ECO-YOUTH CHOICES ECO-Youth Choices is an alternative Drug Prevention Education programme using holistic Environmental Education as a resource. Participants learn how to channel their energy into positive action on personal, community & environmental levels. Participants will be invited to take a critical look at their surroundings and assess how these influence them; discuss how to improve them; and act by putting into practice an environmental action-project. The programme operates on three levels: 1. Formal Education: SocialPersonalHealthEducation ECO-Youth CHOICES (SPHE ECO-Youth CHOICES) Workshops (WS): WS1: Enhancing Self Awareness- Building Self Confidence WS2: Understanding influences WS3: Attitudes and Values WS4: Decision-Making/Consequence Learning WS5: Assertive Communication WS6: Relationships WS7: Value & Respect for Diversity WS8: Importance of Physical & Emotional Health WS9: Exploring Substance Use to Misuse WS10: Commitment to Sustaining Change Workshops can be delivered to schools around Dublin either in ten forty-minute sessions or alternatively in 5 eighty-minute sessions to a maximum of 30 young people aged between 12 & 14. 2. ECO-Youth CHOICES This training programme is open to participants aged 15 to 21. It is particularly suitable for Youth Reach settings, youth community groups & anybody else with an interest in life, social & environmental skills development. By the end of the training programme participants should feel confident knowing • What Self Awareness has to do with Self Confidence • How our surroundings (both natural & social) have an influence on our lives • How our values influence our attitudes • What decision-making has to do with thinking in past, present & future • What the differences between Passive, Aggressive & Assertive forms of communication are • How where we live impacts on our relationships with others • Why it is important to Value and Respect Diversity • How to keep physically & emotionally healthy • How Drug misuse effects a person, family, community and how to prevent it • How to plan an Action project 3. Peer Education ECO-Youth CHOICES Participants who have completed either level 1 (SPHE ECO-Youth CHOICES) or level 2 (ECO-Youth CHOICES) can become ECO-UNESCO Peer Educator facilitators. By the end of the training programme participants should feel confident to know • How to solve problems • How to plan and manage a project • How to build and work in a team • How to communicate effectively • How to facilitate group workshops to Peers • Why there is a link between Low Self-esteem/ confidence and problematic Drug Misuse Register now! Schools/Youth groups Programmes can be delivered to groups on demand. However capacity for delivery is limited. The group annual membership is €50 and includes additional benefits. Find out more about ECO-UNESCO membership Programme. Youths (14 to 21 years old) At any time interested young people aged 14 to 21 may either join an existing group or set up their own Peer group (minimum 6 participants) and ECO-UNESCO delivers the programme for free to you. Booking contact Armin Krautgasser Drugs Education Officer ECO-UNESCO The Greenhouse 17 St Andrew Street Dublin 2 Tel: (01) 6625491 Fax: (01) 6625493 Email: training@ecounesco.ie