Who is it for?

Positive Action can be used for everyone. Curriculum for grades Pre-K to 12th grade is available as well as curriculum for families to do together. Targeted curriculum is also available for school climate, drug prevention, bullying prevention, and conflict resolution.

Why it works:

Positive Action’s instructor-led methodology inspires adaptive leadership, transforming the school climate into a welcoming and dynamic space where students are genuinely excited to learn and engage.

Who is it for?

TGFD is a universal K–12 prevention education program. At the elementary level, additional skills and developmental topics build on the core skill set to broaden students’ sense of self-efficacy and confidence. In middle school, TGFD helps teens meet the challenges of middle school life, fostering confidence and building resistance to substance use. In high school, TGFD applies real-world challenges teens face to explore practical guidance for understanding the negative health effects related to prescription drug misuse, underage drinking, marijuana use, opioid misuse, and nicotine use.

Why it works:

TGFD is an evidence-based prevention program. It teaches youth to set reachable goals, make responsible decisions, bond with prosocial peers, identify and manage emotions, and communicate effectively.

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Who is it for?

LST curriculum is available for elementary through high school students.

Why it works:

Botvin LifeSkills Training is based on more than 40 years of peer-reviewed scientific research and is recognized as a leading evidence-based substance use prevention program.

Effectiveness:

• Cuts tobacco use by 87%
• Cuts alcohol use by 60%
• Cuts marijuana use by 75%
• Cuts methamphetamine use by 68%
• Cuts polydrug use by 66%
• Reduces pack-a-day smoking by 25%
• Lowers risk for prescription drug and opioid misuse
• Decreases use of inhalants, narcotics, and hallucinogens
• Reduces violence
• Reduces risky driving behavior
• Demonstrates effects on HIV risk behavior

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Who is it for?

The CATCH My Breath Program (grades 5, 6, 7-8, and 9-12) consists of 4 unique lessons for each grade group, that are approximately 45 minutes each. This is a universal program for all kids to learn about the dangers of e-cigarette use.

Why it works:

CATCH My Breath activities are designed to influence social and psychological factors related to youth e-cigarette use by:

• Disrupting the norm held by youth that most teens use e-cigarettes
• Developing skills to resist peer pressure and advertising pressure to use e-cigarettes
• Understanding how advertising is designed to undermine credible health information
• Creating favorable non-smoking attitudes and beliefs about e-cigarettes

Who is it for?

Project TND targets high school youth, ages 14 to 19. The program has proved successful when implemented in regular as well as alternative (continuation) high schools, with students from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Why it works:

As an evidence-based prevention program, PTND is proven to have results. The goal of PTND is to stop or reduce the use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, and hard drugs, weapon carrying and victimization as well as being able to state accurate information about the consequences of drug use and abuse, including environmental, social, physiological, and emotional consequences.Visit the Project Towards No Drug Abuse website

Who is it for?

Stacked Deck is proven effective as a complete program for grades 9 through 12 (ages 14 to 19). Lessons 1, 2, 4, and 5 are also appropriate for grades 7 and 8.

Why it works:

• Fun and engaging multimedia delivery
• A well-structured sequence of lessons that develops essential knowledge and key skills
• A key message that advocates for “smart gambling,” understood as sensible risk-taking rather than total abstinence from risk-taking
• Take-home messages that engage families
• An engaging quiz game that emphasizes retention of knowledge and skills

Who is it for?

Gambling in Gaming is for high school students aged 13-17 years old.

Why it works:

Gambling in Gaming uses relatable game examples and research-based insights to show how gaming and gambling mechanics affect behavior. It helps youth distinguish skill from chance, recognize risks, and build healthy habits through interactive, real-world learning, empowering safer, informed decisions.

Who is it for?

Wanna Bet? is gambling curriculum for students in grades 3-8.

Why it works:

Wanna Bet? works because it is designed to be integrated into existing units in health, math, and life skills, or used in conjunction with an existing prevention program.

Who is it for?

Kids and Technology is for grades 3–4. This single one-hour lesson teaches youth how to navigate technology safely. Teens and Technology is for youth in grades 6–8. Two one-hour sessions show youth how to balance healthy online and offline lives.

Why it works:

Teens/Kids and Technology focuses on one of the biggest influences in young people’s lives: technology. Using a conversational approach, program facilitators talk with youth at their level about staying safe online and unplugging when needed.

Who is it for?

This is for middle and high school students who have been identified as at risk for tobacco or nicotine dependence. INDEPTH can be taught by any trained adult in four 45-minute sessions. Each session addresses a different tobacco-related issue and can be facilitated one-on-one or in a group setting.

Why it works:

Instead of focusing solely on punitive measures, INDEPTH is an interactive program that teaches students about nicotine dependence, healthy alternatives, and how to address the unhealthy addiction that led to the infraction.

Who is it for?

N-O-T was designed with teenagers in mind and addresses issues that are specifically important to them. The program takes a holistic approach with each session using different interactive learning strategies based on Social Cognitive Theory of behavior change that can then be applied and practiced in everyday life and encourages a voluntary change for youth ages 14 to 19.

Why it works:

N-O-T is taught by a trained and certified adult in ten, 50-minute sessions. It is most effective in a small group format that emphasizes teamwork. This method helps teens quit by addressing total health in order to develop and maintain positive behaviors. Participants will talk about the importance of physical activity, nutrition, enhancing their sense of self-control, and improving life skills such as stress management, decision making, coping and interpersonal skills. Additionally, they will learn to identify their reasons for smoking or vaping, healthy alternatives to tobacco use and finding people who will support them in their efforts to quit.

Who is it for?

POY is designed for middle and high school aged youth. The program is implemented by a trained instructor in a one time 45-50 minute training.

Why it works:

This interactive training provides youth with research-based information on the dangers of underage drinking and other drug use. We prepare youth with the tools to resist peer pressure and empower them to take the next step and influence their friends to make the right choices.