Too Good for Drugs[TM]. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report

What Works Clearinghouse. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://whatworks.ed.gov/

Y

16

Teaching Methods; Narcotics; Community Involvement; Peer Influence; Cooperative Learning; Class Activities; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Drug Use; Drinking; Parent Participation; Role Playing; Program Descriptions; Prevention; Student Behavior; Values; Student Attitudes; Program Effectiveness

"Too Good for Drugs"[TM] is designed to promote life skills, character values, resistance skills to negative peer influence, and resistance to the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The program, which targets elementary and middle school students, is based on classroom discussions and structured activities that center on interactive learning and skill-building exercises. Students engage in role-play and cooperative learning games and are encouraged to apply the skills to different contexts. "Too Good for Drugs"[TM] also includes the optional elements of parental and community involvement. Two related programs are addressed in the intervention reports on "Too Good for Drugs and Violence" (high school) (ED493435) and "Too Good for Violence" (K-8) (ED493440). Two studies of "Too Good for Drugs"[TM] met the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards. These studies, which included nearly 2,500 students in grades 3, 4, and 6, attending 12 elementary and middle schools in Florida, examined results on students' behavior and knowledge, attitudes, and values. "Too Good for Drugs"[TM] was found to have potentially positive effects on students' behavior and no discernible effects on students' knowledge, attitudes, and values. Appended are: (1) Study Characteristics: Bacon, 2000 (randomized controlled trial); and (2) Study characteristics: Bacon, 2003 (randomized controlled trial). (Contains 4 footnotes.) [The following studies were reviewed in this intervention report: (1) Bacon, T. P. (2000). The effects of the Too Good for Drugs prevention program on students' substance use intentions and risk and protective factors. "Florida Educational Research Council, Inc., Research Bulletin," 31(3 & 4), 1-25; and (2) Bacon, T. P. (2003). Technical report: Evaluation of the Too Good for Drugs Elementary School Prevention Program. A report produced for Florida Department of Education Department of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Tallahassee, FL. Available from: The Mendez Foundation, 601 S. Magnolia Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606.]

ERIC

Yes

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=517

2006

ED493434