WANNA BET?

Source:

North American Training Institute, a division of the Minnesota Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc.

Program description and format

“The North American Training Institute has designed and field-tested this interdisciplinary curriculum to discourage underage gambling through improved critical thinking and problem solving” (North American Training Institute website,

www.nati.org). Curriculum includes an educator's guide, an 11-minute video,

“Andy's Story”, a Wanna Bet? Resource Guide, overhead transparencies, plus a bibliography and resource list. This easy-to-use curriculum also includes a

Gambling Fact Sheet, a Brief History of Gambling, and a Parent Letter, all of which are copy ready. Wanna Bet? Magazine is an interactive online publication designed by teens for teens.

Risk factor(s) assumed to be addressed:

Early initiation of gambling behavior

Community laws and norms favorable toward gambling

Lack of parental knowledge

Lack of parental objection

Protective factor(s) assumed to be addressed:

Skills

Healthy beliefs and clear standards

Parental monitoring

CSAP strategies:

Education

Type of IOM approach:

Universal

Populations appropriate for this promising program:

5th-8th grade students

Availability / More information:

For more information or availability of the curricula, visit the North American Training Institute website, www.nati.org

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