EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE IMAGES WITHIN - AN ALCOHOL EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM

A program titled ''The Images Within'' was implemented and evaluated i n three sites on the east coast of the United States. This school curr iculum uses art work developed by children of alcoholics to stimulate classroom discussions of the problems of parental alcohol abuse. The e valuation with 278 experimental and 310 control students indicated inc reased knowledge about the effects of alcohol and improved skills in c oping with alcohol problems and help seeking behavior. Process data in dicated that related programs were initiated, students were stimulated by the program and teachers were positive in their perceptions of the program. Schools implementing this program need to have developed ref erral networks to handle the individual concerns that are expressed as a result of participation in ''The Images Within.''