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A School-Based Prevention Program is a program that is implemented into elementary and high schools worldwide in order to prevent future behaviour that is harmful or inappropriate. The aim is to reduce behaviours related to drug abuse, suicide, depression, anxiety, bullying, violence, unwanted pregnancies, obesity, and to improve safety in the environment. It works to provide information and skills on mental health to children and adolescents, and to promote destigmatization. The process of the program includes presenting a framework to students on principles and objectives to be learned, learning skills are modelled by the teacher or instructor and practicing them (such as through role play), discussion and feedback are gathered on the learnt skills and experience, and assigning homework is to further practice outside of the classroom or school environment. Information is mostly taught by teachers but can be provided through other measures such as with presentations. When it is possible, interaction with parents or caregivers occurs in order to educate and provide skills to them. A prevention program is important because it allows for the possibility of earlier identification and treatment of mental health disorders, which increases the likelihood of recovery. In fact, one of its first programs was the Drug Abuse Resistance Education in 1983, and since then an increasing number of programs under this category have been created. What is needed to implement these activities into school systems is local involvement regarding criteria, organizational support from those who have high-quality training in the area, principal support, and standardization for guidelines of the programs. It involves time, effort, money, and continuous monitoring but it leads to positive outcomes if guidelines are followed and a continuous effort is applied. == The Canadian Mental Health Commission's Input == The Mental Health Commission of Canada presented information on these programs to show that behavioural and cognitive information is provided to the students to prevent mental health problems such as depressed mood, anxiety, or externalizing behaviours. These are services which provide knowledge on pro-social skills development, conflict resolution, and stress or anger management. Training as well is provided on peer identification, response training, family support, and developing the ability to seek necessary help. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「School Based Prevention Programs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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