During the first week of March, all 6th, 7th and 8th grade Lowell Middle School Students will be participating in The Indiana Youth Survey, previously known as the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use Survey. Funded by the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction, the survey is administered in the spring of even-numbered years, free of charge, in any Indiana school that wishes to participate. The self-report survey asks students in grades 6-8 a variety of questions about substance use, mental health, gambling, and potential risk and protective factors for these behaviors.
The survey is administered by the Institute for Research on Addictive Behavior at Indiana University-Bloomington, which was housed within the Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC) prior to 2017.
The Indiana Youth Survey is conducted for two purposes:
• To provide local schools and their communities with valid estimates of the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among their students, as well as mental health, gambling behaviors, and levels of risk and protective factors present in the students’ lives.
• To provide the State of Indiana with similar estimates of prevalence on a statewide basis.
The survey takes about 30 minutes to complete and is voluntary, confidential, and anonymous. No one will know who responded to the online survey. Student answers will be summarized in a report that will not include anyone’s name. No direct personal identifiers nor IP addresses will be recorded as part of the survey.
Below is a link to the sample survey questions.
• 6th grade questionnaire
• 7th – 12th grade questionnaire
• Mental health module
Again, the survey is voluntary and confidential. If you or your child choose NOT to participate in the survey you may do so via an opt-out form that will be sent out on February 2nd via Skyward Family Access as well as a paper copy sent home with each student. If you have any questions please contact the Lowell Middle School office.
