2000 Volunteer Leader Training Guide
Families, Youth and Gambling
Who Is Vulnerable?
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Introduction
• Target Audience
• Objectives
• Handouts
• Major Teaching Points
Suggestions for
Teaching the Lesson
• References
Introduction
Gambling may become an addictive behavior for some persons.
There is a difference between social and pathological gambling, although the
progression of a gambling addiction is hard to detect. This lesson will teach
you some basic facts about gambling, the difference between social and
pathological gambling, the steps that define the progression of a gambling
addiction and how to know if a family member or a friend may have a gambling
addiction.
Target Audience
Objectives
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Learn some basic gambling facts by taking the
Families and Gambling Quiz.
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Learn the difference between casual social
gambling and pathological gambling.
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Learn how to respond if you think a loved one or
close friend has a gambling addiction.
Handouts
Major Teaching Points
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Gambling behaviors are often hard to identify
and understand.
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Gambling activity is common among teens and
adults, including senior citizens.
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There are differences between social and
pathological gambling.
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Questionnaires can help you identify compulsive
gambling behaviors.
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Help for a gambler or a gambler’s friends and
loved ones is available.
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Experts suggest appropriate actions to take if
you suspect gambling activity in a family member or friends.
Suggestions for
Teaching the Lesson
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Become familiar with the tools to teach.
Duplicate the Families and Gambling: What Are Some Facts? quiz
(Handout 1) for each participant.
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Ask participants to take the
Families and Gambling: What Are Some Facts? quiz (Handout 1)
and discuss correct responses and groups’ opinion responses (in
italics) (Answer
Sheet).
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Lead a discussion on the material on
Pathological and Social Gambling (Information Sheet, pages 1
and 2) by posing the discussion questions.
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Lead a discussion on the material on
Suggested Responses to Gambler by Family and Friends
(Information Sheet, pages 2 and 3) by posing the discussion
questions.
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Encourage use of Gam-Anon’s
Are You Living With a Compulsive Gambler? (Handout 2) and
Gamblers Anonymous questionnaire (Handout 3) as needed.
Duplicate as handouts.
References
Gamblers Anonymous (20 questions; meeting sites) and Gam-Anon (20 questions).
Pathological gambling: An addiction embracing the nation.
Illinois Institute for Addition Recover, Peoria,
Ill.
"Games People Play (and Why They Play Them): The ‘Meaning’ of
Lottery Participation," Douglas J. Adams (1999), University of
Arkansas-Fayetteville. AFCPE Newsletter, 17(2).
Makela, C. and Tucker, S.M. (1995). Gambling: Understanding
the Issues. Colorado State University, Ft. Collins and Center for Enriched
Communication, Grand Junction, CO.
Judith R. Urich, Ph.D., CFP, Extension Family Resource
Management Specialist
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