Youth Making Choices: Gambling Prevention Program

Unit 4: What Is Problem Gambling?Differentiated Instruction Teaching/Learning ExamplesRole Audience Format Topic1 ConcernedfriendAdultPersonalletterWrite a personal letter to a friendwhom you have identified as having agambling problem. You have spokenof your concerns to the individual aswell as to his or her parents and wantto clarify that the individual is still animportant friend.2 Teenager Adult Letter ofapologyWrite a letter of apology that ateenager would write to an individualwhom they have hurt while gamblingproblematically.3 Parent of ateenagerAdultSeries ofdiary entriesWrite a series of diary entries fora parent who is watching a son ordaughter slip further into problemgambling.4 HealthteacherAdult Word wall Create a word wall of problembehaviours and gambling termslearned so far that could be used inyour classroom.5 SocialworkerAdultInformationalchartCreate a chart illustrating thosebehaviours that may lead to problemgambling.6 SchoolcounsellorAdult Script Create scenarios, which can beused in the next all-school assemblyto make the student populationmore aware of the signs of problemgambling.7 PublichealthnurseAdultGuidingquestionsCreate a series of questions thatteachers, parents or communityagencies workers could use in aninterview with a youth who may beexperiencing problem gambling.8 SecondaryschoolyouthAdultChoiceboardCreate a series of activities that youfeel would help your classmates togain more knowledge about the topicof problem gambling.Individual Metacognition AfL: RAFT format• The 3 Rs of Reflection: Students use the 3 Rs of Reflection(Retell, Relate, Reflect) as a way for them to reflect on their learningprior to the next class.AfL: RAFT formatYouth Making Choices: Gambling Prevention Programwww.ProblemGambling.ca4.7