The Social Seminar: Drugs, Education and Society. A Resource Manual for the Group Facilitator.

This resource manual, prepared for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is designed to provide guidance, assistance and confidence for people who have decided to organize and lead social seminars. The information suggestions and activities included in this manual are applicable and important to the facilitator of any group, regardless of the group's particular content emphasis. This manual contains a foreword, an introduction, and two parts. Part One is entitled "Understanding The Social Seminar," and is divided into the following sections; (a) The Materials; (b) The Role of the Facilitator; (c) Putting It All Together; and (d) Where Do We Go Now? Generating Alternatives in Your Community. Part Two is entitled "The Resource Kit: Aids and Activities to Help You Organize and Lead a Social Seminar in Your Community," and is divided into the following sections: (a) The Films; (b) Aids for Facilitating a Group; (c) Values Clarification; (d) Skill Building; (e) Structured Activities; (f) How to Plan a Social Seminar; (g) Evaluation; and (h) Resources. (JLL)