Resources included in this section have either been developed by or in collaboration with education departments or have been independently evaluated as showing some level of effectiveness.
When selecting resources:
This unit was designed for Year 9 students and is explicitly linked to the Years 1-9 HPE Essential Learnings. It is available on Education Queensland's Learning Place.
Participation in the unit and assessment task requires students to investigate factors that influence attitudes and behaviours towards alcohol and justify their own point of view about the impact particular messages about alcohol have on shaping young people's attitudes.
The unit has not been formally evaluated.
MAKINGtheLINK is a curriculum-based program for schools to promote helpseeking for cannabis use and mental health problems.
By seeking help early, young people are less likely to develop long term consequences as a result of mental health and substance use issues. However, research indicates that young people are reluctant to seek professional help and tend to keep their problems to themselves or turn to their friends, parents or teachers for support - people who often don't know what to do.
MAKINGtheLINK has been trialled in two Victorian schools however no independent evaluation is available. The resource was developed to align with the Principles for School Drug Education.
CRUfAD Schools, previously called Climate Schools, offers a collection of online health education courses including:
The alcohol education course was evaluated by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre in a randomised control trial involving Year 8 students that demonstrated increased knowledge about alcohol and reduced use six months after implementation.
The Resilience Education and Drug Information (REDI) resources focus on preventing and reducing harm from drug use and emphasise the development of resilience.
While no formal evaluations have been conducted, the resources were developed to align with the Principles for School Drug Education.
These resources were distributed to every school in Australia.
REDI resources 
include:
The 'Poison' resource was developed in partnership with all education sectors in Queensland and provides strategies for both primary and secondary schools to reduce the uptake of tobacco smoking in young people. Whilst the units in this resource are explicitly linked to the core learning outcomes from the Years 1-10 Syllabus Health and Physical Education (1999), they could be adapted for use with the Queensland Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Framework Year 1-9 HPE Essential Learnings.
Cannabis and Consequences was distributed to all Australian schools in 2003.
This resource is aimed at students in the middle years of secondary school. The activities encourage students to further their knowledge of cannabis issues, to identify the risks and harms of cannabis use and to develop skills in problem-solving, seeking help and decision making.
The SHAHRP program involves a series of lessons delivered by classroom teachers in three phases:
Interactive teaching is a key feature of the SHARHP program. The longitudinal research showed some evidence of increased alcohol knowledge, safer attitudes and less harm associated with alcohol consumption.
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