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The Problem Substance abuse plagued families almost always bring about huge future social service, law enforcement and health care costs - costs that can be prevented. That is why Native communities have no choice but to focus on real prevention - just don't start. For prevention in Indian country to work, special participant recruiting, financing and Native American trainers are needed. Our target audience is families caught in the tragedies of family-to-family substance abuse cycles. As such, these families are usually in financial distress. Providing a $50 per day stipend will encourage the attendance of this, difficult-to-reach parent. With a modest investment of $150 per participant, we will have the opportunity to comprehensively educate each family on how to prevent their children from following cycles of violence and substance abuse. If we only engage 20% of these family members (we fully expect to empower and motivate 80-95%), we will save hundreds of thousands of dollars that would have gone for treatment attempts, social services and health costs. Fact: With the influencing factors of Native American substance abuse clearly different, it is also clear that the remedies must be different and based on Native American motivations and value systems. That is why trainees will be provided with foundational information on why and how the forced adoption of European value systems has resulted in life skill "disconnections" in many Indian people. Additional research reports on Indian drinking patterns and their continuing influence are also discussed. From this knowledge, Indian people are empowered and their self-confidence strengthened.
Process Using traditional ways to capitalize on Native American learning strengths, participants will team teach through the use of Indian socio-dramas. They will present teaching dramas such as:
In this manner, participants will learn to capitalize on Indian learning strengths to team teach important prevention messages.
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