NCJ Number
170546
Date Published
1995
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This kit contains a videotape, two computer disks, and background materials that introduce two interactive multimedia training courses to educate youth on the problems involved in drug abuse and on addiction and the process of recovery from it.
Abstract
The courses include text, audio, and video in an interactive format. The program on addiction focuses on the signs, symptoms, and behavioral characteristics of the progression from the first use of a drug to addiction. It includes interviews with recovering addicts as they tell their story of their early, middle, and late stages of addiction and their movement toward recovery through involvement in a 12-step program such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. The training program uses an interactive road map that allows the viewer to choose the topics and vignettes depicting the personal, social, and family problems resulting from drug abuse. Viewers can follow the words and story of a particular character or can select printed information such as a glossary of terms, a customizable directory of local organizations, questions concerning the training content, and a self-evaluation for drug problems. The second course uses the same kind of interactive road map to focuses on recovery from addiction through a 12-step program. The printed materials note the titles' availability on CD-ROM, present survey results from 25 sites that used the program, and include a 1995 issue of the sponsoring organization's newsletter