Prevention Curriculum and Resources
You and Me, Together Vape-Free Curriculum
6 Lessons, each providing activites, online quiz games and worksheets in addition to presentations, resources, and other materials aimed at preventing and reducing e-cigarette use.
The Stanford Cannabis/Marijuana Awareness & Prevention Toolkit
Our new Smart Talk: Cannabis Prevention & Awareness Curriculum, which is part of the Stanford Cannabis Awareness & Prevention Toolkit, is a 5-lesson theory-based and evidence-informed curriculum created by the Stanford REACH Lab as well as by our Youth Action Board, educators, healthcare providers, and scientists across the U.S.
TUPE Canvas Courses
In collaboration with the California Department of Education, the Orange County Department of Education’s TUPE Capacity Building Project has developed a variety of courses focused on effective TUPE program implementation and informative tobacco prevention resources.
Intervention and Alternative to Suspension Resources
The CDE encourages the use of Alternatives to Suspension and Expulsion (ATSE), which are approaches to addressing violations of tobacco-free policies that are more effective and equitable than suspending or expelling students.
ATSE are evidence-informed restorative disciplinary practices which foster accountability and help youth understand the harms of tobacco-use and vaping. Intervention strategies can help move students towards quitting or reducing tobacco/cannabis products.
Healthy Futures
To get started:
1) Provide your student with your teacher code (from the data dashboard)
2) Provide your student with this direct URL to the course
3) (Optional) The handbook is embedded into the course digitally, but you can print the handbook if you want.
4) Staff and Student receive Certificate of Completion after student completes course and post survey. (Staff can see the certificate on the “profile” page of the data dashboard).
My Healthy Futures - Nicotine
Alternative-to-Suspension curriculum geared for students who have been caught using nicotine products, e-cigarettes, or any tobacco products and/or for any student who is interested in trying to reduce or quit nicotine use.
Sequence: Self-paced course (40-60 mins) for students. Available in Spanish.
The self-contained course includes check-for-understanding questions, as well as embedding the student handbook into the online course. It also prevents students from skipping any content or videos, ensuring that they take the entire course.
Grades: 6th through 12th
Enrollment: Staff will enroll in the data dashboard from REACH Lab (see info above). Staff will assign the course to the students and give the student the following:
- URL for the My Healthy Futures Nicotine Course
- Staff person’s teacher ID from the REACH Lab Data Dashboard
- Student course workbook (print two-sided). Folding Workbook Video
My Healthy Futures - Cannabis
Alternative-to-Suspension curriculum geared for students who have been caught using cannabis and/or cannabis products and for any students who are interested in trying to quit.
Sequence: Self-paced course (40-60 mins) for students.
Grades: 6th through 12th
Enrollment: Staff will enroll in the data dashboard from REACH Lab (see info above). Staff will assign the course to the students and give the student the following:
- URL for the My Healthy Futures Nicotine Course
- Staff person’s teacher ID from the REACH Lab Data Dashboard
- Student course workbook (print two-sided). Folding Workbook Video
YVAPE and INDEPTH
YVAPE
The Youth Vaping Alternative Program Education (YVAPE) is a FREE educational intervention program that serves as an alternative to suspension, providing phone and video coaching support to students 12 years and older who have been found with nicotine or marijuana at school.
Sequence: Two 20-minute counseling sessions and 30-60 minutes of videos and discussion
Grades: 6th (age 12+) through 12th
Enrollment: YVAPE services are provided for FREE. Consent required by school administrator, student and parent. YVAPE can be used as an intervention and is not considered a cessation program.
🔗PDF: How does YVAPE work? (Spanish)
Please use Kick it CA for Cessation Services.
INDEPTH
Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco and Health (INDEPTH) was developed by the American Lung Association in partnership with the Prevention Research Center of West Virginia University. INDEPTH is an interactive program that teaches students about nicotine dependence, establishing healthy alternatives and how to move past nicotine addiction.
Sequence: Four 50-minute sessions
Grades: Middle (7/8) and high school (9-12)
students
Enrollment: School staff can become a facilitator to use the program for 1-1 and group work with students. Click here for training opportunities to become a facilitator for INDEPTH. The 1-Hour Online Training is FREE and has a 3-year Certification upon completion. The facilitator can then offer 1-1 or group sessions for students who face suspension for violation of school tobacco use policies.
Youth Engagement Resources
Friday Night Live
Friday Night Live SLO supports our local schools in youth development through middle and high school chapters. Friday Night Live programs utilize a Youth Development Framework, in which adults and youth work together, in partnership, towards programming that is youth-led and youth-driven. Youth Development is the ongoing process in which youth are engaged in building the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and experiences that prepare them for the present and future.
California Youth Advocacy Network
Training and technical assistance to individuals, organizations, and coalitions advocating for tobacco-free communities
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