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Smart Moves

The SMARTMoves (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training) prevention/education program is an award-winning drug and alcohol abuse prevention program. More than simply emphasizing a "Say No" message, the program teaches young people ages 6-15 how to say no by involving them in discussion and role-playing, practicing resistance and refusal skills, developing assertiveness, strengthening decision-making skills and analyzing media and peer influence.

SMARTMoves is unique among prevention programs in that:
It is the only national program that provides solutions
    to the problems of alcohol, tobacco, drug use and teen
    pregnancy in one comprehensive curriculum.
It uses a team of staff, parents, community representatives
    and older Club members and teen leaders to teach valuable
    skills, provide positive peer pressure and positive
    role models.
It actively involves parents and families in the
    prevention effort.
It is incorporated into all Club activities and programs.

SMARTMoves has received many national awards and been:
Recognized as one of 10 exemplary primary
    prevention programs by the U.S. Office of Substance
    Abuse Prevention, the National Association of State
    Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, and
    the National Prevention Network.
Lauded as a premier national prevention program by the
    White House Conference for a Drug-Free America as well
    as the Children's Defense Fund.
Cited for its parent-training component by the Office of the
    Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Human
    Services Administration.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, which includes Americorps, Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America, has partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to fund 10 Native American Boys & Girls Clubs to become pilot sites for the award-winning SMARTMoves program.

That funding will also help start eight new Clubs on Indian lands and strengthen outreach programs at 36 existing Native American Boys & Girls Clubs.




 

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