Secondary Schools programmes serve to strengthen the existing curriculum, provide extra-curricular activities that fit in the scholastic calendar of events, and offer new programmes related to addictions and substance abuse prevention. These programmes are delivered by agency personnel and school teachers. The agency provides age-appropriate sessions and courses, lesson plans for teaching staff, and lesson handouts for students. It also organises periodical training seminars and support activities for the teachers who deliver these programmes. The ultimate goal is to empower the teaching staff to use the material developed by Sedqa and to generate new material related to the addictions field.

For more information contact:

Secondary Schools Section
Prevention Services
4, Braille Street, Sta Venera SVR 1690
Telephone:   2388 5110  
Fax: 2388 5242

Secondary Schools Programmes

Crossroads
Sets of lesson plans and resource material, dealing with everyday issues vis-a-vis substance abuse and other addictions, for teachers and students. Different Crossroads programmes are designed in a way that they can be incorporated within the curriculum for Maltese, PSD, Social Studies and Home Economics. 

For a copy of Crossroads for teachers of Maltese click here                          

(This material was produced by Ms. Stephania Cuschieri, Mr. Paul Schembri, Ms. Lorraine Ellul, Mr. Paul Pace and Mr. Charlo Seychell.)

For a copy of Crossroads for teachers of PSD click here.

All the Crossroads programmes are now available on C.D. For a copy kindly contact Sedqa's Prevention Services on 2388 5110 during office hours.

Staff Meetings
Regular evaluation and updating meetings with teaching and other staff regarding Sedqa's programmes in secondary schools. These meetings also serve to discuss and introduce new concepts and approaches.

Prefects'/Leadership Course
One-day leadership skills training course for prefects, sub-prefects, bus prefects, students' council members and other students who are potential leaders in all Forms.

Information & Awareness Seminars
Two-and-a-half-hours seminars about alcohol, drugs and their effects. The sessions are divided into three parts: a presentation; a discussion/workshops in small groups, and finally the presentation of feedback to the whole group. 

LifeFORCE International
LifeFORCE is a Christian Theatre Organization that volunteers in schools, churches, and community centers in many places around the world. Drama and musical performance by this youth group is targeted mainly for senior classes in secondary schools. Sessions can also be carried out in Post-Secondary Schools and within the community. Most of the topics addressed deal with drug and alcohol abuse, violence and bullying, peer pressure, relationships, self-esteem and how to make the right choices.

LifeFORCE is aiming to be back in Malta in 2010. For bookings kindly contact Rita Cortis on 23885110.

School Development & In-Service Training
Training updates about substance use and abuse in school-aged youth delivered to teachers and other school staff during staff development and in-service courses.

Testimonials
Form 4 and Form 5 students may experience testimonials of a person who had a drug problem, during which he/she gives his/her experiences. The person giving this experience is usually a person who is in the last phase of the Agency's rehabilitation programme and would be accompanied by a Prevention Executive. These sessions are also offered to parents.

Parents' Meetings
Meetings with parents are organised to complement the sessions done at school with their children. Topics dealt with are technological addiction and abuse, alcohol facts and myths, addiction signs and symptoms, and also meetings specialised for parents of adolescents.

Printed Material
Agenzija Sedqa also provides educational and informative material, both in printed format and on C.D.'s, for use during such prevention programmes in schools.

Fatti...Mhux Hrejjef is a booklet ideal for parents and young people to make them more aware of the consequences of substance abuse. This booklet contains facts about alcohol abuse, drug abuse and other dependencies. Fatti...Mhux Hrejjef tackles myths about substance abuse, outlines facts about various substances and explains what to do in cases of emergency.

For a copy of this material one may contact Sedqa's Prevention Services on 2388 5110 during office hours, or by clicking here. Other material can also be viewed by clicking here.

Suggested scheme of work for Secondary Schools
Sedqa peripatetic teachers deliver 3-hours sessions to students in secondary schools as follows:

Form 1
Topics dealt with: An introduction to the services offered by Sedqa; What is an addiction?; Understanding the harms of smoking; IT related addictions.

Form 2
Topics dealt with: What is gambling and what are the effects?; Alcohol: The truth, the myths and the consequences

Form 3
Topics dealt with: Substance abuse: abuse of prescribed medicines & illicit drugs, including cannabis, ecstasy, heroin, inhalants, cocaine and LSD

Form 4
Topics dealt with: Juvenile delinquency and its consequences; Anger management; Technological addictions and safety

Form 5
Topics dealt with: Recap of material covered over the secondary school years; Information is also given about Sedqa as a reference point, together with an outline of Sedqa services.