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Welcome to

SMART Moves


1. Share your team poster and name three qualities that describe your team.

2. If your team was an animal, what would that animal be?

3. In one sentence, summarize your Club’s current prevention efforts.

4. Assign one person to be your team’s spokesperson.

Team Introductions


Mutual Training Obligations

No drug, alcohol, or tobacco useAttend all sessionsOne person speak at a timeShare experience and challengesActively participate in small/large

group discussionsHave Fun!


Workshop Objectives

1. Understand the philosophy of the SMART Moves Program.

2. Identify the program components.

3. Practice program activities.

4. Draw upon your own experience for adapting the program for your Boys & Girls Club.

5. Determine resources in your community to help support the program.


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SMART MovesProgram Objectives

The purpose of the program is to prevent the onset of alcohol and other drug use and early sexual involvement by young couple.

(We are focusing on the critical developmental years of 6 - 15)


We hope to accomplish this by:

• Increasing participant’s knowledge about alcohol, other drugs and sexuality.

• Increasing communication among staff members, parents, guardians and Club members regarding drugs and adolescent sexual involvement.

• Helping children ages 6-9 develop critical thinking and decision-making skills, develop positive social skills and increase their self-esteem and self-responsibility.

SMART MovesProgram Objectives


• Identify and resist peer and media pressure to use alcohol and other drugs.

• Understand the physical and social change taking place in their lives.

Helping Pre-Teens:

Helping Teens:Develop and improve skills around making decisions, resisting social and peer pressures and coping with the stress of growing up.


and establish a Club/Community environment that supports, motivates and encourages young people to resist drugs and related negative behaviors and become involved in positive, healthy activities.

Promote Community Awareness....


Team Approach

The SMART Moves program uses a team approach involving:

• Peer leaders

• Club staff

• Community leaders


SMART Moves Messages

It’s “cool” and “correct” to:

• Stay drug free

• Avoid drinking alcohol

• Postpone early sexual involvement

• Set positive and healthy personal standards.


Gateway Drugs

• Cigarettes

• Alcohol

• Marijuana


SMART Moves Components

• SMART Operator’s Guide

• SMART Kids• Start SMART• Stay SMART

• SMART Parents• Act SMART• Family Advocacy

Network (FAN) Club

Other SMART Programs:• SMART Girls• Street SMART• Quick SMART


Defining the SMART Moves Program

Component NameTarget age and / or groupComponent goals / objectivesNumber of sessions and designated

delivery timeResources needed


• As a child, who were your role models?

• How did you handle the tough times in your teen years?

• Who did you go to for advice or information?

• Where / who did you get your prevention message from?

Assessing your Community / Club


• HIV / AIDS education curriculum developed by Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the American Red Cross for young people between the ages of 6-17.

In 1980, AIDS was an unknown. Today it is the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 25 – 44 in the U.S.

One fifth of all people with AIDS contracted the disease as teenagers. Teens are contracting the diseases at a higher rate any other age group.


Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome


Facilitation Skill TrainingVisual Aids should be big, bold, and colorfulBe creative with your presentation – (Discover ways to keep your audience interested.)Use icebreakers, interactive games, and situation role

playing Interact with your audience – (Invite their interactive response via verbal

feedback)Establish a comfortable atmosphere for group discussions

– (Utilize personal stories for experience.)


Facilitation Skill Training Cont.Be mindful of room temperature, space, and

acousticsPractice projecting your voice – (Don’t use a

monotone voice)Body language, appropriate attire, and shoe wareExtend mutual respect for your participantsRespect moral convictions / belief of participants

and their familiesBe honest and factual in your responseBe prepared and on time


“SMART Moves”Teach Back Prep

Select a curriculum that fits the needs of your community.

• Select an activity from your chosen curriculum.

• Take notice of the activity’s purpose.

• Discuss with your Prevention Team, the best way to present the information provided.


“SMART Moves”Teach Back Prep Cont.

Create a ten (10) minute presentation for delivery to all training participants.

Each team member should play an active role in the presentation.

On a sheet of paper, submit to the trainer,Name of Curriculum Selected

Session and Activity Number

Name of your Prevention Team


Processing Teach Backs

• How did you feel about what you did?

• What other ways might you accomplish the same goals?

• How might you do this presentation differently at your club or community?


Resources

Sharon HemphillSenior Director, Health and Life Skills

Boys & Girls Clubs of America(404) 487-5826


Resources Cont.Supply Services Department

Boys & Girls Clubs of America(404) 487-5701

****************American Red Cross****************

State Prevention Resource Center****************

Governor’s Alliance Against Drugs****************

State Department of Health Services


-21 Steps to Running a Successful SMART Moves Program -

1. Must Read SMART Operators and SMART Resources Components.

2. Order additional manuals or resources. (if necessary.)3. Assess the needs of your clubhouse and community.4. Select the SMART Moves component that fits those needs.5. Establish an Action Plan that includes input from all Prevention

Team members.6. Calculate a Program Budget. (What will it take to run your ideal

quality program?)7. If necessary, Approach your Administrative Office and / or

Board of Directors for: approval / additions / revisions of Program Implementation, Policy,

or Procedures formation of an organizational Policy on Sex and Health

Education

*Developed by DeVon Bryant



8. Explore a $5,000 to $15,000 Fundraising Strategy.9. Research and build a Program Resource Library.10. Generate a pool of donors for Giveaways / Incentives.11. Develop a Program Recruitment / Retention Plan.12. Administer an In-service Staff Training and / or a Peer

Leader Training.13. Inform Parents and Community about the program.14. Incorporate a schedule of “Program Participants Only”

events: trips, activities, and community-wide events

15. Promote program consistency – (Same time, day, and designated space.)

16. Map Out a Mobilization Strategy for Parents / Volunteers / Community Stakeholders




17. Publicize your program and its activities via: Flyers / Posters / Brochures / Community (PSA’s) / Talk Radio

Interviews18. Arrange a program-ending Recognition Ceremony which

should include: T-shirts / Certificates / Medals / Trophies for participation

19. Manage a Program Evaluation via Participant Pre-testing, and Post-testing.

20. Design the format schedule for the next program rotation.21. Re-visit, Refine, and Refresh any item on this list where

there is a need. Program Planning should be on going and all-inclusive. Be

Creative



Action Planning for Success

Select a date, time, and place for your next Prevention Team meeting.

Brainstorm possible additions to your Prevention Team.

Develop a recruitment strategy for who will contact these individuals.

Each member must finish the following sentence in an open discussion.– “As a part of this team, I need ________ from

my teammates in order to contribute to the success of this program”.


The four-member implementation team here today will:

Action Plan

1. Establish a date, time and place for the next meeting.

2. Brainstorm possible additional team members to complete the Prevention Team.

3. Develop a recruitment strategy for who will contact these people.

4. Set the parameters for the Prevention Team. How often will they meet? Where? When?

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