In today's world, protecting our youth from violence can feel like an impossible task. However, there are many ways to positively influence young people to prevent violence before it even happens.
Building a solid foundation for young people to confidently stand on and stand-up against violence starts with you and your community. To construct an effective violence prevention program, you don't need a background in prevention or education. Together with schools, community organizations, hospitals and more, you can build violence prevention programs that help foster safe environments for the youth in your community.
Safety through Education and Prevention
Informed, educated young people have the power to end the cycle of violence and save lives. At Hazelden Betty Ford, we have the proven effective tools your community needs to prevent violence in various forms starting when behavioral patterns begin to take shape. Here are just a few of our comprehensive, evidence-based violence prevention programs:
The Class Meetings That Matter program provides a school year's worth of classroom-based curricula for all grade levels with engaging, age-appropriate, and grade-specific activities, discussion ideas, and handouts to reduce bullying and create a safe school environment.
Safe Dates
This evidence-based program helps teens recognize the difference between caring, supportive relationships and controlling, manipulative or abusive relationships.
Harnessing science, love and the wisdom of lived experience, we are a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by substance use and mental health conditions.
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