CATCH My Breath is an evidence-based youth vaping prevention program for grades 5-12 that has been proven to substantially reduce students’ likelihood of vaping. The vape education program’s effectiveness was published in a peer-reviewed journal and the program is listed in SAMHSA’s Evidence-Based Resource Guide Series.

Program-specific outcomes:

• Decreased substance use (e-cigarettes)
• Increased student knowledge of health and risk (e-cig)
• Improved perception of substance free lifestyle (e-cig)

Changemakers: A Social Emotional Learning Curriculum, offered by The Momentous Institute, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades Pre-K-5 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades K-2. Translated materials for Changemakers are available in Spanish.

CHARACTERplus Way provides an organizational approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 6-12 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 8 and 11.

PurposeFull People, offered by CharacterStrong, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL and offers programming for grades Pre-K through 5. A CASEL-approved evaluation demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grades 2-5. PurposeFull People integrates social and emotional learning and character education into lessons accessed via an interactive online portal. Program materials are offered in English and Spanish.

CharacterStrong’s PurposeFull People Elementary Curriculum is an evidence-based PreK – 5th grade curriculum that integrates the teaching of social-emotional competencies and character strengths. PurposeFull People focuses on supporting students to acquire and apply 3 foundational social-emotional competencies: Emotion Regulation Skills, Social Skills, and Executive Functioning Skills. In addition, the social-emotional competencies are integrated with 10 foundational character traits: Kindness, Courage, Respect, Responsibility, Perseverance, Empathy, Cooperation, Creativity, Honesty, and Gratitude. CharacterStrong’s PurposeFull People includes vertically-aligned curricular content with a total of 36 weekly lessons at each grade level. PurposeFull People was built to provide an adaptive and flexible approach to lesson delivery through 3 implementation plan options (flexible, daily, or weekly).

CharacterStrong provides multiple training opportunities to support fidelity of curriculum delivery and low-burden, high-impact practices. Whole-staff training is offered virtually or in-person for initial implementation and for sustaining implementation of the PurposeFull People elementary curriculum. The training lasts 3 hours and focuses on supporting educator motivation, skills, and self-efficacy to deliver the curriculum with fidelity. Also embedded in the curriculum platform are online orientation modules to introduce the purpose and functionality of the curriculum in 30 minutes or less. CharacterStrong also hosts an On Demand PD platform that includes courses on student behavior, mental health literacy, adult SEL, and a comprehensive whole-staff training on research-backed practices that support well-being, belonging, and engagement. Included in purchase of the curriculum, leaders have access to a self-paced Implementation Roadmap that guides them through research-backed implementation strategies including those focused on teaming, data-based decision-making, and utilization of cues and prompts for adult behavior change.

CharacterStrong’s Secondary Curriculum, offered by CharacterStrong, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL for grades 6-12. A CASEL-approved evaluation demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grades 6-8. The program uses an online platform with an extensive teacher-facing activity library and focuses on building SEL competencies through lessons, projects, generalization, and educator modeling. Student- and family-facing content is available in Spanish.

Circle of Education, offered by delibrainy LLC, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL with academic integration for literacy. It includes programming for grades Pre-K-1 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in Pre-K. Translated materials are available in Spanish.

City Year’s Whole Child Whole School Model provides an organizational approach to SEL. It offers programming for grades K-12 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 3-9. This program is facilitated through AmeriCorps members.

Competent Kids, Caring Communities, offered by the Ackerman Institute for the Family, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It offers programming for K-5 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grade 4.

Connect Science provides a lesson-based approach to SEL with academic integration with science. It includes a 4th Grade curriculum that can be adjusted to be appropriate for 3rd and 5th graders and demonstrated evidence of effectiveness at the 4th grade level.

Conscious Discipline provides organizational and teaching practices approaches to SEL. It includes programming for grades Pre-K-5 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at Pre-K. Translated materials for Conscious Discipline are available in Spanish.