A Peaceable Place covers a lot of information in a short period of time. We've assembled the overview resources here to help you evaluate how the course content and objectives flow in the lessons and determine how they meet your prevention needs. Click the thumbnails to view downloadable versions of the resources to share with your colleagues and decisionmakers.
A Peaceable Place is a universal violence prevention and character education program that promotes the development of the skills, attitudes, and behaviors consistent with positive, pro-social living to encourage healthy emotions management and actions, respect between peers, and self-awareness and social awareness to foster supportive and respectful learning environments.
Too Good offers developmentally appropriate curricula for Kindergarten through High School. 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 and negative social norms that can be positively affected in the classroom: favorable attitudes toward substance use, violence, and other problem behaviors and friends who engage in problem behavior.
Too Good builds protection within the student by:
A Peaceable Place introduces and develops self-efficacy and interpersonal skills linked with healthy development and academic success to promote self-awareness and social awareness:
Additional skills development and application concepts built into the course to promote positive social development and pro-social peer bonding include:
A Peaceable Place promotes character development by strengthening nine character traits:
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.
Organization/Agency | TGFD K-8 | TGFV K-8 | TGFD&V High School |
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What Works Clearinghouse: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Science | Positive effects on behavior View Report | Positive effect on behavior & knowledge, attitudes & values View Report | Positive effect on behavior & knowledge, attitudes & values View Report |
CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning | Not Yet Rated | Elementary SELect Program View Report | Not Yet Rated |
NREPP: National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs & Practices | Reviewed evaluation View Report | Reviewed evaluation View Report | Reviewed evaluation View Report |
CEBC: California Evidence Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare | TGFD Grade 6 Scientific Rating 2 - Supported by Evidence View Report | Not Yet Rated | Not Yet Rated |
OJJDP: Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention | Promising program View Report | Exemplary program View Report | Exemplary program View Report |
Promising Practices Network: Programs that Work | Screened program View Report | Screened program View Report | Screened program View Report |
SAMHSA: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration | Model program | Model program | Model program |
Too Good programs have earned recognition and acclaim for their impact in promoting safer and healthy youth and communities.
Recognition for Too Good for Drugs™ in Drug Strategies "Making the Grade": "Some very strong elements in this very detailed, 10 session per year curriculum. Provides developmentally appropriate information about alcohol, tobacco and marijuana. Normative education activities creative and compelling, new ideas for games. Includes no-use pledge."
Recognition for Too Good for Violence in Drug Strategies "Safe Schools, Safe Students": "A delightful package of materials (that) complements this highly interactive 4-9 session program. Strongly focused on critical skill areas. Extremely detailed instructions for teachers. Very complete."
The Teacher's Manual layout and design makes implementation easy with quick set-up and guided materials preparation and lesson objectives and activity timing. The layout...
The TGFV - A Peaceable Place Grade 3 Student Workbook is an integral part of the lessons. Students launch into the...
The Student Workbook is an integral part of the lessons. Cooperative learning design promotes bonding through skits, role-plays, and games....
In this Capstone Review activity, students work together to answer questions about the skills and concepts learned in the course. ...
A good friendship starts when you introduce yourself and talk about the things you like and dislike. If you share...
Twenty Feeling Words are presented on these 8.5” x 11’ Display Cards. Item # A4341
These cute and colorful stickers make a great classroom reward for excellent participation. Roll of 50 3” Stickers. Item# A4339
Consider the Consequences! In this quick-paced matching activity, students assess the decisions their peers face and determine if the potential...
Bag of 360 bingo-style game chips for use with Support System (Too Good for Drugs and Social Perspectives Grade 3,...
Setting a reachable goal is the first step to building confidence, self-esteem, and positive expectations for the future. The Goal...
In this Review activity, students work together to answer questions about the skills and concepts learned in the course. Each...
This glossy, full color poster creatively presents the steps to making a good decision in a quick, easy to remember...
Poor Penny. She is trying to get to her seat in the cafeteria. While she walks with her tray, some...
Do you know the difference between an argument and bully behavior? Students put the pieces of the mystery together as they review the characteristics...
Hang posters on most vertical surfaces with ease. 12 dots per sheet. 2 sheets included. Item #PR1002
What’s the difference between conflict and bully behavior? This puzzle activity helps the students review the characteristics of each and...
Oh no! Otto has had a power failure. We have to find the source of the power failure so we...
The Otto Matic Poster is part of the Too Good Grade 3 curriculum. Item# A3315