Thank you, Madam Speaker. The curriculum focuses on helping young people understand how to make healthy choices. Healthy choices include how to make choices around issues of alcohol, drugs and tobacco. Yes, there is a discussion included around where to get assistance and how to get assistance if that is needed. Many of our schools have incorporated counselling, not just career counselling, but counselling within the schools to help young people so they have a resource, a person they can talk to about making those healthy choices. For instance, in Norman Wells they have brought a regular counsellor into the school system and it's really made a positive change in the behaviour in the schools, they have found, including how children are interacting with the law. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 71-15(4): Role Of Education In Addictions Programming
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 2005. See this statement in context.
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Question 71-15(4): Role Of Education In Addictions Programming
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 31st, 2005
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