Tools and Resources 

An overview of the Standards: A brief introduction to the Community-based Standards, the School-based Standards and the Family-based Guidelines.

Community-based Standards at a Glance: An overview of the Community-based Standards, highlighting key points from each Standard as part of a planning and implementation cycle.

School-based Standards at a Glance: A list of the School-based Standards that describes the different ways the Standards resources can be used to assess prevention initiatives.


                     


Stories of Prevention Initiatives: Applying the Standards

Stories from organizations that have incorporated the Standards into their prevention practices.




Toolkit to Apply the Standards to Prevention Initiatives

Planning, Self-Assessment and Action Sheet for Community-based Prevention Initiatives: A planning and self-assessment resource to help prevention teams strengthen community-based prevention initiatives.

School-based Checklist: A self-assessment resource to help prevention teams strengthen school-based prevention initiatives.

Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: A resource to help prevention workers understand concepts related to monitoring and evaluation. The toolkit offers practical exercises to assist in the development and selection of evaluation approaches.

Prevention Resources: a searchable database of prevention resources to support the implementation of each of the Standards.

                    


Supporting Resources for Youth Substance Abuse Prevention

When Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problems Collide: This summary describes the links between substance abuse and mental health problems and the implications for prevention, screening and treatment.

When Eating Disorders and Substance Abuse Problems Collide: This summary is a brief guide to understanding co-occurring eating disorders and substance abuse problems in youth and the implications for prevention, screening and treatment.

Ethical Youth Engagement for Substance Use Prevention Campaigns: This resource focuses on the ethical engagement of youth and is part of a series developed by the CCSA to assist substance use prevention workers in the development and evaluation of prevention campaigns.

Evaluating Substance Use Prevention Campaign Messages for Youth Audiences: This resource is part of a series developed by CCSA to assist substance use prevention workers in developing and evaluating youth substance use prevention campaigns. Campaign messages are evaluated through pre-testing during a formative evaluation.

A Case for Investing in Youth Substance Abuse Prevention: An evidence-informed resource to assist professionals in the prevention field to make an economic case for investing in youth substance abuse prevention.

Services and Supports for Youth Substance Use Treatment: This resource provides an overview of drug treatment for youth in Canada and discusses principles for providing services and supports, drug treatment access data and current initiatives to address treatment capacity.

Trends in Drug Use among Youth: This resource provides an evidence-informed overview of substance use trends among Canadian youth using data from the Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey.

Xperiment.ca: Xperiment.ca is an interactive drug prevention resource for substance abuse prevention workers, social service agencies, NGOs and education groups working with young people.