Supplemental Gang Prevention Curriculum

These materials are tailored to the developmental needs and risk factors of the highest risk children and school districts.

Goal

Providing youth with effective life and social skills, important to self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, and problem-solving, fosters resilience to ATOD use/abuse, violence, and other antisocial behaviors.

Curricula

Grade 4: 40-hour "Prevention" curriculum, with a Grade 3 reading level.

Grade 5: 40-hour "Prevention" curriculum, also with a Grade 3 reading level.

Grade 6: 40-hour "Prevention" curriculum, with a Grade 4 reading level.

Grade 7: 40-hour in-class "Prevention" curriculum, with a Grade 4-5 reading level.

Grade 8: 40-hour in-class "Prevention" curriculum, with a Grade 4-5 reading level.

All materials comply with New Jersey State Department of Education Core Curriculum Competency Standards (and can be adapted to comply with similar standards in other states).

Training

Three day interactive workshop to develop classroom teacher appreciation for program theory and developmental objectives.