Educational Offerings

 PlaySmart puts you in control of real-life scenarios where you'll navigate tough decisions about prescription drugs, peer pressure, and personal safety through interactive conversations and mini-games. Build essential life skills like refusal power and risk assessment as you progress through realistic situations like visiting the dentist or attending parties, with choices that actually matter and diverse characters you can relate to. 

  The ReFresh program is a Tier 2 educational program designed to provide valuable insights and tools to guide youth in making healthier choices around nicotine products. This evidence informed program focuses on education and skill development, rather than punishment. Through five interactive lessons youth will explore the reasons behind vaping, understand its effects, and learn strategies for positive changes. 

  SmokeScreen is a game about building your personal network of friends while dealing with the risks from people who don't always do the right thing, such as using tobacco products. Choose your friends wisely! Some people will help you move forward with your goals, but others may tempt you with unhealthy choices. 

 PLAYTEST! is an interactive world in which the player, using an Avatar (virtual

character) they have created, "travels" through life in high school. They face

challenges that bring different risks and benefits, requiring them to practice

decision-making skills. The player has the ability to see how their choices affect

their life and subsequently are able to move back in time to see how different

actions might lead to different outcomes. By navigating challenges in a

meaningful way, the player learns skills that translate to real life, empowering

them to make safe choices in situations that may otherwise increase their risk

for HIV/STI infection.

  Marijuana Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW)!  Marijuana PPW is a quick and easy to use positive youth development program for prevention and health professionals who want to prevent cannabis use and promote healthy lifestyle behaviors and positive identities among youth. 

Marijuana PPW is an adaptation of the evidence-based SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness program which is listed on the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development, the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) and other evidence-based registries.  Marijuana PPW also utilizes an evidence-based practices screening and brief intervention format recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

 The SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) programs are evidence-based interventions designed to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent substance use among youth. These programs encourage participants to adopt positive behaviors such as physical activity, healthy eating, adequate sleep, and stress management while discouraging the use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs. 

SPORT stands for Substance Prevention Optimizing Resiliency Training.

• Single-Session and Multi-Session Formats – Available as a single-session program or in extended multi-session formats, including SPORT 3 PPW (three sessions) and SPORT Health Behaviors (six sessions), to fit different implementation needs.
• Behavior-Image Model Framework – Utilizes positive peer and future self-images to motivate youth to set and achieve multiple health-related goals.

Vaping PPW is a quick and easy to use positive youth development program for prevention and health professionals who want to prevent e-cigarette use and promote healthy lifestyle behaviors and positive identities among youth.  

Vaping PPW is an adaptation of the evidence-based SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness program which is listed on the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development, the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) and other evidence-based registries.  Vaping PPW also utilizes an evidence-based practices screening and brief intervention format recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 

1. Screening youth to increase awareness of their current health behaviors,
2. Presenting positive future image content to increase motivation for change and link both healthy and substance use habits, and
3. Instructing youth to complete a multiple behavior goal plan/contract to initiate health behavior change and increase self-regulation skills and self-efficacy.