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Free Vaping & Drug Education for Your School – QLD

FREE live 30-minute Logo for Zoom webinar designed for school leaders to learn how to set up their school and fight vaping & drug use.

Tuesday 29th October at 3.30pm (QLD time)

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Presented By

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Dr. James Durl

  • Research officer and Lead workshop facilitator of Blurred Minds

  • More than 5 years delivering alcohol, vaping and drug education to schools

  • Multiple award-winning research spanning virtual reality and youth service design

Founded By

A/Prof. Timo Dietrich

  • Director and co-founder of Blurred Minds
  • Over 10 years of experience in the alcohol, tobacco and drug education space
  • Award-winning behaviour change expert & co-inventor of the Co-create – Build – Engage (CBE™) framework
  • Senior Fellow at National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, University of Queensland
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What Teachers Say About Blurred Minds

“We are loving the Academy! Teachers are enjoying the blend of online self-paced activities and the classroom activities to consolidate the learning. Teachers are getting creative with it & enjoying the IT way of teaching!”

Michelle Byrne, HPE teacher, Warwick State High School

“This pioneering, evidence-based alcohol, vaping and drug education program is cost-effective, scalable, and delivers significant social dividends to schools, teachers, and adolescents across Australia.”

Yvonne Ries, Deputy Executive Director Education, Lutheran Education Queensland

Get Started with Blurred Minds Academy

Free Vaping & Drug Education for Your School – QLD

Free live 30 minute webinar | Logo for Zoom

This webinar is designed for school leaders to learn how to set up their school and fight vaping & drug use.

Tuesday 29th October at 3:30pm (QLD time)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Queensland Academy

Yes, the Blurred Minds Academy program is 100% free for all Queensland-based high schools.

Yes, this is available for free to all private high schools in Queensland.

No, this is only funded for all private and state high schools in Queensland.

The main topics covered in the Blurred Minds Academy are vaping, alcohol, and marijuana.

Yes, many non-teachers already take advantage of the resources available in the Blurred Minds Academy. You would need to gain access through your school’s designated coordinator.

Blurred Minds Academy is useable with accessibility tools, such as screen readers. However, there are a couple elements in some of the modules, such as the games, that are not accessibility friendly. We are always striving to improve, so if you find something that isn’t accessibility friendly, please let us know.

Yes. Blurred Minds Academy resources are designed to empower teachers to deliver more engaging alcohol and drug education lessons. Teachers can modify and tailor the presentation to their students’ specific needs.

Each lesson includes an online component that students can complete at their own speed, which is then followed by a teacher-led classroom session that builds on the learnings from the online activity.

Modules are written to cater for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 reading level comprehension. Students are expected to be able to navigate the online component which requires reading, listening, comprehension and basic computer skills.

The Blurred Minds Academy features 13 gamified modules which are mapped to the Australian Curriculum for year 7, 8 , 9 and 10.

Please contact the Blurred Minds team with the request to remove your coordinator status and provide the name and email of the new school coordinator. Submit your request here.

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