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Home  Projects Health and Disabilities SmokeTalk: Tobacco Awareness Educational Kit and Peer-Training Workshops for Adults
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 | SmokeTalk: Tobacco Awareness Educational Kit, Peer-training Workshop and CD for Adults with Developmental Disabilities | | Description | SmokeTalk is a multi-phase project to develop a series of resources to increase awareness in adults with developmental disabilities on the health and social consequences of tobacco use; benefits of and barriers to cessation; cessation options and implications; and, strategies to prevent exposure to environmental (second-hand) tobacco smoke. | | Funders and partners | Funded in part by the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC). |  | | Project status and timelines | Complete.
Phase 1: October 2002 to March 2004 (development of kit and workshop)
Phase 2: May 2004 to December 2005 (hosting workshops across Alberta)
Phase 3: June 2005 to April 2006 (development of CD) | | Upcoming public activities | None | | Resources developed | - Educational kit with resources, lesson plans, role play activities and interactive game for use by rehabilitation practitioners and caregivers. Available on loan from the Randy J. Tighe Resource Centre
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- Half-day workshop hosted by adults with developmental disabilities to teach their peers about the hazards of tobacco use. Contact
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for more information.
- SmokeTalk poster display.
- SmokeTalk CD – a cost effective way to distribute the SmokeTalk educational kit within or outside Alberta.
| | Presentations, publications and reports | - Coombe, J. (2004, April). SmokeTalk: A tobacco awareness course with information for smokers and non-smokers. AARC Conference. Edmonton, AB.
- Coombe, J. (2004, October). SmokeTalk: A smoking awareness educational kit and peer-training workshop for people with developmental disabilities. Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health. Ottawa.
- Coombe, J. (2005, May). The New Leaders in Information Sharing. AARC Spring Conference. Calgary, AB.
- Coombe, J. (2006, May). Peer-Trainers: The New Leaders in Information Sharing. Social Inclusion Summit, AAMR, Montreal, QC.
- Coombe, J., & Compton, C. (2004, November). SmokeTalk: A smoking awareness educational kit and peer-training workshop for people with developmental disabilities. Calgary Region PDD Community Board Celebration. Calgary, AB.
- Coombe, J., & Daley, K. (2003, May). Smoke-Talk: A smoking awareness and educational kit and peer-training workshop. AADAC World Tobacco Day Conference. Edmonton, AB.
- Coombe, J., & Daley, K. (2004, November). SmokeTalk: A smoking awareness educational kit and peer-training workshop for people with developmental disabilities. Community Support Services, Columbia College. Calgary, AB.
- Coombe, J. & Sonpal-Valias, N. (2006, May). SmokeTalk: A Tobacco Education Program For Adults With Developmental Disabilities. Social Inclusion Summit, AAMR, Montreal, QC.
- Coombe, J. & Thornhill, L. (2003, December). Smoke-Talk: A smoking awareness educational kit and peer-training workshop. TASH Conference. Chicago, Illinois.
- Coombe, J., Sonpal-Valias, N., Daley. K., & Compton, C. (2003, April). Smoke-Talk: A smoking awareness and educational kit and peer-training workshop. AARC. Calgary, AB.
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