378Thursday, April 3, 2003
10:15 AM-12:15 PMConvention Center:106AB
AAHE/School
Drug Education, Bullies and Violence
The first presentation describes lessons learned from the evaluation of a middle school drug education and violence prevention program. The second presentation identifies common scare tactics, identifies intervention resources, and outlines individual rights and alternatives to identify, deter, and combat bullies at the schoolsite. The final presentation features the translation of an accepted public health model for preventing disease transmission into a model of the treatment of the social issue of violence prevention and intervention.
Keyword(s): safety/injury prevention, youth-at-risk
Presider: Alan J. Sofalvi, Suny College At Cortland, Cortland, NY
Speakers:
Assessment of a Middle School Drug Education and Violence Prevention Program
Brian F. Geiger1, Cynthia J. Petri2, Elesia Crosswhite3, Kelly Stanhope4, David Whittinghill1 and Marcia O'Neal1, (1)University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, (2)The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, (3)Lauderdale County School System, Killen, AL, (4)Lauderdale County School System, Florence, AL
Preventing Violence Transmission in Schools
Duane Crider and Carol Teske, Kutztown University, PA
Schoolsite Bullies: From the Classroom to the Facultyroom - Your Insights and Rights
Catherine G. Ansuini, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York, Scott W. Roberts, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY and Dianne O'Brien, O'Brien Consulting, Paducah, KY

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