.

 

International ADOL: Adolescence Directory On-Line Website
ADOL: Adolescence Directory On-Line English

Presents an electronic guide to information on adolescent issues including health issues. Links to various Web resources on alcohol and other drugs, AIDS, eating disorders, depression, and other facets of adolescent well-being. Of use to teachers, parents, counsellors, researchers, health intermediaries, and teens.

 

International American Council for Drug Education Website
American Council for Drug Education English

Tips, facts, quizzes, and resources about substance use.

 

International Deadly Persuasion: The Advertising of Alcohol and Tobacco Guide/Manual/WorkbookVideo/DVD
Gr 5 - 8
Media Education Foundation English

Available at:
Media Education Foundation
Winnipeg Public Library

Jean Kilbourne exposes the manipulative marketing strategies and tactics used by the tobacco and alcohol industries to keep Americans hooked on their dangerous products.

 

International NIDA - The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction Website
National Institute on Drug Abuse English

Education resources & materials on drugs

 

  Addictions: Chemical and Behavioral Video/DVD
  English
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (borrow) (VTR/HV 5045/.A3/2004) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Overview of the basic principles of addiction. As well as covering the traditional addictions to drugs and alcohol, it also shows how gambling and certain eating habits also represent addiction.

 

  Adolescents and Alcohol: Setting it Straight Video/DVD
  English
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Memorial Library (borrow) (VTR/HV 5135/.A36/2001)  (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

For young people who abuse alcohol, there are often painful and sometimes deadly consequences. In this video, teens share their personal stories of addiction, loss of control, and the hope that recovery can bring. These stories offer teens in early recovery encouragement and the promise that sobriety is possible and desirable.

 

  Alternatives to Addiction Video/DVD
  English
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Memorial Library (borrow) (VTR/HV 5824/.Y68/A5/1999)  (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Hooked: The Addiction Trap series - A model for change, which includes advice on getting help, recognizing warning signs, dealing with feelings, understanding that feeling pain is a part of living, urge surfing, and not giving up, and is presented for youth who may already have developed negative patterns which could lead to addiction.

 

  Consequences of Addiction Video/DVD
  English
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Memorial Library (borrow) (VTR/HV 5824/.Y68/C657/1999)  (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Hooked: The Addiction Trap series - Participants in the module, including those with substance abuse and smoking problems as well as gambling, Internet pornography, and other addictions discuss the heavy toll addiction has taken on their health, relationships with family and friends, school life, finances, and freedom.

 

  “I don’t have a problem” : The Path to Addiction Video/DVD
  English
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Memorial Library (borrow) (VTR/HV 5824/.Y68/I3/2000)  (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Teenagers typically believe they are immune to the problem of serious drug abuse. But denial is a necessary element in becoming addicted. Program dramatizes the story of one teenager as he progresses from trying his first joint to snorting cocaine, repeatedly denying along the way that he has any problem. This close-up look at one teen’s descent into addiction offers a powerful insight into the nature of the process and helps students begin to understand their own potential vulnerability.

 

  Elephant in the Living Room (Leader's Guide) Book
By Jill M. Hastings and Marian H. Typpo English

Available at:
Winnipeg Public Library (borrow)
Local or online bookstores

This adult leader's guide accompanies the classic children's book An Elephant In The Living Room. Caretakers learn how to explain addiction and its effect on the family to small children whose parents or siblings are chemically dependent.

 

  Pieces of a Dream: A Story of Gambling Video/DVD
  English

Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/RC 569.5/.G35/P54/2003) (borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

When Phillip Wong committed suicide, his family thought that silence would end their pain. But his sister, filmmaker Michelle Wong, needed to make sense of her brother’s death. What drove him to end his life at age 36? Weaving together intimate conversations with those closest to Phillip, as well as her own candid reflections, Wong embarks on a personal journey. Gently peeling away layers of silence, she uncovers her brother’s story of gambling addiction and his lonely spiral into desperation, isolation and depression.

 

  Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll: A Smart Teenager's Guide Guide/Manual/WorkbookLesson ideas
Gr 9 - 10
By Barry M. Ho English

Available at:
Manitoba Text Book Bureau

This teacher resource contains 11 chapters addressing topics such as puberty, sexuality, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), birth control methods, and drug use.

 

  Spotting Substance Abuse in Teens: A Video Guide for Parents & Teachers Video/DVD
  English
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Memorial Library (borrow) (VTR/HV 5824/.A33/S0/2005)  (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

For parents, educators, or bosses, this video presents things to watch for that indicate drug and alcohol use in teenagers. Viewers learn to recognize the signs and are shown what decisions have to be made and what their next step should be.

 

  Technology Addiction: Step Back to Reality Video/DVD
  English
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Memorial Library (borrow) (VTR/RC 569.5/.I54/T4/2000) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Teens must make choices that in generations past were reserved for the older, more experienced. They need straightforward, common sense options that simplify their ever-increasing complicated lives. This video deals with the awareness of being addicted to technology.

 

  The Addicted Brain Video/DVD
  English
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Memorial Library (borrow) (DVD/QP 356/.A3/2003)  (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

This documentary takes viewers on a tour of the world’s most prolific manufacturer and user of drugs – the human brain. The bio-chemistry of the brain is responsible for joggers’ highs, for the compulsion of some people to seek thrills, for certain kinds of obsessive-compulsive behavior, even for the drive to achieve power and dominance. The program explores developments in the biochemistry of addiction and addictive behavior.

 

  The Next Generation Video/DVD
  English
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Memorial Library (borrow) (VTR/HV 5808/.N48/1998/v.4)  (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Protecting our children from addiction to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs involves everybody: parents, teachers, friends, communities, the media – all the influences that shape a child’s life. This documentary looks at two of those efforts, one with parents and the other with schools.

 

  What is Addiction? Video/DVD
  English
Available at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Memorial Library (borrow) (VTR/HV 5824/.Y68/W4/1999) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)

Hooked: The Addiction Trap series - Offers a definition of addiction, both to substances and behaviours, and presents experts discussing some of the most recent research on addiction and the brain.

 

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