Keeping in Touch

Working with Alcohol and Other Drug Use

The Keeping In Touch resource is offered on CD ROM to all participants who have attended a Keeping In Touch professional development workshop. This resource can also be downloaded by clicking here. [pdf 2.46MB]

It must be advised that this is NOT a resource for use within the curriculum but has been developed for use by school staff to work within their role to provide appropriate support to students. Attendance at Keeping In Touch professional development is recommended to gain greater insight into the content of the resource and best practice ways to apply the strategies offered.

This resource provides information which aims to:

• promote understanding and increase awareness of drug use issues and how they may impact on young people
• develop knowledge and skills in recognising students in need of support
• provide models and frameworks for responding appropriately and for supporting students through school-based interventions and referral to trained staff (within the school or externally) according to students' needs and staff competencies.