Full Course Description:  

This course will provide school staff and prevention professionals with the certification to implement the following Prevention Plus Wellness Curriculums:

• Opioid Prevention Plus Wellness (5^th to 12^th Grade)
• Marijuana Prevention Plus Wellness (5^th to 12^th Grade)
• SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness (Elementary, Middle, or High School)

Participants will be provided with the curriculum guide, PowerPoint slide deck, pre-test and post-tests, and handouts necessary to implement all three PPW programs with fidelity.

About Opioid Prevention Plus Wellness:

• Opioid Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) is the only single-session screening and brief intervention designed to promote wellness behaviors and prevent opioid use disorder (OUD) among adolescents and young adults at risk for OUD.     
• Opioid PPW is an easy to use evidence-informed program that prevents opioid misuse and promotes protective physical activity, healthy eating, sleep and stress control habits.    
• Opioid PPW targets naturally motivating peers and desired future wellness behavior images to increase goal setting to improve multiple health behaviors.  
• Opioid PPW can be implemented to participants in-person or online in 50 minutes using a script and PowerPoint slides.  

About Marijuana Prevention Plus Wellness:

• Marijuana Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) is a one-session screening and brief intervention designed to promote active, healthy and cannabis use -free lifestyles among youth.
• Marijuana PPW is an easy to use evidence -informed program that prevents cannabis use and promotes protective physical activity, sports, healthy eating, sleep and stress control habits.
• Marijuana PPW targets naturally motivating peer and desired future wellness behavior images to increase personal goal setting to improve multiple health behaviors and positive identity. 
•  Marijuana PPW can be implemented to youth in -person or online in 50 minutes using a script and slides.

About SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness:

• SPORT (Alcohol/Drug) Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) is a one - session evidence -based screening and brief intervention that prevents substance use and promotes physical activity, sports, healthy eating, sleep and stress control among youth.
• SPORT PPW cues naturally motivating peer and desired future wellness behavior images and links substance use as harming personal goals to achieve positive behaviors and identity.
• SPORT PPW can be implemented in one 50 -minute session to achieve broad public health reach and comes with optional parent materials.
• Youth learn to set and monitor goals to avoid substance use and increase protective wellness behaviors improving mental and physical health and self-regulation skills.