Too Good for Drugs™ (K-8) builds five essential life skills.

• goal setting
• decision making
• bonding with pro-social others
• identifying and managing emotions
• communicating effectively

Research Behind Too Good for Drugs™

1. Students participating in the TGFD program had statistically significant higher scores or higher levels of emotional competency skills in comparison to students in the control group. A sample of item content that represents skills in this category includes. 1) I know many different words to describe what I feel inside, 2) I am responsible for choosing to live a safe and healthy life, and 3) I can do almost anything I put my mind to.

2. Students participating in the TGFD program had statistically significant higher scores or higher levels of social and resistance skills in comparison to students in the control group. A sample of item content that represents skills in this category includes. 1) If someone tried to hand me a can of beer, I would just walk away, 2) If a group of kids called me over to try some marijuana, I would just ignore them, and 3) I know many peer refusal strategies to help me avoid pressure to smoke, drink or use marijuana.

3. Students participating in the TGFD program had statistically significant higher scores or higher levels of goal setting and decision making skills in comparison to students in the control group. Positive effects on goal and decision-making skills were present 4 months later. A sample of item content that represents skills in this category includes. 1) Setting a goal helps me figure out what I want to do,2) When I set a goal, I think about what I need to do to reach my goal, and 3) I make good decision because I stop and think.

4. Students participating in the TGFD program had statistically significant higher scores or higher perceptions of the harmful effects of drug use in comparison to students in the control group. A sample of item content that represents skills in this category includes.

• Drinking alcohol can make it hard to see, walk and talk,
• People who smoke cigarettes can quit whenever they want to
• Smoking marijuana improves a person's coordination.

Second Grade Lessons

1. Dreams Can Come True

2. Stop & Think

3. Dealing with Feelings

4. Dog – Gone Good!

5. Be a Friend

6. A Peer Pressure Play

7. Medicine and Good Health

8. Because I Care

Seventh Grade

1. Introducing You and Your Dreams

2. The Decisions is Yours

3. Communication

4. Coping with Stress

5. Tobacco

6. Al K. Hol

7. Marijuana. The Real Deal

8. Kicking a Habit

Eight Grade

1. Go for Your Goals

2. Teenagers Talk

3. Communication. Look, Listen and Ask

4. Assert Yourself

5. Teens and Tough Decisions

6. Tobacco. Nasty!

7. Al K. Hol