Unit Award Scheme

105874 DRUGS EDUCATION AND HARM REDUCTION

In successfully completing this unit, the Learner will have		Evidence needed
demonstrated the ability to
1	recognise at least five different reasons for drug taking	Student completed work
2	assess own attitudes to risk taking and the relevance to engaging young people and substance misusers	Summary sheet
3	identify at least two social attitudes, eg of parents, police, teachers or young people, to drug takers	Student completed work
4	identify the main effects and the risks of taking four different drugs	Student completed work
5	recognise risks being run in four different scenarios and what might help to reduce them	Student completed work
6	classify nine drugs into their correct legal classes, as covered by the Misuse of Drugs Act	Student completed work
7	give four examples of how using illegal drugs can negatively affect people's lives, eg increase the risk of losing one's job	Student completed work
shown knowledge of
8	the recommended maximum safe number of alcohol units for men and women	Student completed work
9	the chemical process of alcohol intake and how the body reacts	Student completed work
10	four possible negative effects on health if safe drinking limits are exceeded	Student completed work
11	at least three strategies to resist drug use	Student completed work
12	at least three dangers of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS, formerly 'Legal Highs') and the changing trends of synthetic substances	Student completed work
13	at least two places to go for advice and support in both an emergency and non-emergency situation	Student completed work
14	how to recognise the impact of parental substance misuse and one way to support	Student completed work
15	the importance of empathy and the impact of this in engagement with a user	Student completed work
16	the main stages in the development of the teenage brain.	Student completed work

All outcomes recorded on an AQA Summary Sheet

Approved 20 April 2017Level - Level One