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First International Drug Education Study to Focus on Resilience as
an Alternative to 'Just Say No,' and Improving School Achievement:
In a ground-breaking collaboration together with
top scientists, educators and practitioners in Germany, The
Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD) in San
Diego, California, is poised to begin the first large-scale,
international drug education program founded on the principle
of resilience.
This project represents one of the first major shifts from
traditional drug education to a modern trajectory—changing
ineffective programs from a focus on preventing problems to
promoting skill-based youth development regarding drug decisions
and school achievement.[Learn
more]
2010 Resilience Drug Education Workshop Slated for
New Orleans: CERD is planning a workshop in April
2010 that will provide low-cost training to health and education
professionals who work directly with youth. More than ten
years in development, Resilience Drug Education is one of
the nation's first scientifically sound, promising alternatives
to current drug education programs. Members of 30+ educational
institutions have been trained in a resilience approach by
CERD, including The Los Angeles Unified School District, and
the Oakland School District. [Learn
more]
CERD Evaluation: CERD makes special offer
on groundbreaking strengths-based evaluation. If your organization
is development-focused, act now, and receive a 10% discount!
[More about this offer]
“Despite
a 40-year interdisciplinary and longitudinal
research legacy—showing that nearly 80%
of young people considered most ‘at risk’
thrive by midlife—only recently have practitioners/researchers
engaged in the intentional facilitation of resilience
in educational settings.”
—Dr.
Joel Brown, CERD
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