Syllabus
1. Dangerous behaviour of children and youngsters
2. Legislative framework of the issue
3. Natural and synthetic addictive substances, development of addiction, causes and treatment
4. Violence, bullying, crime, social deviation, influence of family, school, peer groups, subcultures and media on children and youngsters
5. Effective prevention strategy in an interdisciplinary concept
6. Preventive programmes within school, community projects
7. Prevention of manifestation of dangerous behaviour among children in the work of a primary school teacher
Annotation
The course specifies the fields of dangerous behaviour of children and youngsters, uncovers possible causes and consequences to the health of children and youngsters. It deals with the issue of addictive behaviour, aggressiveness and bullying among children, truancy and crime among children and youngsters.
It provides information about the current drug scene, epidemiology, risk of abuse of individual addictive substances, effect on individuals and society and addiction treatment. It includes legislature concerning the protection of children against addictive substances and strategy of prevention of the manifestation of dangerous behaviour among children in educational facilities.