Keeping In Touch

Working with Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Keeping In Touch is an early intervention program offered by SDERA to all school based staff. It serves to increase knowledge and understanding around drug use issues and to introduce practical strategies and support pathways to aid in the management of drug use issues in schools. This program has been developed around the resource entitled Keeping In Touch (The KIT) Working with Alcohol and Other Drug Use: A Resource for Primary and Secondary Schools. This is NOT a curriculum resource and has been developed for use by school staff to work within their role to provide appropriate support to students.

The resource was published in 2006 by the Australian Government (Department of Education, Science and Training). Its content has been based on the Western Australian resource In Touch - Managing drug use issues in schools (2000) which was a collaborative project involving the School Drug Education Project, Next Step Specialist Drug and Alcohol Services, the WA Drug Abuse Strategy Office (WADASO), Community Drug Service Teams and school staff. (Next Step Specialist Drug and Alcohol Service and WADASO have since merged along with other State government agencies to form the WA Drug and Alcohol Office (DAO)).
Primary and Secondary Keeping In Touch professional development workshops are available for all school-based staff.