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Title IV - Student/Staff Programs

PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) is a K-6 program shown to improve protective factors and reduce behavioral risk across a wide variety of types of elementary school-aged children. It enhances social competence and understanding in children.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is offered by area law enforcement officers to all public and private fifth grade classes and in selected seventh grades.

Project Toward No Drug Abuse is a highly interactive, research-based program designed to help high school youth resist substance abuse. The twelve lessons include motivational activities, social skills training, and decision-making components.

The New Mexico Model for Conflict Resolution through Peer Mediation is used in middle and high schools to improve school climate and enable students to solve their problems in a peaceful, confidential manner.

Natural Helpers involves peer helpers who are trained, along with adults, in early intervention/prevention techniques as they develop proactive programs based on student-identified needs.

Project Alert  is a 14-lesson program for grades 6-8 that is designed to prevent or curb drug use initiation and the transition to regular use.

Life Skills Training is a research-based classroom program designed to address a wide range of risk and protective factors by teaching drug resistance skills and information, self-management skills, and general social skills. It is a 3 year program for elementary and a 3 year program for middle schools targeting grades 3-8.