The 8th grade HGD curriculum is taught during Science and the 6 sessions are taught by Prevention Works.
Values
Relationships
Bullying
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Substance Abuse
Decision Making
Day 1: Values
Students will identify personal strengths and values
Students will determine personal reasons for not giving in to negative pressures and influences.
Day 2: Healthy Relationships
Students will increase their ability to identify healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationships.
Students will increase their understanding of how to deal with difficult relationships.
Day 3: Bullying Prevention
Day 4: Sexual Health
Students will identify facts about sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Students will increase their perception of risk/harm related to sexual activity.
Students will increase perception of benefit related to abstinence.
Day 5: Substance Use
Day 6: Decision Making
Students will review information and skills learned in sessions 1-5.
Students will increase their understanding of internal and external pressures and simulate in the moment decision-making.
Students will demonstrate refusal skills for risky situation.