Too Good for Violence K-12 is a universal, violence prevention and character education program that teaches character-based skills, attitudes, and behaviors to help elementary students: differentiate between feelings and actions, encourage respect between peers, and celebrate diversity. Program lessons and activities help kids realize that as individuals and as a group, they are too good for bullying and violence.
Too Good for Violence teaches the following social and emotional learning skills, which research has linked with healthy development and academic success:
Too Good for Violence promotes character development by strengthening eight key character traits:
Too Good offers developmentally appropriate curricula for each grade level in kindergarten through grade 5. Each grade level builds on previous levels, developing the skills sequentially with engaging, age-appropriate lessons and activities.
Too Good focuses on the risk factors that can be positively affected in the classroom: favorable attitudes toward drugs, violence, and other problem behaviors; and friends who engage in problem behavior.
Too Good builds protection within the student by:
The Mendez Foundation developed Logic Models for Too Good to map out the Theory of Change and demonstrate graphically the assumptions that drive Too Good. The logic model communicates an "if-then" message of what changes the program intends to produce. It helps to make the connections among the target group, goals, strategies, objectives and planned program results and lays out what the program is expected to achieve and how it is expected to work.
Each of the Too Good evaluation studies were conducted by third-party researchers and used randomized treatment-control group designs (pre-test/post-test, 20-week post-test, or one-year follow-up). The Researchers examined pre-test equivalence between treatment and control groups; potential bias of loss of student data over time; quality of program implementation; and estimates of reliability and validity of assessment tools.
The award-winning Too Good programs have undergone rigorous, independent evaluation studies to measure their effects on students' skills, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors. Studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national evaluation conferences. These studies demonstrate the effectiveness of Too Good.
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TGFV - A Peaceable Place 2020 Edition Teacher Manual begins the student journey through skills development including setting goals, making decisions, identifying...
The Student Workbook is an integral part of the lessons. Students launch into the activities by naming and illustrating a...
The Student Workbook is an integral part of the lessons. Students launch into the activities by naming and illustrating a...
Tuggles is a huggable, plush bear ready to bring your Too Good lessons to life. Your class won't be able...
In the Share Bear Game, Tuggles helps students decide which items are good to share with a friend and which...
In the Share Bear Game, Tuggles' friend Rose is coming to his house for a playdate. To make sure they...
In Play Ball!, the class works together to help Tuggles stop to think through a number of decisions so he can...
In Play Ball!, the class works together to help Tuggles stop to think through a number of decisions so he can collect his...
Tuggles and Rose are at Summer Camp. In this fun whole class activity, the students work together to overcome challenges so...
Tuggles and Rose are at Summer Camp. In this fun whole class activity, the students work together to overcome challenges so...
In the Can Do! Game, the students help Tuggles find out if he is old enough to do a variety of...
In the Can Do! Game, the students help Tuggles find out if he is old enough to do a variety of activities....
The It's Your Turn Poster is part of a game to help students learn cooperation and practice taking turns. Follow...
Tuggles uses the decision making model to solve his problem in Tuggles Stops to Think. When his ball bounces out of...
In Tuggles Catches a Feeling, Tuggles goes on a fishing adventure with his grandpa. The day includes a range of relatable...
In Tuggles Keeps His Cool, Tuggles identifies a building sense of frustration and takes steps to calm himself down so he can enjoy...
Hang posters on most vertical surfaces with ease. 12 dots per sheet. 2 sheets included. Item #PR1002
Five great ways to help students make friends are highlighted in this fun, colorful poster for use with Too Good...
A peaceable place is a place where everyone cares about each other and gets along without fighting. The Finding Peacemaker...
A peaceable place is a place where everyone cares about each other and gets along without fighting. The Finding Peacemaker...