Self-Guided Prevention Programs

Flexible, evidence-based PPW programs youth and young adults can complete independently online — no live facilitation or staff training required.

Prevention Plus Wellness self-guided programs give schools, colleges, prevention agencies, community organizations, clinics, and families an easy way to deliver engaging substance use prevention and wellness education to youth ages 12–18 and young adults ages 18–25.

Participants complete the program at their own pace using a tablet, Chromebook, laptop, desktop computer, or smartphone. The program can be used individually, in a classroom, in a group setting, or as part of a school, college, clinic, community, diversion, or home-based prevention strategy.

Program Features

• Fun, interactive web-based prevention program for youth and young adults
• Designed for self-guided, classroom, group, or individual use
• Takes about one hour or less to complete
• Includes fully narrated videos, quizzes, games, and interactive activities
• Uses motivational images and wellness tips to promote healthy behaviors
• Includes a downloadable Wellness Goal Plan and Daily Goal Plan Tracking Form
• Provides pretest and posttest survey links to help evaluate program effectiveness
• Offers a Certificate of Completion participants can share with an instructor, provider, or parent
• Accessible anytime, anywhere for maximum convenience and reach
• Requires no provider training before implementation

Evidence-Based PPW Content in a Self-Guided Format

The PPW Self-Guided Prevention Programs present the same evidence-based content and format used in the original SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness programs, delivered in a convenient virtual format.

This allows teachers, prevention providers, counselors, and facilitators to spend less time delivering the program live and more time monitoring participation, goal setting, implementation, and outcomes.

The program follows the same 3-step evidence-based screening and brief intervention model used across PPW programs:

1. Screening youth and young adults to increase awareness of their current health behaviors
2. Presenting positive future image content to increase motivation for change and connect healthy habits with substance use prevention
3. Guiding participants through a multiple behavior goal plan to initiate health behavior change, strengthen self-regulation skills, and increase self-efficacy

Flexible Uses

PPW Self-Guided Prevention Programs can be used as:

• Universal prevention for all youth or young adults
• Selective or indicated prevention for higher-risk participants
• Intervention or diversion programming
• Classroom or group-based prevention education
• Individual assignments in school, college, clinic, community, or home settings
• Supplemental wellness and substance use prevention programming

Instructors may have students complete the program together in a classroom or group setting, or they may provide participants with a link to complete the program independently.

Providers can also extend the program by assigning additional weekly goal-setting activities and daily behavior monitoring to further strengthen self-regulation, self-efficacy, and healthy behavior change.

Easy to Implement

No training is required. However, we recommend that providers complete the program before using it with youth or young adults.

User access keys expire once they reach the expiration date. Additional access keys may be purchased as needed.

Request a Free Preview

Email info@preventionpluswellness.com or call (904) 472-5022 to request a free preview.