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Rise Above Colorado offers interactive, engaging resources to educate & empower teens with necessary knowledge and skills to prevent substance misuse.

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New! Not Prescribed

Not Prescribed empowers teens with science and stories to understand the risks of misusing prescription drugs and the skills to rise above. Participants will explore: 

  • different types of prescription drugs 
  • how the developing teen brain impacts decision-making 
  • healthy to harmful coping strategies 

  • how to make healthy decisions and strengthen well-being in their community 

  • ... and more! 

Not Prescribed includes videos, discussion prompts, interactivity, and practice opportunities to educate and empower young people with critical knowledge and skills. 

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Closing the Gap: Aligning Perception with Reality

Closing The Gap uses data from the Rise Above Colorado Youth Survey to engage teens in important discussions including:

  • the fact that most CO teens are not using substances
  • how our perceptions inform our attitudes, norms & behaviors
  • risk & protective factors
  • the real stressors of being a teen in today’s world & positive coping strategies  

Closing The Gap helps participants better align perceptions with reality and promotes positive community norms. 

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Beyond the Screen: Critical Thinking in the Digital Age

Beyond the Screen empowers teens to better navigate their ever-changing world. It includes opportunities to explore:

  • various types of media
  • media’s subtle & more obvious messages and impacts on mental health & wellness
  • critical thinking strategies to make more informed decisions across their lives
  • positive coping strategies to support mental health & wellness

Beyond the Screen includes data & discussion opportunities for young people to be more skilled at taking in information in a rapidly changing landscape, which will benefit them in a variety of contexts.

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How to Be a Good Friend

How To Be a Good Friend is a low-facilitation, high impact social and emotional learning (SEL) resource that helps teens reflect on & practice what it means to be a good friend. It includes tips on:

  • effective listening
  • having difficult conversations
  • being a supportive friend online
  • connecting self & others to help when necessary

 

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Meth Prevention Lesson

The Meth Prevention Lesson equips teens with facts, tools & resources to better understand:

  • the risks of methamphetamine use
  • skills to make healthy decisions
  • ways to positively influence their friends & peers

The Meth Prevention Lesson leverages MethProject.org, the definitive source on meth and provides participants with engaging, easy-to-use materials.