Who actually wins? is a prevention program aimed at preventing youth involvement in gambling, intended for the first and second-year high school students. The general goal of this program is the prevention of gambling and the development of a responsible attitude toward gambling and responsible behavior.
The specific goals of the program relate to positive changes in participants that we expect to occur after participating in the program and thus affect the prevention of gambling:
– Improved knowledge of gambling and its consequences among youth
– Enchanced statistical understanding of odds, probabilities concepts underlying gambiling
– reduced cognitive distortions (misbeliefs) related to gambling
– improved problem-solving and decision-making skills, as well as resistance to peer pressure
– strengthened feeling of general self-efficacy
The program consists of nine workshops (one lesson each), with the first being an informational-motivational session, and the remaining eight meetings have a workshop structure. The program is implemented in high schools in the Sarajevo Canton and the Tuzla Canton, conducted by trained teachers, instructors, and professional assistants with students in the class once a week. In addition to working with students, there is one lecture held for parents and teachers.
Who actually wins? Who Actually Wins? is a licensed program of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Zagreb (Croatia), based on modern principles of prevention science and has proven effectiveness. The Association for Addiction Prevention NARKO-NE, with the support of the Institute for Youth Development KULT, acquiered the program ‘s license for Bosnia and Herzegovina and only licensed trainers can continue to conduct training for program implementers in schools.
The Institute for the Development of Pre-University Education of the Canton of Sarajevo included the program Who Actually Wins? in Catalogue of Registered Programs in the field of addiction prevention for the 2023/2024 school year. The realization of the program is supported by the Ministry of Education of Sarajevo Canton, the Ministry of Education of Tuzla Canton, the Pedagogical Institute of Tuzla Canton and the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences in Tuzla.
