[WADNet Post] August 16, 2006: Health Information

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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:00:42 -0500

HEALTH INFORMATION -- Providing Alcohol, Drug Abuse, HIV/AIDS, Mental Health and Bullying Prevention Education ================================================== Providing Alcohol, Drug Abuse, HIV/AIDS, Mental Health and Bullying Prevention Education

Educating and communicating with Deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing kindergarten to 12th graders children in collaboration with their parents who are attending residential or mainstream school is very crucial part of any kind of prevention. Teachers who continue to provide everyday education to children, however; parents also play an important role in providing continuing education to their children.

If teachers or/and their parents do not provide accurate AODA (Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse) education to their Deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing children, these children will be vulnerable to develop AODA problems in their future. What's more, deaf/deafblind and hard of hearing children do not have access to AODA prevention videotapes with closed-caption, series of AODA promotion or discussion on radio, education promotions on television due to not having the ability to hear.

If no one provides AODA prevention to this vulnerable Deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing children, then who will?

I am the Project Coordinator for a project to improve AODA outcomes for persons who are Deaf, Deafblind or Hard of Hearing in the state of Wisconsin and I am able to offer AODA prevention educational services to deaf/deafblind/ hard of hearing children for FREE. I will provide a weekly educational series from September to December 2006 for youth from kindergarten to 12 graders.

Here are some ideas for AODA prevention education series can be provided:

Role Playing/Peer Pressure Educational series (learning in signs and vocabularies in AODA issues) What and how does the alcohol and drug affect your body? Visual Aids Videotape (educational series) Group discussion Group will provide report on what they learn in each educational series Interactive role playing One on one private discussion with school counselor or with the presenter related to prevention issues. Art & Craft contest to provide their own promotional for other children in their school. Student provides health fair for students kindergarten through 4th grade and parents during a special event. Student provide oral presentation on what they learned.

What topics?

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Issues/Prevention Bullying Issues (bullying can lead to using alcohol and drug abuse due to low self-esteem, lonely, to dull their pains, etc). Smoking How does AODA effect to high risk of becoming HIV/AIDS? Also, request or hire a one-time presenter to provide education related to HIV/AIDS.

Who should be involved?

School Counselors Teachers Children of all ages Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing and their deaf/hard of hearing or hearing parents

Outcome:

Parents have better understanding in AODA issues Parents will be able to communicate and discuss AODA issues with their children as part of their continuing education prevention. Children will have a better understanding about what AODA can do to their body. Children will have a better understanding how to handle their stress and peer pressures related to AODA issues. Children will learn there are different type AODA and to learn to stay away from these type of events.

Who shall provide the education/presentations? (a presenter who is Deaf or hard of hearing who specialize these specific topic- to provide direct communication than via through an interpreter)

Project Coordinator AODA Services for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind & Hard of Hearing (Denise Johnson), the main coordinator for this educational series.

HIV/AIDS specialist who is Deaf or hard of hearing to provide the presentation.

Invite a panel of other deaf/hard of hearing youth or adult to share their experience related to these issues.

Invite police to provide examples of drugs? (This will require possible of using interpreter services)


Contact Information:

Denise Johnson Project Coordinator AODA Services for the Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing in the state of Wisconsin IndependenceFirst 600 West Virginia Street, 4th Floor Milwaukee, WI 53204 414-226-8319 (TTY Only 0r Relay 7-1-1) 414-291-7520 (TTY or Voice) djohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.independencefirst.org

   (Denise Johnson, WADNet Reader)

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Leslie Riggs
WADNet Post Editor & Listserv Administrator
Wisconsin Association of the Deaf
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