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Drug Abuse, Addiction, and the Adolescent Brain

Winner of a 2008 Bronze Telly Award for excellence in video production

5-minute video preview of this complimentary program

Drug Abuse, Addiction, and the Adolescent Brain is an exciting and informative new curriculum supplement from the BSCS Center for Curriculum Development for middle school science.

Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Drug Abuse, Addiction, and the Adolescent Brain contains five, standards-based classroom lessons that focus on the science of how drugs change the function of the brain and why drugs may have different effects on the developing brains of adolescents. A four-part DVD is an integral part of the classroom lessons. The video includes interviews with top scientists in the area of drug abuse research, experts in drug abuse treatment, and recovering drug addicts. Animations in the video help explain difficult concepts about brain function and development.

The five lessons in the curriculum supplement are

Defining Drug Abuse and Addiction
Drug Addiction Is a Brain Disease
The Adolescent Brain and Drugs
Treating Drug Abuse and Addiction
What Should Others Know?

Although students are the primary focus for the materials, the unit also includes a facilitation guide for presenting the video to adult audiences of parents, school professionals, and other adults who play key roles in the lives of adolescents.

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