Take Action in Secondary Schools Online Resource
This well received resource is now available online at www.opheaprograms.net/tasecondary or by clicking on the Take Action in Secondary Schools orange button on the right-hand margin on this webpage. Developed for use as a complement to your hardcopy of the Educator’s Guide to Substance Use Prevention, this online interactive and searchable version provides a way for us to continually update content and for you to have easy access to information such as:
- The glossary and descriptions of drugs sections online
- A searchable database of resources – with new additions
- Links to provincial, national, and international organizations, activities, and programs
Take Action Elementary Resources
Click below to download lesson samples, supporting documents or a copy of the Take Action elementary resources.
Please note that due to the size of these files it may take a few moments to download.
Take Action Kindergarten English and French Resources
Take Action Kindergarten promotes safety awareness concerning medicines and harmful substances.
Take Action Kindergarten
Agir au jardin d'enfants
Take Action Grades 1-3 English and French Resources
Take Action Grades 1-3 provides information about tobacco, alcohol and substance use and abuse prevention and teaches safety awareness regarding medicines and harmful substances.
Take Action Grades 1-3
Adventures in STAR Forest
Agir de la première à troisième année
Aventures dans la forêt des champions
Take Action Grades 4-6 English and French Resource
Take Action Grades 4-6 teaches students about substance use and abuse through the integration of health and physical education and language and literacy expectations.
Take Action Grades 4-6
Agir de la quatrième à la sixième année
Take Action Grades 4-6 Newspaper Tools
Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
4e année, 5e année, 6e année
Grade 7&8 Fact Sheets
[Taken from the Take Action 7&8 Resource (formerly known as ACTION 7&8)]
Take Action (7-8) assists school communities in addressing alcohol, cannabis and tobacco use and abuse prevention among youth in Grades 7 and 8.
Tobacco Fact Sheet
Alcohol Fact Sheet
Cannabis Fact Sheet
Stimulants, Depressants, Hallucinogens Fact Sheet
Tobacco Fact Sheet French
Alcohol Fact Sheet French
Cannabis Fact Sheet French
Stimulants, Depressants, Hallucinogens Fact Sheet French
Take Action in Secondary Schools: An Educator's Guide to Substance Use Prevention
This resource has been designed to support schools in developing an approach that meets the unique needs of each school community, taking into account varying levels of resources, capacity and readiness to implement substance use initiatives.
Three hardcopies of this resource are available free of charge to each secondary school in the province. Order forms for Take Action in Secondary Schools have been distributed to every secondary school principal. Fax your school's order forms to Ophea today to receive your 3 free copies or download the Order Form and fax it to Ophea at: 416-426-7373. For more information, please contact takeaction@ophea.net.
