Too Good Programs - Mendez Foundation

On February 15, 2014, 1,700 kids participated in the Too Good for Drugs Junior Gasparilla Distance Classic at the University of Tampa. Congratulations to all the champions for healthy living! Special thanks to the City of Tampa, the Gasparilla Distance Classic Association, Inc, and the staff of the Mendez Foundation.

http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2013/oct/20/middle-school-and-high-school-students-get-new-hea/

Steamboat Springs Chooses Too Good for Drugs Steamboat Springs High School and Steamboat Springs Middle School are implementing a brand-new health curriculum with the help of a $40,000 state-funded grant. The group’s overwhelming consensus was an evidence-based curriculum called “Too Good For Drugs.”

http://www.currentargus.com/ci_23249869/too-good-drugs-and-violence

Too Good for Drugs and Violence Before their transition into middle school, Carlsbad's fifth grade students undergo a year-long Too Good for Drugs and Violence class taught by Carlsbad Police Cpl. Tony Baca. On Saturday, the students decorated floats and participated in a parade to publicly show the community their decision to liv...

Study Confirms Too Good for Drugs Program Reduces Student Drug Use & Strengthens Protective Factors Associated with Pro-Social Behavior and Academic Success
https://www.mendezfoundation.org/catalog/view/theme/mendez/files/Evaluation%20Studies/Research_Summary_TGFD_Middle_Study_2013_March.pdf

An independent evaluation of the Too Good for Drugs school-based prevention education program demonstrates the program’s effectiveness in reducing past month smoking, alcohol consumption, binge drinking, and ma*****na use among high risk 6th graders.

The study also showed positive effects on mitigating risk factors and promoting protective factors for high risk students such as intent to use alcohol, to***co, and other drugs, peer resistance, bonding with pro-social peers, and perception of the harmful effects of drugs. The study also found that Too Good for Drugs had a positive impact on moderate risk sixth grade students’ drinking, binge drinking, and ma*****na use as well as on two risk and protective factors: peer resistance and self-efficacy. The evaluation also demonstrated Too Good for Drugs had significant effects on low risk students in three risk and protective factors associated with preventing substance use: goals and decisions, peer resistance and self-efficacy.

"Pam Foster, a prevention specialist, said the Too Good for Drugs curriculum is an evidence-based model program that has proved effective... 'It's making a difference,' Foster said."

http://www.whig.com/story/21528527/blessing-hospital-donation-saves-anti-drug-and-alcohol-program-in-adams-county-schools

"According to state testing, 91 percent of Adams County students in the sixth through 12th grades are not using to***co and 79 percent do not drink alcohol. Foster said that's better than at any time in her 10 years as a drug and alcohol awareness educator."

"Too Good for Drugs targets children in the fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth grades. It involves 45-minute programs brought to county schools once a week for 10 weeks. The program reaches nearly 1,000 students every year."

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