19.00hrs: Introduction and
welcome
What is Personal, Social Health Education?
Do our children need Drugs Education?
Results of talk and draw exercise
19.10hrs: How can parents be sure their
children receive appropriate Drugs Education?
19.20hrs: Thought Shower
exercise
19.30hrs: Performance
Synopsis:
Robbie an eleven year old is at home watching
television, eating chocolate and reading his sisters' magazines. He channel
surfs and catches moments of The Bill, Eastenders and Coronation Street. Each
television programme contains some type of reference to drug use. The phone
rings and Robbie beats his Dad to the phone. It's for his sister, Lisa. Dad
picks up the magazine and goes to the toilet. Lisa starts talking on the phone
to her friend, making the final arrangements for a trip to the Ministry of
Sound. She then realnistry of Sound. She then realises her brother is
listening in to the call and tells him to get off the line. Lisa doesn't want
her parents to know that she is going out clubbing so after the call she warns
her younger brother to keep his mouth shut. Robbie is worried however, Lisa is
only sixteen and according to her magazines, these clubs often have lots of
drug dealers around. Lisa ignores his concerns and ensures he will mention
nothing to their parents. Dad is reading Lisa's magazine and gets concerned
about the sex and drug references it contains. He tries to catch Lisa, but it
is too late, as she has already left.
Robbie manages to find a video belong to her sisters
friend and puts it on. It's Pulp Fiction.
Mum returns tired from a late meeting. Dad immediately
starts talking about the explicit nature of Lisa's magazines. Mum is tired but
tries to be sympathetic and supportive. Mum believes that their children need
the right information to protect themselves. She wanders in to the living room
to find her son watching a highly violent and drug explicit film. Mum goes
berserk, accusing dad of not know how to supervise children. Robbie tries to
ask questions about the film but he is sent straight to bed.
19.45hrs: Questions from audience to
characters
20.00hrs: Advice to characters on talking to Robbie
about drug education
20.15hrs: Parents discover that Lisa is not to be
found
20.30hrs: Questions to Lisa about what happen to
her
20.45hrs: Closing
discussion
As young people will take risks as they grow up,
how can parents try to make it as safe as possible for their
children?
Do siblings have a role to play in
supporting and educating each other
around drug education?
How can parents rebuild trust after
it has been broken?
21.00hrs: Closure and
evaluation
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1997-2001
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