Grade Level Options
Lions Quest provides curricula, products, training, and services to support adults in helping young people deal with the complex issues they face at each stage of their development.
Lions Quest’s commitment to high-quality preparation is based on the proven premise that programs for youth are most successful when comprehensive, program-speci?c training is provided. Workshop attendance is required for all adults who wish to use Lions Quest K-12 core curricula. Conducted by Lions Quest-certi?ed professional trainers, the workshop provides a complete orientation of the curriculum, teaching tips, and practice in classroom implementation.
Our programs are offered in the following three age groups:
Grades K-5: Skills for Growing
» More details about this program are available in the
Skills
for Growing Brochure (pdf)
Lions Quest Skills for Growing is a comprehensive K-5 curriculum focusing on character education, social and emotional learning, and service-learning. Skills for Growing incorporates positive prevention strategies and an implementation process for linking the home, school, and community in teaching essential life and citizenship skills.
The program capitalizes on the enormous potential of children and directs their creative energies into becoming capable and healthy young people with a sense of direction, solid skills, and a strong commitment to their families, schools, and communities.
New for 2009 - Skills for Growing has a new look!
Changes include new photos, graphics, and packaging. Updates include new
rationale, resources, research, and a new drug information guide. New supplemental
bullying prevention lessons can be found in our Resource
Library.
Grades 6-8: Skills for Adolescence
» More details about this program are available in the
Skills
for Adolescence Brochure (pdf)
» Download the SAMHSA Brochure
Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence is a comprehensive life skills and substance abuse prevention curriculum for grades 6-8. The program emphasizes character development, communication and decision-making skills, and service-learning, to guide young people toward healthy choices and a drug- and violence-free lifestyle. The curriculum’s flexible approach incorporates the most current research, educational strategies, and implementation processes for linking the home, school, and community in teaching essential life and citizenship skills, while supporting academic achievement.
The newest curriculum is based on highly targeted research of students in grades 6-8. Included are "Making Healthy Choices" units covering drug, alcohol, and tobacco use; interactive, student-focused lessons; sessions on anger, con?ict, and stress management; and cross-curricular activities to encourage team-teaching. This extensive curriculum has been expanded to help students manage con?ict and anger and to help teachers and administrators deal with the critical issue of bullying.
New for 2009 - supplemental bullying prevention lessons can be found
in our Resource
Library.
Grades 9-12: Skills for Action
» More details about this program are available in the
Skills
for Action Brochure (pdf)
Lions Quest Skills for Action is an innovative and flexible curriculum for grades 9-12 created to help young people become personally and socially responsible citizens. Community and school-based service-learning experiences move beyond the classroom to provide students with the knowledge and essential life skills to make positive contributions at home, at school, in the community, and in the workplace. The Skills Bank component teaches and reinforces 26 skill sets in four categories: cultural awareness, interpersonal communication, personal management and responsibility, and study and writing skills.
Skills for Action students learn to communicate effectively, analyze and solve problems, set and achieve goals, work successfully as part of a team, and resolve con?ict peacefully. Students also develop the means to resist negative peer pressure, make healthy choices, and understand and appreciate diversity in the classroom, school, and broader community.
New for 2009 - Skills for Action has a new look and format!
In addition to updated research, resources, and rationale, the new SFC kit
has been redesigned with new photos and graphics, and put into 4 books -
Teacher Resource Guide, Curriculum Manual, Advisory Team Handbook, and Skills
Bank. There are new implementation models and the Skills Bank opens with
a chapter describing how it can be used as a stand-alone social and emotional
learning and life skills program.
Lions Quest Exploring the Issues: Teens–Alcohol and Other Drugs is a 15-session mini- curriculum designed to help students gain the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors necessary to be healthy and drug-free individuals. Students research the issues and carry out service projects in their schools and communities, sharing with others what they have learned.