Prevention Programs

School-Based Curriculum

LifeSkills Education: This 8-12 week classroom program is targeted to the general student populations and provides students with the motivation and skills necessary to resist peer and media pressure.  The LifeSkills education program serves elementary and middle school students.  The curriculum is a science based CSAP approved model. Topics covered are: Self Image and Self Improvement, Decision Making, Smoking myths and realities, Alcohol: Myths and Realities, Anxiety, Anger, Communication and Social Skills and Assertiveness. This program is implemented in Health Classes, Science Classes, Social Studies Classes, and Home and Living Education. DSHS funded.

Rainbow Days Kids Connection & Youth Connection: This school-based program, serving youth in grades Kindergarten -12, provides regular opportunities within the school setting for children to be introduced to drug and alcohol education, opportunities to explore drug-free alternative activities and develop good self esteem. The support groups, counseling and education components are designed to reach children, families and educators. It provides curriculum-based support groups and individual counseling for at-risk youth and their families. HCCADA has been providing school-based support groups for over 20 years. The curriculum is implemented in small groups over the course of a semester. Topics include self concept, feelings, handling anger, dreams and goal-setting, making healthy choices, friends, resisting negative peer pressure, and alcohol and drug education. DSHS funded.

Project Toward No Drug Abuse (PTND): The Project Toward No Drug Abuse serves youth ages 14-19 in grades 9-12. The identified population includes youth in non-traditional alternative high schools, students identified as “at risk” in the general high school setting, and adolescents who are involved in the criminal justice system. PTND is an effective, interactive classroom-based intervention program that is based on two decades of research at the University of Southern California. PTND provides 12 classroom-based sessions. The sessions are taught for six weeks, two sessions per week or once a week for 12 weeks. PTND focuses on three factors that predict tobacco, alcohol and other drug use including motivation factors (attitudes, beliefs, expectations and desires regarding drug use), skills (social, self-control, coping), and decision-making.