Too Good for Drugs & Violence - High School

How does Too Good work?

Too Good for Drugs and Violence Social Perspectives High School is part of the comprehensive K-12 prevention education program.  This dynamic course immerses students in the core social skill development they need to navigate the world they will enter after high school. The experiential learning design applies interactive games and activities to let the students try on and apply the skills and strategies that are best learned through first hand application.  

Fifteen developmentally appropriate lessons feature topics of great interest to high school students including managing complex social situations, understanding the characteristics and norms related to dating relationships including the indicators of unhealthy and unsafe relationships, and safe use and appreciation of social media. A comprehensive set of lessons introduce and explore the negative health effects of the misuse and abuse of alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, opioids, stimulants, and prescription and OTC drugs.

Students also explore these skills to help them face the challenges they can foresee and the obstacles they can't as they work to reaching their goals.

• Respect for Self and for Others
• Problem Solving
• Anger Management
• Healthy Dating Relationships

Too Good prepares students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to make responsible decisions and resolve conflicts peacefully and build healthy relationships now and in the future.

Substance Use Prevention

Topics include:

• THC and Marijuana
• Nicotine and Tobacco
• Prescription and OTC drugs
• Stimulants
• Opioids
• Alcohol and Underage Drinking

Develops Core Character Traits

Too Good for Violence - Social Perspectives High School focuses on and mitigates the risk factors that can be positively affected in the classroom: favorable attitudes toward aggression and other problem behaviors and friends who engage in problem behavior.

Too Good builds protection within the student by:

• Establishing Positive Norms Including Healthy Beliefs and Clear Standards
• Promoting Bonding to Pro-Social Peers
• Increasing Personal and Social Skills

Builds core social emotional learning skills

These social and emotional learning skills enhance success in the classroom and at home. These SEL skills promote self-awareness and social awareness and have been linked with school success and positive development:

• Setting Reachable Goals
• Responsible Decision Making
• Bonding with pro-social others
• Identifying and Managing Anger and other Emotions
• Effective Communication

Awards

Too Good programs have earned recognition and acclaim for their impact in promoting safer and healthy youth and communities. 

• Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association's (FADAA) Best Practices Award
• The American Medical Association's National Congress on Adolescent Health
• The President's Child Safety Partnership
• Southeast Regional Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities Shining Star Award
• Our programs received a high rating in "Drug Strategies"

Other Recognition

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."