Prevention works best when it becomes part of the school culture—not a one-time presentation. Parents Lead can be woven into the everyday places where students, staff and families already connect.
I’d organize the page around four areas:
In the classroom
Bring prevention into everyday learning and student interactions.
- Use Parents Lead classroom activities and conversation starters
- Build social-emotional and decision-making skills into lessons
- Use everyday moments to talk about healthy choices, coping and relationships
- Incorporate prevention into health, advisory or other existing classes
- Encourage students to identify trusted adults and sources of support
In your policies and practices
Look at how your school’s policies support prevention and student well-being.
- Review substance use and behavioral health policies
- Make sure expectations are clear and consistent
- Consider how discipline practices support connection and help-seeking
- Include prevention and behavioral health in school improvement planning
- Make sure students and families know where to find help
Build a prevention-minded school
In programs and activities
Use things your school is already doing as opportunities for prevention.
- Back-to-school events
- Red Ribbon Week
- Parent-teacher conferences
- Student clubs and activities
- Sports and extracurriculars
- Staff meetings and professional development
- School newsletters and announcements
With families
Make Parents Lead part of the way your school communicates with parents and caregivers.
- Share conversation starters in newsletters
- Send resources home with students
- Include Parents Lead at family events
- Share resources during conferences
- Add Parents Lead to your school website or family resource page
- Encourage families to keep conversations going at home