Too Good for Drugs 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, resistance to peer pressure and influence, and self-awareness and social awareness to foster a drug free lifestyle.
Too Good for Drugs 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:
Too Good for Drugs introduces and develops self-efficacy and interpersonal skills linked with healthy development and academic success to promote self-awareness and social awareness:
Additional skills and developmental topics build on the core social skill set to broaden the student’s sense of self-efficacy and confidence and are tailored to the intellectual, cognitive, and social development of the student.
Substance use and its effects on the body are introduced when developmentally appropriate. More complex discussions are introduced at the Middle School level and progress in depth as the students mature.
Too Good for Drugs 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 Student Workbook is an integral part of the interactive Too Good lessons. Workbook activities apply lessons on goal setting,...
The Student Workbook is an integral part of the interactive Too Good lessons. Workbook activities apply lessons on goal setting,...
Students explores the effects of marijuana use on the body, its effects on behavior, and other negative consequences of using...
Students assist Detective Mac as he solves the mystery behind the strange behaviors of suspects at various crime scenes. Students...
Role play activities provide an opportunity to have fun while practicing new skills in a safe and supportive environment. This...
Role plays are a fun, interactive way for students to practice skills. This role play demonstrates the effects of positive...
This interactive role play teaches students to stop to think before making decisions and to consider the consequences of their...
It's not always enough to say no in a peer-pressure situation. Knowing what to say and what to do in...
SPECT Scan of the surface of an active, healthy brain. Item #A4847
SPECT Scan of the underside of a brain damaged by marijuana use. Item #A4850
SPECT Scan of the underside of an active, healthy brain. Item #A4849
SPECT Scan of the brain of a chronic drinker. 11" x 17" Full Color Poster. Item #A4848
The percentage of alcohol in a beverage consumed is what affects the body, not the type of alcoholic drink. The...
Setting a reachable goal is the first step to building confidence, self-efficacy, and positive expectations for the future. The Goal...
Students learn the steps to making responsible decisions and how their decisions can take them closer or further away from...
Setting reachable goals and following through to achieve them is one of the most powerful skills we have to build...
Setting reachable goals and following through to achieve them is one of the most powerful skills we have to build...
Prevention 500 is a fast paced review of the skills and knowledge covered in Too Good for Drugs Grade 6....
Prevention 500 is a fast paced review of the skills and knowledge covered in Too Good for Drugs Grade 6....
In Brain Strain, students apply their Peer Pressure Refusal Strategies in situations involving alcohol. This quick paced game challenges students...
What do you know about the true effects of marijuana and THC use? In this quick-paced cooperative learning activity, students...
To set a reachable goal, it must meet the four Goal Naming Criteria. Students use these brightly colored cards to...
Set of six game pieces in six bright colors and one die for use with various in class activities and...