Tulare County Office of Education

CHOICES Prevention Programs

Supporting meaningful connections that provide skill building and development opportunities resulting in resilient youth.

View and print the CHOICES Brochure. (317kb pdf file)

Choices Prevention Programs

The programs offered through Choices are an important part of the academic process. These programs work to negate the risk factors students face in their life. Risk factors are conditions which increase the likelihood of an individual engaging in destructive behaviors. The conditions underlying the problems of alcohol and other drug use, teen pregnancy, delinquency, violence, depression, school attendance and school drop-outs are addressed using research based programs. The Choices staff members work with students, teachers, and administrators to build protective assets and resources that promote student development. They also work to buffer risk factors that might otherwise compromise their personal and academic development.

Choices uses the following research based, model programs:

Too Good for Drugs
Life Skills
Reconnecting Youth
Project Alert
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
Class Action

More information about these programs can be found on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration web site at modelprograms.samhsa.gov/.

View student-created videos on the Student Events and Reconnecting Youth pages.

For more information about the CHOICES Prevention Programs, contact Program Manager Tom Byars at tbyars@tcoe.org or call (559) 651-0155.

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Tulare County Office of Education
CHOICES
7000 Doe Avenue
Building 300
Visalia, CA 93291

Tom Byars , Program Manager
(559) 651-0155
fax: (559) 651-0172

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