Prevention
Substance Abuse
Lions Quest K-12 programs are among the most highly acclaimed
positive prevention programs in the world. Lions Quest
curricula:
- Reduce risk factors that encourage drug use
- Engage the home, school and community in developing assets
for young people within a unified school-community initiative
- Promote the protective factors that discourage drug use
- Establish normative beliefs that drug use is not the norm
among young people, and provide a clear "no use"
message
- Address internal and external pressures to use drugs
and teach peer pressure strategies
- Teach resistance and other social skills, as well as emotional
competencies
- Provide accurate, age-appropriate information about the
short- and long-term impact of drug use on a young person's
health, friendships, interests and future goals
- Encourage students to be healthy role models through
service-learning projects in the school and community
- Provide evaluation instruments to measure the effectiveness
of the program
Bullying and Violence
Research has shown that hurtful behaviors such as intimidation,
taunting and threats of violence can have long-term detrimental
effects on both the victims and the perpetrators. Youth are
having difficulty with social and emotional competencies,
decision-making skills, self-control, self-discipline, and
relationship management, all of which lead to destructive
behaviors at home, at school and in the community. Lions Quest
curricula:
- Provide research-based tools empowering students to develop
respect, responsibility and caring behaviors, actively engaging
educators, parents and community members in reinforcement.
- Incorporate five critical elements proven to reduce negative,
anti-social behaviors and promote positive school behaviors-
comprehensive classroom curriculum; positive school climate;
parent involvement; community involvement; and professional
development.
- Teach effective listening skills, good decision-making
skills, conflict resolution, self-awareness, social awareness,
self-control, self-discipline, resisting peer pressure,
and celebrating diversity.
- Teach a variety of community-building activities to create
a safe and nurturing learning environment, which encourages
the development of positive social behaviors and reduces
incidences of misconduct.
- Develop stress reduction and anger management skills
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