Background
The Talk About Alcohol website has been developed for the 11-16 year-old age group. It is within this age range that young people may begin to become inquisitive about alcohol and its effects, experiment with drinking with their peers, and in some cases establish patterns of drinking, including drinking to get drunk
Research of existing programmes across Europe and globally suggest that, not only does the school curriculum in many countries include the requirement to teach about alcohol, but that teachers believe they have a role in educating young people about drinking. However, many of them lack appropriate teaching resources to help them do so.
The strategy of Talk About Alcohol is to use areas of interest and concern to young people to stimulate engagement with the subject and with associated issues as they affect young people. Contact will be through the classroom via curriculum-based teaching material. There is also a section developed specifically for use by young people in their own time. In addition, information and advice for parents is provided in a separate section to help them to address alcohol issues with their children.
