Students from the four secondary schools of the municipality will participate in workshops to prevent gambling addiction organized by the Youth Department of the City of Caravaca de la Cruz.
The informative workshops have started at the institute 'Ginés Pérez Chirinos' and will be taught by therapists 'Proyecto Hombre', an association that has stressed the importance of working on prevention especially among the adolescent population, since there has been an incidence every time greater addictions to new technologies, games and betting.
Through sessions developed in the classroom, with a participatory methodology, this problem is addressed, which can lead to, in some cases, an increase in aggressiveness, social isolation or school failure,
The workshops of 'Prevention of gambling with bet' are composed of two sessions: 'Addictions with and without substance.
Leisure and free time: play vs play with bet.
Addictive process to the game 'and' Myths and false ideas about the game.
Alarm signals'.
This educational action is integrated into the training program developed by the Department of Youth of the Caravaqueño Consistory, in collaboration with educational centers, in order to address matters of interest that promote the personal and academic development of students.
Other workshops promoted from the municipal area of ​​Youth that are taught throughout the academic year are those aimed at affective-sexual education, the search for employment, the prevention of alcohol consumption or the responsible use of social networks.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz