Youth Educational Project “Student+”: Implementation Results
The article presents the results of the implementation of the Youth educational project “Student+” by the Russian Public Organization “Federation of Psychologists of Education of Russia” — the winner of the competitive selection of applications from socially oriented non-profit organizations for the grant of the Mayor of Moscow in 2019 in the category “Volunteering”. The “Student+” project was created with the aim of involving university and college students in volunteer activities aimed at preventing negative phenomena in the youth environment, including primary prevention of chemical addiction among student youth. The main principle of the implementation of the prevention of drug addiction and alcoholism among students, implemented in the Project “Student+”, is the principle “an equal teaches an equal”, which involves special training of student volunteers in the design of preventive measures and scientific and methodological support during the implementation by students of copyright classes with the participation of peers. During the implementation period of the “Student+” Project (October 2019 — September 2020), a program of educational activities was developed and tested, aimed at developing skills in the field of primary prevention of illegal consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the student environment; content of the program, including for distance learning (website студентплюс.рф); methodological recommendations for universities on the organization of primary prevention of illegal consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the student environment, based on the principle “an equal teaches an equal”.