The only elementary prevention curriculum that’s proven to increase children’s awareness of how underage alcohol use affects the brain.

This evidence-based, NREPP-recognized curriculum is a unique collaboration between MADD and Hazelden. It draws on the latest research to make understanding
brain development accessible and enjoyable beginning with first grade. Here’s what else makes PY/PM unique:

• It focuses on the child and not on the substance.
• It stresses the difference between how alcohol affects adults and how alcohol affects youth.
• It begins early, before the onset of alcohol use.
• As a universal prevention program, PY/PM is designed to reach large numbers of students, not just those at high risk for alcohol use.
• The Lessons
  Eight lessons are repeated sequentially for each grade level. Content is reinforced from year to year as it parallels student cognitive and social development. The lessons include
• Our Brain
• Growth and Development
• Health and Safety
• Rules and Laws
• Friends
• Choices and Decisions
• Media Awareness
• Communications

The Research
Students who have received PY/PM show

• a 51% increase in vehicle safety skills, such as refusing a ride with a driver who
  has been drinking
• a 56% increase in knowledge of alcohol’s effects on brain development
• a 9% increase in awareness of media messages about alcohol

Learn more about this program online at hazelden.org/pypm.