Grades: 6-12
Erica Macheca, Center for School Health Programs
Education Development Center, Inc.
PO Box 1020
Sewickley, PA 15143-1020
Phone: 800/793-5076, Fax: 412/741-0609
The Teenage Health Teaching Modules (THTM) is a comprehensive health program. The curriculum contains materials on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, and emphasizes resistance, personal, and social skills taught through cooperative and small group learning. Many homework assignments involve families, and optional community service projects are presented.
The program consists of a series of modules, each of which includes a teacher's guide with a detailed framework for conducting classroom activities. Each module contains 6-15 class sessions, 45 minutes long. Certain essential health skills are highlighted in each module including risk assessment, self-assessment, communication, decision making, goal setting, health advocacy, and healthy self-management. The underlying philosophy of THTM is that everything we do or do not do is a statement of who we are; we express ourselves, our values, and our beliefs through behavior. The program provides opportunities for students to recognize that many factors affect health and well-being.
Students from a mix of ethnic and racial groups received instruction seven hours per month for four months. The 7th through 12th grade program youth had a prevalence rate that was 7% lower for the use of alcohol, tobacco, and hard drugs than nonprogram youth.
CASEL,
Promising Program
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Promising Program
National Diffusion Network, 1996
US DOE Expert Panel,
Promising Program