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HEALTHY EXPECTATIONS: SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION BLENDING THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

HEALTHY EXPECTATIONS: SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION BLENDING THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. Presented By: David S. Anderson, Ph.D. Associate Professor Jennifer Maltby Program Coordinator

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HEALTHY EXPECTATIONS: SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION BLENDING THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

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  1. HEALTHY EXPECTATIONS:SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION BLENDING THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

  2. Presented By: David S. Anderson, Ph.D.Associate Professor Jennifer Maltby Program Coordinator GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYGraduate School of EducationDepartment of Health, Fitness and Recreation ResourcesCenter for the Advancement of Public Health

  3. In Loving Memory Of:Sally G. ColemanJuly 5, 1941 – October 21, 1999 We are all treasures, enduring survivors, bright, beautiful, and full of goodness……..We are more than we imagine. We are connected through our love and tears to one another. We are all equal, and worthy of love, freedom and fellowship. We are beautiful at this moment, exactly as we are today. From Sally’s book Seasons of the Spirit

  4. Workshop Objectives Learning outcomes: • Identification of ways that life health planning can be incorporated into meaningful programming for first-year students and young adults. • Specification of strategies engaging technology and other relevant approaches. • Preparation of ways in which a new program for healthful living, blending theory and research, can be incorporated into existing campus-based approaches.

  5. Workshop Objectives Learning outcomes: • The inspiration for the development of distinct, creative strategies for promoting healthy living. • Articulation of linkages between substance abuse, life health planning, the seven life health principles, and social norms expectations.

  6. We know . . . . . . alcohol contributes to damage and crime on college campuses.

  7. We know . . . Alcohol's Involvement With Campus Problems College Alcohol Survey: 2000

  8. We know . . . Alcohol's Involvement In Personal Behaviors College Alcohol Survey: 2000

  9. We know . . . . . . alcohol use negatively impacts academic performance.

  10. We know . . . Average Number Of Drinks Per Week By Grade Point Average National Core Survey: 1996

  11. We know . . . Alcohol's Involvement In Academic Issues College Alcohol Survey: 2000

  12. We know . . . . . . students overestimate the level of alcohol and other drug use by their peers.

  13. We know . . . Actual and Perceived Annual Alcohol Use: Virginia Colleges/Universities Virginia Core Survey: 2000

  14. We know . . . . . . comprehensive and planful approaches are stressed and widely used.

  15. We Know…. Task Force Planner Groups • Campus Leadership • Coordinator • Health and Counseling • Student Life • Police and Security • Faculty • Residence Life • Student Government • Student Groups • Community

  16. We Know…. Task Force Planner Components • Policies & Implementation • Curriculum • Awareness & Information • Support & Intervention • Enforcement • Assessment & Evaluation • Training • Staffing & Resources

  17. We Know…. www.promprac.gmu.edu

  18. We know . . . . . . heavier alcohol use is relatively resistant to change.

  19. We know . . . College Student Drinking Patterns Monitoring the Future

  20. We know . . . Campus Effort and Heavier Use Patterns Level of Effort Monitoring the Future

  21. We know . . . . . . a national conference was held in 1995 to identify new strategies to better address drug and alcohol abuse.

  22. We know . . . The Challenge 2000 conference, convened at the University of Notre Dame, engaged 200 professionals in an intensive process. Vision groups of 8-10 members identified meaningful approaches for healthier campuses. Emerging from this conference were seven life health principles.

  23. SERVICE NATURE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS SELF-CARE VALUES OPTIMISM We know…

  24. “For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong.” Henry Louis Mencken

  25. Healthy Expectations The overall purpose of Healthy Expectations is to alter the campus environment through extensive attention to first year students prior to and during their first year in college.

  26. Healthy Expectations Healthy Expectations focuses on the quality of the campus environment through a wide range of strategies and philosophies.

  27. Healthy Expectations This innovative initiative is organized around six frameworks or constructs:

  28. Healthy Expectations • Audience • Means • Modes • Focus • Sponsorship • Theoretical Foundations

  29. Audience • Students during their first year • at GMU • GMU first year students, prior • to their matriculation to campus • Local high school seniors

  30. Means

  31. Modes • Technology • Email • Website • OptionFinder • Traditional

  32. Focus • Fall Freshmen Survey • Parent Survey at Orientation • Spring Campus Survey

  33. Sponsorship • Student Affairs • Academic Life

  34. Theoretical Foundation I Correct Misperceptions of Peer Alcohol and Other Drug Use

  35. Theoretical Foundation I

  36. Life-Health Pyramid Theoretical Foundation II Address the Underlying Needs of Students

  37. We believe that human beings are basically good and that, despite setbacks, our history is on a path of progress and promise. Optimism

  38. We believe that values are at the core of self and community and are essential to any meaningful change. Values OPTIMISM

  39. We believe that an ethic of balanced self-care is fundamental to flourishing as a human being in the world community. Self-care VALUES OPTIMISM

  40. We believe that learning how to be in working relationships is an essential developmental task for young adults. Relationships VALUES SELF-CARE OPTIMISM

  41. Community RELATIONSHIPS SELF-CARE VALUES OPTIMISM We believe that creating a culture of community through rituals, symbols, traditions, and heroes is needed to insure quality educational experiences.

  42. Nature COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS SELF-CARE VALUES OPTIMISM We believe that the connection of the biological, natural being to the larger planetary system is essential and insures the health of the planet and our well-being, including our ultimate spiritual survival.

  43. We believe that service is indispensable in engaging people in authentic and meaningful learning experiences and in creating positive social change. NATURE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS SELF-CARE VALUES OPTIMISM Service

  44. SERVICE NATURE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS SELF-CARE VALUES OPTIMISM Theoretical Foundation II

  45. Existing Campus-based Approaches • Residence Life • Orientation • University 100 • Data collection

  46. Residence Life • RA Training and Fair • Discussion Series • Bulletin Boards • Honors Banquet

  47. Orientation • Orientation Leader Training • Parent Orientation

  48. University 100 • Freshman year experience class • Presentations

  49. Data Collection • AOD Survey: Campus wide • Freshmen only survey • Campus wide, electronic survey

  50. New Initiatives • Emails • High Schools • Peer Theater • GMU TV

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