| Kids on the Block This program is offered at the 6th grade level and currently offered to all Hall County and Gainesville City Middle Schools and Lakeview Academy. KOTB is a puppet drama designed to help students think and talk about the choices and values involved is sex and teen pregnancy and to stimulate conversation between young people and their parents about their family values regarding this issue. |
Programs
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| Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Inc. |
| 9th Grade Classroom-Based Education This program is an 8-session classroom-based model utilizing the Choosing the Best Journey curriculum. It is currently offered to all Gainesville City, Hall County and Lakeview Academy 9th grade students. It is designed to encourage healthy and safe relationships and responsible decision making among teens. Choosing the Best empowers young people to make safe and positive choices. Lessons that are covered include: Setting Goals, Making the Best Decisions, Avoiding Pregnancy, Avoiding STDs, Developing the Best Relationships, Choosing Abstinence until Marriage, Overcoming the Pressure and Being Assertive. |
| SmartGirls This program was developed in response to numerous requests from middle and high school counselors, who were alarmed at the pregnancy rate of incoming freshman girls. This program was initiated several years ago and is offered to Gainesville City, Hall County Schools and Lakeview Academy. These small group style sessions are designed to promote abstinence, address the issues of appropriate and inappropriate sexual behavior, the consequences of early sexual involvement (including pregnancy, STI's), decision- making and life-skills training. |
| WiseGuys This program is a prevention based education program aimed at decreasing the rate of teen pregnancy in Hall County. It is offered to middle and high school young men in seventh through twelfth grade. |
| Pregnant and Parenting Support and Education Groups This program is offered to all Hall County and Gainesville City School students who are either pregnant or parenting. These groups are designed to encourage the students to complete high school, reduce subsequent pregnancies, ensure healthy pregnancies and babies, improve parenting skills and reduce early childhood abuse. |
