Prevention Services
NEPRC & WHY
Prevention Services
NEPRC & WHY
Project ALERT
Project ALERT is a free classroom-based substance abuse prevention curriculum for grades 7-8 students that has been proven to reduce the experimental and continued use of drugs. Through a series of comprehensive lessons, Project ALERT motivates students against drug use, cultivates new non-use attitudes, and equips teens with the skills and strategies they’ll use to resist drugs.
Teachers can be trained in Project ALERT through the online self-paced training. Lesson plans are web-based and downloadable. These lesson plans also include supporting videos and posters. Project ALERT includes:
Fourteen eReader lesson plans
Eight online interactive student videos
Twelve projectable classroom posters
Online teacher training
A certificate of training completion
Toll-free phone support and online technical assistance
An electionic newsletter
Project ALERT lessons have been aligned to the SD Language Arts Core Content Standards.
Click to access the Project ALERT Curriculum Alignment