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Manatee County Children's Services
Youth Substance Abuse Prevention
Program EvaluationProgram Plan Report
Agency: United Community Center
Program: B.A.D. (Building Alternatives to Drugs)
Needs Assessment/Outcomes Design Match
Outcomes Design/Outcome Data Match
Comprehensive Programming/Program Process
Target Population: All enrolled participants, 5-8 year old. All kids in that age group participate. Older kids go to a different program.
Number of Participants Served: 95 last quarter.
Main Goal(s): Preventing youth substance abuse.
Activities Conducted or Services Provided: 30-minute classes with alternative activities, behavior skills instruction, and knowledge instruction.
Qualifications/Credentials of Prevention Specialists: Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) license. One prevention specialist has been to Mendez curriculum training, annual Prevention Conference, clinical training at Manatee Glens.
General Approach: Classroom setting. Role-playing, group discussion, hands-on activities, cooperative groups, alternative activities, homework help, lecture.
Schedule of Activities: Four days a week (Monday-Thursday). Students divided into two classes each day, 30 minutes each. 10 week session.
Reinforcement: Yearly.
Academic Support: Outside of B.A.D., homework time and reading. Kids read at or below grade level. “Bookfest” on Saturday has reading aloud. “Bring Literature to Life” event. Book Mobile once a month. Computer Lab. State-certified educators do tutoring, FCAT preparation.
Substances Addressed: Alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, prescription drugs.
Constructive/Healthy Alternatives to Substance Abuse Offered or Promoted: Not as part of B.A.D.
Opportunities for Youth Participation in the Community: None.
Knowledge about substance abuse addressed? Yes. Attitudes about substance abuse addressed? Yes. Substance abuse behavior addressed? Yes. Refusal skills/peer resistance taught? Yes. Negative media messages addressed? Yes. Stress management/anger control/self-control addressed? Yes. Decision-making skills/critical thinking addressed? Yes. Self-esteem addressed? Yes. High and positive life goals promoted? Yes. Self-efficacy/sense of personal power/personal optimism promoted? Yes. Other issues addressed? Feelings, emotions. Communication. Opportunity for youth leadership with peers or in community? No. Only in Peer Empowerment Program (PEP), youth advisory board, peer mediators (transition). Recognize program participants for achievement? (e.g., awards, celebrations)
Yes. Awards.
Needs Assessments Done: Parent needs assessment (family), pretests, online tools.
Evidence Target Population is At-Risk: Participants and their families/caregivers are from an at-risk neighborhood. (demographics).
Highest Priority Risk Factors (from Online Tools):
(Children under 9) Social skills (handling pressure, leadership), education and learning problems, impulsivity.
Outcomes from Online POM Database: Increased knowledge. Increased Skill.
Targets from Online POM Database: 65%, 65%.
Replicated Program? Yes.
Theory: (From the website http://www.mendezfoundation.org/educationcenter/tgfd/index.htm)
“Too Good For Drugs™ (K–8) is a school-based prevention program designed to reduce risk factors and enhance protective factors related to alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) use among students. Too Good For Drugs™ (K-8) has a separate, developmentally-appropriate curriculum for each grade level. Each curriculum builds on earlier grade levels, an instructional design which enables students to learn important skills sequentially and retain them year after year.
Too Good for Drugs™ (K-8) builds five essential life skills:
• goal setting
• decision making
• bonding with pro-social others
• identifying and managing emotions
• communicating effectivelyEach complete, easy-to-use Too Good for Drugs™ (K-8) grade level kit includes:
• teacher’s curriculum with ten 30- to 60-minute lessons
• 50 student workbooks
• clear, measurable objectives
• colorful, attractive materials
• evaluation tools
• teacher tips
• parent components
• lesson extenders
Evidence Basis
Assessments or data sources: Pretests/posttests, observation checklists. Indicator: “Students will increase or maintain a positive level of knowledge regarding the negative effects of substance abuse.”
“Students will be able to exhibit a minimum of 4 resistance skills learned during the class.”
Needs Assessment/Outcomes Design Match
Increased knowledge and skills is partly matched to risks identified: social skills (handling pressure, leadership), education and learning problems, and impulsivity. However, the resistance skills are a better match.
Some outcomes that would be relevant to the risk factors identified are apparently addressed by this agency outside of this particular program (such as education and learning problems).
Outcomes Design/Outcome Data Match
Pretest/posttest scores for knowledge and skills are matched to outcomes.
Prevention Program Theory/Evidence-Based Programs Match
Too Good for Drugs is a nationally replicated substance-abuse prevention program. It is a SAMHSA model program.
Calculations of Cost Effectiveness
No evidence was provided on program cost-effectiveness.
Submitted Action Plan
Followup on the Action Plan is suggested.
Also suggested is the development of more measured outcomes related to the other identified risk factors.
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