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The Courage to Speak® Foundation received the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Service to Science Award to enhance the evaluation capacity of the innovative and promising programs.

Evaluation Results

Yale University: Courage to Speak Drug Prevention Program Grades 4-6

  • Effective at increasing knowledge and perceptions of harm regarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD).
  • Significant effect on parental communication about the dangers of drugs.
  • Positive effect on refusal skills learned.
  • Beneficial effects on increasing intent to avoid alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Dubay Horton: Courage to Speak Drug Prevention Program Grades 4-6

  • Increased student understanding of ATOD risk.
  • Increased ability to personalize the risk.
  • Increased coping strategies and assets to avoid use.

Yale University: Courage to Speak Drug Prevention Program Middle School

  • Significant increases in youth’s communication with parents about substance use.
  • More conversations about drugs, rules, avoiding risk, movies, and peer situations.

Yale University: Courage to Speak – Courageous Parenting 101®

  • Significant increases in general communication with their child.
  • More communication specifically about drugs.
  • Greater knowledge of children’s lives.
  • Better recognition of warning signs.
  • Higher confidence in knowledge of ATOD.
  • Higher confidence they could intervene and prevent use.
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