Alcohol and Other Drugs

AODA Learning Modules

Over the years the Wisconsin Safe & Healthy Schools Center has noticed a decline in the number of schools providing professional development for staff on alcohol and other drug abuse and prevention.  Yet we know that use among students has not gone away, nor has the effect on student behavior and academic performance.  For this reason the WISH Center has developed videos on AODA warning signs and family dynamics of substance abuse.  We encourage you to use them for school in-services or initial educator learning.  Special thanks to Cornerstone Productions and the Supporting Player Troupe from New Holstein for contributing to this project.

View the videos online or in a group.  Talk with administrators and colleagues about what happens next and how to intervene with students.  Find and share local resources that are available to help.

Module 1: Warning Signs

• Handout: Warning Signs & Resources
• Handout: Teens Alcohol & Other Drugs
• Discussion Guide

Module 2: Family Dynamics

• Handout: Continuum of Alcohol Problems
• Handout: Family Dynamics of Alcohol and Other Drugs
• Discussion Guide

Alcohol and Other Drug Information

Alcohol

• Burden of Excessive Alcohol Report, discusses the cost of excessive alcohol consumption in Wisconsin, including county level estimates.
• Alcohol and Other Drug Statistics from WI Department of Health Services, Wisconsin Epidemiological Profile on Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Prescription Drug Abuse

• Combating the Opioid Crisis: Schools, Students, Families, U.S Department of Education

• Dose of Reality, Wisconsin's Prescription Drug Prevention Campaign

• Stop Medicine Abuse, a prevention campaign addressing the problem of teen abuse of over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicines containing dextromethorphan (DXM).

Substance Abuse & Addiction (Multiple Drugs)

• National Institute on Drug Abuse, Drug Facts: Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction

Marijuana (See Marijuana Resource Page)

Tobacco (See Tobacco Resource Page)