KACM: Keep A Clear Mind

Grades: 4-6 with parents

Contact: Michael Young
Health Education Projects Office
University of Arkansas
Phone: 501/575-5639

KACM: Keep a Clear Mind is a parent/child substance abuse prevention program for families with children in grades four through six. This home-based program uses a correspondence format and consists of four weekly lessons on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and tools to avoid drugs. KACM's overall goal is to increase parent/child communication regarding drug prevention and to develop specific youth beliefs and skills to refuse and avoid drug use. The program also helps modify both children's beliefs regarding peer drug use and their ability to resist peer pressure to experiment with drugs.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Model Program, (PDF), 2000