On Saturday, 20 November to celebrate World Children’s Day, UNODC is launching Listen First: Science of Skills.

The new materials, Science of Skills, feature four animated characters with ‘super skills’ that correlate to social and emotional learning.  The characters solve problems, help others and develop skills such as decision-making, stress management, planning and goal setting and communication, in five short videos.  Each video is supported by two Science Sheets, highlighting competencies that help children to grow healthy and safe.

Super Skills promotes social and emotional...

The Public Health Agency of Canada developed The Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School Approach with a policy paper. 

These new resources for preventing substance-related harms among youth are now available for administrators, school board officials, teachers, guidance counsellors, healthcare professionals and community organizations that support youth.

The Blueprint combines evidence-based prevention and intervention approaches with the Comprehensive School Health framework, an internationally recognized approach to building...

'Listen First' is an initiative to increase support for the prevention of drug use that is based on science and is thus an effective investment in the well-being of children and youth, their families and their communities. 

Listen First was launched in 2016 during the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem. It began as a campaign on science-based drug prevention to raise awareness around listening to children and youth as the first step to help them grow healthy and safe. The campaign targets parents, teachers, policymakers, health workers and...