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Welcome to SPORT (Alcohol/Drug) Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW)! SPORT PPW is a quick and easy to use positive youth development program for prevention and health professionals who want to prevent substance use/misuse and promote healthy lifestyle behaviors and positive identities among youth. SPORT stands for Substance Prevention Optimizing Resiliency Training.
SPORT PPW has undergone rigorous research evaluating its effectiveness for preventing youth substance use and increasing healthy habits. It is listed as an evidence-based program on the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development, the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) and other evidence-based registries. Furthermore, it utilizes an evidence-based practices screening and brief intervention format recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
SPORT PPW is the only single-session substance use/misuse prevention program designed to increase health-enhancing behaviors including physical activity and sports, healthy eating, getting adequate sleep, and practicing stress control. It can be implemented to youth in groups, individually or virtually in any setting including school, community, health care, sports, recreation, juvenile justice, and at home.
SPORT PPW is founded on the Behavior-Image Model (BIM), a wellness-based framework that targets naturally motivating positive peer and desired future images to increase motivation for change and multiple health behavior goal setting to increase self-regulation skills and self-efficacy of participants.
SPORT PPW is highly flexible and can be used as a stand-alone intervention, or as an add-on component to other prevention, health, sports, fitness, recreation, education, intervention, or treatment programs. While it was created as a universal prevention intervention, organizations across the US and abroad use it as a selective and indicated prevention intervention for high-risk populations.
Your SPORT PPW program comes with a manual (physical or online) and a digital download of all reproducible materials needed to implement your program to countless participants. The SPORT PPW program includes:
1. Step-by-step implementation directions;
2. A brief self-administered youth health and fitness behavior screening survey;
3. Two script protocols for easy presentation of either a group or individual lesson that presents positive image content linking healthy and substance use behaviors;
4. An optional validated screening survey and protocol to assess individual high-risk substance use and refer those youth for additional services;
5. A set of colorful slides with illustrations of youth modeling healthy habits;
6. A goal plan/contract for motivating and initiating multiple behavior change;
7. A 7-Day Calendar Log;
8. Paper or online youth pretest and posttest surveys to evaluate immediate or one-month follow-up program effectiveness;
9. A paper or online Instructor’s Survey to assess the quality of each lesson presentation;
10. A Fidelity Checklist to increase implementation reliability;
11. Healthy Behavior Goal Setting Goals & Tips for implementers and participants;
12. Phone and email program support; and
13. Separate online or onsite certified training workshops to learn how to implement the SPORT PPW program, or train others to implement it, with fidelity and maximum effectiveness.
SPORT PPW takes about 45 minutes to implement and is available in three versions for: 1) High school adolescents ages 14-18, 2) Middle school adolescents ages 10-14, and 3) Elementary school children ages 8-10.
Thank you for choosing SPORT (Alcohol/Drug) Prevention Plus Wellness. We know you will find SPORT PPW an easy, enjoyable, and effective way to promote the mental and physical health, performance and happiness of your youth.
