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of the CESA 7 Safe and Healthy Schools/Communities (ATOD) Department is to provide visionary
leadership and applicable resources that help schools
and communities create a safe learning environment
- one that fosters healthy, resilient, responsible,
successful learners. There are two parts of the Safe and Healthy Schools/Communities (ATOD) Department that fulfill this
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Wisconsin
ATOD Education Network
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a strong component of DPI's strategy to prevent
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among the
state's youth, the Network was established to
provide sharing of information, pooling of resources,
and technical assistance to school districts in
the development of their local K-12 Comprehensive
AODA and Violence Prevention programs. The Network was organized through
the efforts of DPI and the twelve Cooperative
Educational Service Agencies (CESAs). The Network's
objectives are carried out by an ATOD facilitator
in each CESA.
The
network has three primary objectives:
- Assist school districts in
the development of comprehensive, integrated,
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug education (AODA)
programs.
- Assist in developing partnerships
at the community, county, regional, state, and
national levels in order to facilitate cooperation
and sharing, maximize resources, and reduce
the duplication of services
- Assist schools and communities
in the development of an integrated framework
to foster healthy, resilient, successful learners.
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Safe
& Drug Free Schools Consortium |
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The consortium is a group of schools
in the CESA 7 region who have pooled their Safe
& Drug Free Schools funds in order to do some
specific activities. An Advisory Council of district
members oversees the planning of the activities.
The CESA 7 Safe and Healthy Schools/Communities coordinator carries out these plans
and administers the grant on behalf of the consortium.
Over
the years, the Consortium has sponsored a wide
range of trainings for students, teachers, administrators,
board members and parents. The consortium member
schools pay no or reduced fees for attending these
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| "Young people who
suffer physical illness or injury, mental health
problems, hunger, pregnancy, alcohol, tobacco and
other drug use, or fear of violence are less likely
to learn irrespective of our efforts to improve
education methods, standards or organization." |
| – Center for
Disease Control and Prevention |
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