Gambling education material in Australian schools 

• Offers teachers the opportunity to tailor curricula to meet the needs of their students via suggested work units and research tools, some of which are accessible on-line. Promotes interaction between teachers and students.
• This ELA makes a close connection with the National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework developed for the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs.

A Guide for Problem Gambling: Children and Young People

(www.olgr.nsw.gov.au/gaming_rgf_youth_guide.asp)

• protect students from developing gambling problems through primary prevention strategies
• limit the potential for problems once gambling has started
• reduce the severity of existing problems and prevent relapse

• Distributed to schools and TAFE colleges in NSW
• Facilitates collaboration between school and TAFE counsellors and specialised gambling counsellors in the support of students experiencing gambling related problems

What are the odds? Understanding the risk education kit

(www.powerhousemuseum.com/pdf/education/gambling_education_kit.pdf)

• Education kit developed in conjunction with the Powerhouse Museum as part of the What are the odds - Understanding the risk exhibition, as a resource for teachers to incorporate responsible gambling messages into the secondary school curriculum.
• Provides links to a number of syllabus areas
• Featured information about sources of help for people with gambling problems and their families, particularly G-line (NSW)
• Teachers and school counsellors encouraged to be aware of available help when speaking to students

Gambling: Calculating the risk

(www.powerhousemuseum.com/gambling/)

• Website was established in conjunction with the What are the odds - Understanding the risk exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum
• Employs a range of strategies to engage players in active learning such as data analysis, problem solving, role play and debate
• The website also found an audience amongst problem gamblers and counsellors

Responsible Gambling Teaching Resource Kit

(www.olgr.qld.gov.au/resources/resGambling/index.shtml)

• Idea sheets
• Overhead transparencies
• Resource sheets
• Education modules

• Linked to the Tasmanian Curriculum Framework (TCF)
• Can be used across a range of curriculum areas

• Victoria’s education interventions provide practical information and expert advice about problem gambling
• The projects seek to increase young people’s awareness of risk and equip them with a range of protective factors to enable them to respond to high pressure gambling situations
• The program addresses links between adolescent gambling and other health risks, anti-social behaviours and early disengagement from school.
• A key target group for preventative interventions are young people who are disengaged from mainstream schools.

• Incorporates responsible gambling curriculum content into five CEIS teacher resource booklets - Commerce, English, Maths, Health and Wellbeing and Consuming Planet Earth as well as a stand alone teacher resource on responsible gambling
• Curriculum content is linked to Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) and the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL).
• A teacher development program has been rolled out to support the resources
• A DVD resource and teachers guide accompanies the resource books
• The benefit of the CEIS program is that it offers a less stigmatised avenue in which problem gambling issues can be explored within the school environment.

• Comprises trainer guides, student worksheets, a DVD of three case studies and a CD of other activities.
• The second phase of the project added two supplementary trainer resources: an Implementation Guide and Message Maps
• Extensive professional development was conducted to support implementation

• The guide was developed by Melbourne University’s Professor Alun Jackson, a problem gambling expert and Director of the Problem Gambling Research and Treatment Centre
• The guide provides guidance to schools on how they may understand, identify and respond to problem gambling issues

• Provides case study examples of recently developed innovative curriculum/programs by teachers using consumer and financial literacy, health literacy, and the arts
• Provides professional learning modules for teachers to support them in contextualising responsible gambling education curriculum to meaningfully engage their students

• Inner learner – incorporating understanding of decisions and consequences;
• Studies of society and environment – including financial literacy; and
• Mathematics – including chance and data.