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About Us FCD Prevention Works leads in substance Early Intervention Health Systems: We offer abuse prevention through our constant consultative training to help schools implement non- Where in the world is… innovation and utilization of the evidence- disciplinary systems for responding to concerns related 29 Crafts Street, Suite 150 based social norms approach to prevention. to potential student substance use. Developing an early Newton, MA 02458 USA We are proud of our worldwide reach and intervention team within a health system can be one look forward to passionately continuing of the most immediate and effective ways to protect to partner with our unique client school students within a school community from substance communities using our effective, tailored abuse before it becomes a health or discipline issue. prevention services. The FCD Student Attitudes and Behavior Intensive Student Education: Our intensive Survey: This 50-question instrument is designed to student education offerings—the core of our work measure students’ actual attitudes and behaviors for four decades—include classroom seminars, regarding alcohol and other drugs, as well as perceptions assemblies, workshops, roundtables, and virtual courses. of behaviors and attitudes of their schoolmates. The We incorporate effective strategies to shape healthy results provide a wealth of data schools can use to student attitudes and behavior. These include changing quantify levels of use, target priorities for prevention, false normative beliefs, delaying first use, providing and challenge the perception that alcohol or other accurate information, helping students to become aware drug use is the “norm” among adolescents. of the consequences of use, teaching students how to intervene, encouraging students to identify pro-social Prevention Assessments: This evaluation of a goals, facilitating discussions that foster self-analysis, school’s or community’s overall prevention efforts addressing known risk factors and protective factors, involves a written questionnaire, individual in-depth and teaching healthy ways to get high. interviews, and focus groups with community members. The result is a written report that provides a picture of Peer Leadership Training: SALSA (Students the community’s current prevention climate, identifies Advocating Life without Substance Abuse) is FCD areas requiring further inquiry, and recommends Prevention Works’ model peer leadership program strategies to strengthen community health and existing for students who have made the healthy choice not comprehensive prevention plans. to use alcohol or other drugs. Reinforced by the social fcd.org norms approach to prevention, the focus of this Comprehensive Prevention Planning: We assist program is twofold: 1) to positively affect the attitudes schools in addressing the myriad of factors that lead [email protected] and behaviors of already healthy young people and students toward or away from substance abuse. By their community, and 2) to teach valuable life skills. supporting and guiding schools in their comprehensive 617-964-9300 prevention efforts, FCD Prevention Works can help Parent and Family Education: Our parent communities create a whole greater than the sum of its prevention education programming, available in-person parts—a school climate that supports and encourages or via web-based meetings, equips families with the non-use and healthy decision making. FCD Prevention Works Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation …FCD? latest, health-based information and skills. We share FCD Prevention Works is the leading international The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is a force of healing how families can be prevention agents in their own nonprofit provider of school-based substance and hope for individuals, families and communities homes, including understanding the essential role FCD Prevention Works knows that each school abuse prevention, consulting, programs, and services. affected by addiction to alcohol and other drugs. In 1976, FCD Prevention Works launched they play in keeping kids alcohol- and other drug-free community has unique needs. Fortunately, with our Since our founding in 1976, we have worked with HazeldenBettyFord.org a pioneering approach to substance abuse during childhood and adolescence. extensive experience, we also know how to pair over two million students at nearly 1,000 schools in community needs with effective opportunities. more than 65 countries around the globe. Our work prevention. Since then, we have worked Professional Development: Our workshops and Our prevention specialists, a diverse set of deeply reaches all age groups, elementary through college, webinars for school personnel offer skills and knowledge, committed, highly trained professionals, are flexible, in a developmentally appropriate manner, as well as with over two million students, at nearly including basic alcohol and other drug prevention versatile, well informed, and eager to help keep the parents and families, faculty, administrators, 1,000 schools, in more than 65 countries, education, new views of prevention science and research, healthy students healthy. staff, and community members who care for them. addressing of common myths, ways to encourage non- on five continents. use, how to handle a student’s possible use, and early intervention health systems training. fcd.org About Us FCD Prevention Works leads in substance Early Intervention Health Systems: We offer abuse prevention through our constant consultative training to help schools implement non- Where in the world is… innovation and utilization of the evidence- disciplinary systems for responding to concerns related 29 Crafts Street, Suite 150 based social norms approach to prevention. to potential student substance use. Developing an early Newton, MA 02458 USA We are proud of our worldwide reach and intervention team within a health system can be one look forward to passionately continuing of the most immediate and effective ways to protect to partner with our unique client school students within a school community from substance communities using our effective, tailored abuse before it becomes a health or discipline issue. prevention services. The FCD Student Attitudes and Behavior Intensive Student Education: Our intensive Survey: This 50-question instrument is designed to student education offerings—the core of our work measure students’ actual attitudes and behaviors for four decades—include classroom seminars, regarding alcohol and other drugs, as well as perceptions assemblies, workshops, roundtables, and virtual courses. of behaviors and attitudes of their schoolmates. The We incorporate effective strategies to shape healthy results provide a wealth of data schools can use to student attitudes and behavior. These include changing quantify levels of use, target priorities for prevention, false normative beliefs, delaying first use, providing and challenge the perception that alcohol or other accurate information, helping students to become aware drug use is the “norm” among adolescents. of the consequences of use, teaching students how to intervene, encouraging students to identify pro-social Prevention Assessments: This evaluation of a goals, facilitating discussions that foster self-analysis, school’s or community’s overall prevention efforts addressing known risk factors and protective factors, involves a written questionnaire, individual in-depth and teaching healthy ways to get high. interviews, and focus groups with community members. The result is a written report that provides a picture of Peer Leadership Training: SALSA (Students the community’s current prevention climate, identifies Advocating Life without Substance Abuse) is FCD areas requiring further inquiry, and recommends Prevention Works’ model peer leadership program strategies to strengthen community health and existing for students who have made the healthy choice not comprehensive prevention plans. to use alcohol or other drugs. Reinforced by the social fcd.org norms approach to prevention, the focus of this Comprehensive Prevention Planning: We assist program is twofold: 1) to positively affect the attitudes schools in addressing the myriad of factors that lead [email protected] and behaviors of already healthy young people and students toward or away from substance abuse. By their community, and 2) to teach valuable life skills. supporting and guiding schools in their comprehensive 617-964-9300 prevention efforts, FCD Prevention Works can help Parent and Family Education: Our parent communities create a whole greater than the sum of its prevention education programming, available in-person parts—a school climate that supports and encourages or via web-based meetings, equips families with the non-use and healthy decision making. FCD Prevention Works Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation …FCD? latest, health-based information and skills. We share FCD Prevention Works is the leading international The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is a force of healing how families can be prevention agents in their own nonprofit provider of school-based substance and hope for individuals, families and communities homes, including understanding the essential role FCD Prevention Works knows that each school abuse prevention, consulting, programs, and services. affected by addiction to alcohol and other drugs. In 1976, FCD Prevention Works launched they play in keeping kids alcohol- and other drug-free community has unique needs. Fortunately, with our Since our founding in 1976, we have worked with HazeldenBettyFord.org