Perspectives Program
A program designed to fill gaps in youth drug education through honest interviews with young adults who have experienced addiction and experts in the field. The self-guided modules allow learners to better understand substance use, addiction, coping, trauma, and more.
Perspectives Program
A program designed to fill gaps in youth drug education through honest interviews with young adults who have experienced addiction and experts in the field. The self-guided modules allow learners to better understand substance use, addiction, coping, trauma, and more.
From the people who brought you
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From the people who brought you This is Not About Drugs Opioids...
…comes a refreshing approach to drug education, designed for and with young adults and teenagers.
Introducing
This is Not About Drugs: Perspectives
Perspectives offers a nuanced and authentic perspective on substance use and addiction.
The youth drug education program presents honest conversations and powerful learning opportunities through online self-guided modules containing interviews with young adults and subject matter experts, peer-based group discussions, and reflection assignments.
By featuring lived experience interviews from young adults, as well as educational insights from substance use and addiction experts, the modules provide both personal narratives and scientific explanations. Perspectives empowers young audiences to engage with the complexities of addiction, fostering empathy, understanding, and informed decision-making to support harm reduction.
- Online modules (15-20 minutes each)
- Group discussion guides (30 minutes each)
- Supplemental activities and assignments (optional)
- Targets youth in grades 7-12, with priority on transitional years
- Companion parent and community programming available
How it works
Perspectives is a unique youth substance use prevention program that allows youth to progress at their own pace, while also bringing them together for larger group discussions with a certified program facilitator.
storytelling
The program uses narrative storytelling to provide context and meaning, making complex ideas more relatable and easy to understand. Storytelling creates an emotional connection, deeper engagement, and helps the youth visualize the concepts in a real-world scenario.
peer-based
Supplementary discussion guides can be utilized to encourage peer-based conversations and learning. Complementary assignments can have youth work together to further research relevant topics.
accessibility
The format of the program allows youth to learn at their own pace, in their own environment and is adaptable for groups without 1-to-1 digital access.
assessment
The program includes a pre/post-survey, which gauges the overall change in knowledge and attitude following completion. In addition, each module will present specific learning objectives; youth will be assessed on their knowledge of these objectives before moving on.
Understand why using drugs as a teenager makes a person more likely to develop addiction.
Recognize various risk factors that can lead a person to choose drug use.
Reduce the belief that substance use can be a valuable coping strategy.
Reduce shame and stigma of substance use and people with addiction.
Recognize physical feelings of emotional responses and identify what makes a coping strategy healthy.
Created in partnership with a
team of experts with input from teens
Teen advisors assisted with the development of the program at each step throughout feedback on curriculum, video production, and platform design. Subject matter experts are featured throughout the modules, providing scientific background for the real-world experiences shared by the young adults in the videos.