Provider: ECO-UNESCO
Address: 'the greenhouse', 17 St., Andrew St., Dublin 2
Contact: Armin Krautgasser
Title: Drugs Education Officer
Email: training@ecounesco.ie
Telephone: 01 662 5491
In-person
By the end of the training participants will:
• Be confident in developing an alternative approach to drug misuse prevention through environmental education
• Be confident in facilitating life skill development in young people using interactive education methodologies and motivational activities
• Be able to facilitate personal development in young people through their engagement with the environment (practical project work)
• Be confident and able to use the ECO-CHOICES resource pack (incl. in training fee)
This short course explores an alternative approach to drug misuse prevention using environmental education as a resource for positive personal development of young people.
Community workers, youth workers. This training is particularly suited for those working with “at-risk” young people and SPHE teachers.
Participants do not need to have any prior experience or training.
For more information on the course, see https://ecounesco.ie/eco-unesco-s-drug-prevention-training-for-trainers-introducing-environmental-education-as-a-resource/
This training was first run in 2006.