Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development

April is National Alcohol Awareness Month and we are highlighting SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness, a health promotion program certified as Promising by Blueprints. The program highlights the positive image benefits of an active lifestyle to reduce the use of alcohol, to***co, and illicit drugs by high school students.

Blueprints Programs – Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development A health promotion program that highlights the positive image benefits of an active lifestyle to reduce the use of alcohol, to***co and drug use by high school students in addition to improving their overall physical health.

Check out this article recently published by Aspen Public Radio that discusses new drug prevention strategies being considered by the Roaring Fork School District in Colorado. Blueprints is mentioned as a resource for identifying scientifically-backed interventions that promote healthy habits.

Roaring Fork schools consider new drug prevention strategies, experts weigh in Roaring Fork School District hosted a series of community forums in January to discuss potential substance use prevention strategies with families. Some ideas drew skepticism from youth development and harm reduction experts.

The Nuffield Early Language Intervention was offered to all state primary schools in England as part of a COVID recovery scheme to boost children's language development. Nuffield Early Language Intervention is a Blueprints Promising school-based program designed to improve children's vocabulary, narrative skills, active listening, and confidence in independent speaking. Read more here:

Covid recovery scheme boosts children’s language development ‘by four months’ The Nuffield Early Language Intervention was offered to all state primary schools in England