Middle School
Middle School programs generally include elements of the PREVENTION and INTERVENTION resources. Our staff are happy to assist in the selection of the most appropriate resources for your program.
Decision Matrix
Most programs select resources from the following list:
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 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Program (25-hour version) | YES | ||
| Core Program (50-hour version) | YES | ||
| What Do You Think? | YES | YES | YES |
| DVD — Choices | YES | YES | YES |
| DVD — Kids at Risk | OPTIONAL | SUGGESTED | YES |
| DVD — Stories from the Streetslink | OPTIONAL | SUGGESTED | YES |
| DVD — Gang Issues | YES | ||
| Getting Away From The Gang | YES | ||
| Gathering/Closing Activities | OPTIONAL | ||
| Program Activities | YES | ||
| Bullying | OPTIONAL | YES | |
| Peer Pressure | OPTIONAL | YES | |
| Anger, Aggression, and Violence | OPTIONAL | YES | |
| Teachers manual | YES | YES | |
| Change (intervention resources) | YES | ||
| Counselor's Manual | YES | ||
| Parents Materials (English/Spanish) | OPTIONAL | YES | AVAILABLE |
| Girls (gender-specific materials) | |||
| Spanish PC (25 hours) | OPTIONAL | OPTIONAL | |
| Spanish PC (six short workbooks) | OPTIONAL | ||
| Spanish PC intervention resources | OPTIONAL |
The 50-Hour Core Program
Your Goals, Dreams, and Values
- Your dreams and your goals
- Your values
- What's important to you? (values activities)
- Making your dreams come true
- What are your life goals?
Emotional Intelligence
- Understanding your feelings
- Cues and feelings
- Caring (activity)
- Using cues
- Thoughts, feelings, and actions
Problem Solving
- The basic problem solving model
- Using cues to warm yourself about trouble
- What could happen?
- What are your choices?
- How your decisions affect other people
- Doing the right thing
- Making a wise choice
- Problem solving and thought stopping
- Problem recognition
- Thought stopping (avoiding impulse thinking)
- Problem recognition: using cues about trouble
- Problem recognition activities
Risk Factors
- Handling risks - where do you stand?
- Problems and solutions
- Life can be painful
- Avoidance skills and planning
- Handling peer pressure
- Refusal and resistance skills
- Gangs
- Alcohol and other drugs
- Handling risks - using your problem solving skills
- Thought stopping (avoiding impulse thinking)
- Risks and consequences(weighing pros and cons)
- When you need help, who will support you? (planning, means-ends thinking)
- Where can I go? What can I do? (planning, means-ends thinking)
Preventive Factors
- True friendship
- How can we help?
- Belonging and acceptance
- Role models
- My "dream team"
- Community assets, family, and friends
- Personal assets and strengths
- You have options