Abstract
The “Alcohol and Drunkenness” program was originated in 1979–1984 and is designed to provide Israel high school students with the knowledge, values, and skills necessary to prevent excessive drinking. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of the “kibbutz version” of the program “Alcohol and Drunkenness” for the kibbutz movement. The preparation of the “kibbutz version” was supported by the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture, the Department of Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Israel Society for the Prevention of Alcoholism, and the Kibbutz Movement. The article describes the changes in values and norms in the kibbutzim in recent years, the detailed modification of the original curriculum in accordance with its new target population and educational setting, as well as, the program's new structure and subjects. Descriptions of the problems which were encountered during program modification, along with the creative responses which were taken to address such difficulties, are also included. The process of building the “kibbutz version” can serve as a model for adapting homogenizing educational prevention programs to special students' populations—specific groups having unique needs, characteristics, and abilities.
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