Elementary School Prevention Curriculum
The Following Programs Are Free Of Charge
Healthy Alternatives For Little Ones (HALO)
This program is designed to address risk and protective factors for substance abuse and other health behaviors, by providing children with information on healthy choices. HALO is an evidence-based program that encourages healthy eating, exercise, and emotion recognition, and educates children about the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) on the body. HALO provides learning opportunities for children through fun, hands-on activities that involve educational songs, videos, group activities, and books.
Suggested Schedule:
8 Classroom Sessions
Grades:
PreK – 1st Grade
Life Skills Training
This is a developmentally appropriate program that improves personal self-management, general social skills, and drug resistance. It has been proven to promote self-esteem, healthy attitudes, and learning skills that will promote healthy and positive development. Included within each lesson is a student guide with informational pieces as well as activities to create a pro-active impact.
Suggested Schedule:
8 Classroom Sessions
Grades:
3rd – 6th Grade
Second Step
Second Step offers an evidence-based approach to social and emotional skill development, with age-appropriate lessons, family communications, and additional educator resources.
Suggested Schedule:
5 classroom sessions
Grades:
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Operation Prevention
This is a PowerPoint presentation designed for students to examine the reasons people turn to opioid use and misuse, and act as investigative reporters to consider the who, what, when, where, why, and how of opioid use and misuse. They will also investigate how the opioid epidemic may be impacting their own community. This program is sponsored by the DEA.
Suggested Schedule:
3 Classroom Sessions
Grades:
3rd – 6th Grade
Too Good For Drugs
TGFD is an evidence-based program to promote healthy decision-making and positive, healthy, youth development. TGFD teaches students about goal-setting, decision- making, bonding with others, identifying and managing emotions, and communicating effectively. In addition, the curriculum includes information about the harmful effects of the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs on students’ bodies and minds. The curriculum is engaging and educational, utilizing hands-on activities, such as, group work, games, and role-playing activities. Please note that the Too Good for Drugs program correlates with the Pennsylvania Health Education Content Standards.
Suggested Schedule:
10 Classroom Sessions
Grades:
Kindergarten – 6th Grade
Too Good For Drugs – Social Perspective
Too Good for Drugs- Social Perspectives is an evidence-based program that lays the groundwork for peaceable living through a fun and interactive journey of setting reachable goals, communicating effectively, and making responsible decisions. The program focuses on developing students’ social skills and reinforces those skills through interactive, social activities.
The Social Perspective lessons can be partially conducted in conjunction with the Too Good for Drugs program for a total of 15 lessons.
Suggested Schedule:
10 Classroom Sessions
Grades:
Kindergarten – 6th Grade
Wise Owls’ Drug Safety Kit
This is a prevention approach using an animated three video lesson based on healthy decisions related to drugs and medicine. This interactive method uses questions as the base of the three videos which features Wise Owl and his niece Wendy and descriptive problem-solving solutions. Poster’s, games, and activities are all apart of the lesson objectives.
Suggested Schedule:
3 Classroom Sessions
Grades:
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
CATCH My Breath Vaping Prevention Program
CATCH My Breath Vaping Prevention Program is an evidence-based program that provides students with the skills to resist peer pressure and media influences to try e-cigarettes. The overall goal of the program is to prevent the initiation of vaping among preteen and teen adolescents through educational strategies such as, social emotional learning, peer-facilitated cooperative
learning groups, large group discussions, analysis of mass media, and goal setting.
Suggested Schedule:
4 Classroom Sessions
Grades:
5th & 6th Grade
You and Me, Together Vape-Free
You and Me, Together Vape-Free curriculum is a theory-based and evidence-informed curriculum created by the Stanford REACH Lab that meets National Common Core State Standards and National Health Education Standards. Topics include the impact of e-cigarettes and tobacco use on the body, the harmful chemicals they contain, marketing tricks, how e-cigarettes affect the
environment, and healthy ways to cope with stress
Suggested Schedule:
2 Classroom Sessions
Grades:
4th & 5th Grade
The Smart Talk: Cannabis Prevention & Awareness Curriculum
The Smart Talk: Cannabis Prevention & Awareness Curriculum is a theory-based and evidence-informed curriculum created by the Stanford REACH Lab that meets National Common Core State Standards and National Health Education Standards. Topics include the impact cannabis use on the body, marketing tricks, how cannabis affects the community and environment, and healthy ways to cope with stress.
Suggested Schedule:
2 Classroom Sessions
Grades:
5th & 6th Grade
2M2L (Too Much to Lose)
2M2L is a curriculum developed to address problem gambling among youth. Through interactive games, activities, and class discussions the program educates young people about the dangers of problem gambling. Information will guide students in making healthy life decisions. Studies show that youth are at risk for developing a gambling problem the younger they start.
Suggested Schedule:
4 Classroom Sessions
Grades:
3rd – 6th Grade