Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence Program as a School Intervention to Prevent Substance Use—a Pilot Study Across Three South East European Countries

Maalouf, Wadih; Stojanović, Miloš; Kiefer, Matthew; Campello, Giovanna; Heikkilä, Hanna; El‐Khatib, Ziad

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“…(f) living healthy and drug free; and (g) setting goals for healthy living. The LQSFA was initially piloted over one academic year in Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia with positive outcomes on the students' current use of substances (alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana) and intention to using these substances in the next 3 months among current users (Maalouf, 2019). Since 2019, the 1-year modality of LQSFA implementation was revised to span over two academic years in all countries.…”

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“…The program entails 40 sessions clustered around seven topics: (a) entering the teen years; (b) building self-confidence and communication skills; (c) managing emotions in positive ways; (d) improving peer relationships; (e) strengthening family relationships; (f) living healthy and drug free; and (g) setting goals for healthy living. The LQSFA was initially piloted over one academic year in Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia with positive outcomes on the students’ current use of substances (alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana) and intention to using these substances in the next 3 months among current users (Maalouf, 2019). Since 2019, the 1-year modality of LQSFA implementation was revised to span over two academic years in all countries.…”

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Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence implementation during COVID-19 challenges in Croatia.

Stojanović¹,

El‐Khatib²,

Brandic

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Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Globally, the Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic situation has affected the education system, forcing students to start distance learning. Consequently, education of students reverted to online platforms or TV station broadcasts. Extracurricular programs have also experienced a setback given the natural prioritization of mandatory school subjects. Meanwhile, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was implementing a teacher-led extracurricular activity for children of age 10 -15 years to prevent substance use and other negative life and social consequences (Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence [LQSFA]). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LQSFA was difficult to sustain, partly as it was considered extracurricular and partly given its interactive requirement that was difficult to apply through distance learning. Nevertheless, schools' facilitators managed to adapt the program information sharing and communication strategies with the student groups and identified essential sessions allowing continuity of program implementation and utilization of critical program skills during COVID-19 pandemic. The practical implication of the facilitators' assessment of the relevance, value, motivation and feasibility of the implementation of the LQSFA program within the current COVID-19 circumstances calls for the eminent need for adaptation of its implementation modality to meet the current educational delivery circumstances.

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Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence implementation during COVID-19 challenges in Croatia.

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Brandic

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“…Lions Quest has also been evaluated in 12 countries outside the United States: Turkey (Gol-Guven, 2017; Talvio et al, 2016); Austria (Matischek-Jauk et al, 2017;Talvio et al, 2017;Talvio et al, 2019); Finland, Japan, and Lithuania (Talvio et al, 2016;Talvio et al, 2019); Serbia, Montenegro, and FYRO Macedonia (Maalouf et al, 2019); Argentina, Australia, Germany, and Italy (Talvio et al, 2019).…”

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Development and validation of ‘EduSEL’: Educators' Socio-Emotional Learning questionnaire

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Kasperski²

2023

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…The Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence (LQSFA) is an evidence-based social and emotional learning program for school students [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. It was developed by the Lions Clubs International Foundation and targets the 10–15 age group.…”

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“…The effect that LQSFA had on recent substance use (alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana) and the intention for future use over the course of one academic year was first evaluated in Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia [ 2 ]. Plans were then set to replicate this model in other neighboring countries, including in Croatia, with the intention of implementing all 400 sessions of the LQFSA over two academic years.…”

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“Because This Is an Evidence-Based Program”: The Learning Experience of Croatia with the Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence, Implemented In-Person and Online

El‐Khatib

Brandic

Yassine

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Background: The Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence (LQSFA) is an evidence-based social and emotional learning program for school students. It is implemented as a teacher-led extracurricular activity for children aged 10–15 years. From 2019 to 2022, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in collaboration with Lions Clubs International Foundation, implemented the LQSFA in 41 schools in Croatia. Due to the COVID-19 lockdown measures, the intervention was adjusted into a hybrid modality (in-class and online). We evaluated the experience that the teachers had with the LQSFA in a hybrid modality. Methods: We used a focus-group discussion approach to evaluate the experience of five LQSFA teachers. Results: Three themes emerged: (1) the appreciation of evidence-based programs by the teachers, (2) the benefit of the LQSFA on the parents, and (3) the length of the online version of the questionnaire tool that was used to assess pre- and post-LQSFA experiences among students was too long. These results indicate that the LQSFA is undergoing a scaling on a national level in Croatia, even when implemented in a hybrid setting. Conclusion: Using an evidence-based program such as the LQSFA was rewarding for teachers, despite the challenges in the administrative adjustments regarding the online and in-person class teaching. LQSFA filled an important gap during COVID19-related stress.

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Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence Program as a School Intervention to Prevent Substance Use—a Pilot Study Across Three South East European Countries

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Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence implementation during COVID-19 challenges in Croatia.

Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence implementation during COVID-19 challenges in Croatia.

Development and validation of ‘EduSEL’: Educators' Socio-Emotional Learning questionnaire

“Because This Is an Evidence-Based Program”: The Learning Experience of Croatia with the Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence, Implemented In-Person and Online

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