SUBSTANCE USE & SEXUAL DECISION MAKING

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1 SUBSTANCE USE & SEXUAL DECISION MAKING Lessn 2 GRADE CALM LEARNER OUTCOME P2: Examine aspects f healthy sexuality and respnsible sexual behaviur. MATERIALS:. SLIDE: Minimizing Yur Risks 2. HANDOUT: Resurce Inquiry 3. SLIDE: A Scial Marketing Prject 4. HANDOUT: A Scial Marketing Prject Marking Guide INTRODUCTION: This lessn plan n substance use and sexual decisin-making is the secnd in a series f tw. This lessn will help students learn hw t minimize their sexual health risks if they chse t use alchl and drugs and learn abut schl and cmmunity resurces available t help with alchl, drug, and sexual health cncerns. APPROACHES/STRATEGIES: A. GROUND RULES (5 min) Ensure grund rules are established befre beginning this lessn. Fr classes that have already established grund rules, quickly reviewing them can prmte a successful lessn. B. MINIMIZING YOUR RISKS (0 min) Students brainstrm ways in which they can minimize sexual health risks assciated with substance use.

2 . Ask students t brainstrm ways in which they can minimize sexual health risks assciated with substance use. 2. As students brainstrm, write their ideas n the bard. 3. After students have cmpleted brainstrming, display the Minimizing Yur Risks slide and speak t each pint. Avid use f alchl and drugs. Ideally, students shuld avid the use f drugs and alchl. Stress that drugs and underage drinking are illegal and therefre, yuth can face legal cnsequences if caught. Use substances in mderatin. If students chse t use substances, they shuld be used in mderatin. Use the buddy system. Students shuld nt g t parties alne if they knw substances will be available. Students shuld ensure that a friend is designated t remain sber. It is a gd idea that at least ne trusted individual remains sber and thinking clearly. Watch yur drinks. Drinks shuld never be left unattended - nt even fr shrt time perids. It nly takes a secnd fr smene t slip a drug int a drink. Dn t accept drinks frm strangers. Drinks shuld nt be accepted frm individuals wh are nt trusted. Think abut sexual decisins while yu are sber. Stress t students that it is imprtant t knw where they stand regarding sexual decisinmaking while they are sber. This ensures that they will make decisins that they are ready fr. Students shuld nt let substances change their minds. Talk t yur partner / friends / family abut sexual decisins while yu are sber. If partying, it is imprtant t discuss sexual bundaries befre substances are used. C. SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS (0 min) Students identify schl and cmmunity resurces assciated with substance use and/r sexuality.. Ask students t brainstrm schl resurces addressing substance use and/r sexuality. Teachers Cunsellrs Schl Cnstable Schl Nurse 2. Ask students t brainstrm cmmunity resurces addressing substance use and/ r sexuality. Plice services 2

3 Alberta Health Services: Addictins and Mental Health Sexual Assault Centres Sexual and Reprductive Health Clinics / STI Clinics 3. Distribute the Resurce Inquiry handut Fr hmewrk, have students phne r visit ne f the afrementined cmmunity resurces, and cmplete the Resurce Inquiry. The assignment can be dne individually r in pairs. 5. Be sure and debrief the hmewrk assignment next class. D. CREATE A SOCIAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN (35 min) Students review the infrmatin they have learned abut substance use and sexual decisin-making.. Divide the class int grups f Explain that students will be develping a scial marketing campaign addressing sme aspect f substance use and It is imprtant t have the phne numbers r cntact infrmatin available fr students wh want t cntact their cmmunity resurces addressing substance use and sexual decisin-making. Yu may want t write them n the bard fr students t cpy dwn, r have printed resurces available fr students t take. sexual health. 3. Display the Substance Use and Sexual Decisin- Making: A Scial Marketing Prject slide. 4. Explain in detail the prcess they need t g thrugh t develp a scial marketing prject. Chse yur target ppulatin. Determine at least ne bjective f yur prject. What d yu hpe t accmplish with yur prject? Identifying the target audience and clearly indicating the bjective makes certain that suitable strategies are chsen and include the best infrmatin. If the target audience is nt defined r the bjectives are unclear, scial marketing campaigns will be ineffective. Identify the key message f the prject. Generally, the key message shuld prtray infrmatin supprting the bjectives. What is the call t actin? Messages shuld be bth simple and memrable. Have the grup brainstrm pssible messages. Sme examples include: Sexuality cnsequences related t substance use. Hw t minimize sexual health risks assciated with substance use. Where t g fr help. Determine hw yu will deliver yur message. There are many different mediums fr delivering a message t the target ppulatin including psters, pamphlets, cards, drama, radi, televisin, website, blg, r vide. The medium utilized will depend n the type and amunt f infrmatin presented. Determine hw yu will present yur message. The visual presentatin f the scial marketing medium will need t catch the attentin f the target 3

4 audience. Keep in mind that the infrmatin presented shuld be clear and cncise. Present yur scial marketing prject plan t the class. Create yur scial marketing prject. This final step can be ptinal. The amunt f time available fr this activity will dictate the quality f the end prduct, but nt the ideas. Stress t students that a well planned prject cnsistent with the cmpnents f scial marketing (clear bjective, target audience, clear message and apprpriate delivery) is better than a prly planned prject; n matter hw slick the end prduct lks. Encurage students t fcus n the plan rather than the prduct. 5. If students have been given time t cmplete their prjects, have students present them t the class r the schl cmmunity. 6. Using the Substance Use and Sexual Decisin-Making: A Scial Marketing Prject Marking Guide, evaluate the scial marketing prjects. 7. If apprpriate, campaigns can als be used t prmte Smart Grad. QUESTION BOX (0 min) Answer questins frm last class. Have students fill ut questins fr next class. After each lessn, encurage students wh are feeling cnfused r upset t speak with a teacher r cunsellr fr additinal supprt. SELF REFLECTION During the lessn, were: Grund rules being fllwed? Gd practices established regarding grup wrk and discussin? What will yu change fr future classes with this grup? What will yu change fr future use f this lessn? 4

5 STUDENT ASSESSMENT During the lessn, did students: Knwledge: Identify ways f minimizing their sexual health risks if they chse t use substances? Identify schl and cmmunity resurces related t substance use and sexual health? Skills: Access a cmmunity resurce related t substance use and/r sexual health? Attitudes: Recgnize the imprtance f minimizing sexual health risks assciated with substance use?. Alberta Educatin. (2002).Career and life management guide t implementatin. Retrieved frm 2. Canadian Federatin f Sexual Health. (2005). Beynd the Basics: A Surcebk n Sexuality and Reprductive Health Educatin.2 nd Ed. 5

6 SLIDE: MINIMIZING YOUR RISKS MINIMIZING YOUR RISKS Avid use f alchl and drugs. Use substances in mderatin. Use the buddy system. Watch yur drinks. Dn t accept drinks frm strangers. Think abut sexual decisins while yu are sber. Talk t yur partner / friends / family abut sexual decisins while sber.

7 HANDOUT: RESOURCE INQUIRY Directins: Cntact a cmmunity resurce that deals with substance use and/r sexuality. Cllect infrmatin n the fllwing: Name f cmmunity resurce: RESOURCE INQUIRY Address and phne number f cmmunity resurce: Hurs f peratin: A descriptin f the services available: The resurce s plicy n cnfidentiality: The resurce s philsphy r missin: The type f training the emplyees r vlunteers receive: Adapted frm: Canadian Federatin f Sexual Health. (2005). Beynd the Basics: A Surcebk n Sexuality and Reprductive Health Educatin. 2nd. Ed.

8 SLIDE: A SOCIAL MARKETING PROJECT A SOCIAL MARKETING PROJECT GOAL: T design a scial marketing campaign infrming the public abut the relatinship between substance use and sexual health.. Chse yur target ppulatin. 2. Determine at least ne bjective f yur campaign. 3. Identify the key message f the campaign. 4. At least ne reference must be used when determining yur message. 5. Determine hw yu will deliver yur message. 6. Determine hw yu will present yur message. 7. Present yur scial marketing prject plan t the class. 8. Create yur scial marketing prject.

9 SOCIAL MARKETING MARKING GUIDE SOCIAL MARKETING PROJECT: MARKING GUIDE T get full pints the prject must exhibit the fllwing qualities in each categry: Objective(s): Pints: Cmments: Apprpriate fr this campaign Clearly identifiable in the end prduct /5 Message: Apprpriate fr the audience Clearly states the bjective /3 Target Audience: Cnsistent with a student ppulatin / Quality f ideas: Wuld catch the interest f the target audience Shws thught, creativity and riginality /5 Supprting Reference: Evident Up t date Apprpriate / End Prduct: Plan is evident Prduct shws care and effrt Well received by the target audience /0