TEEN TRUTH PLUS, the next evolution in youth development and building safer schools, combines the life changing TEEN TRUTH LIVE Experience with the powerful youth empowerment PLUS PROGRAM developed by veteran educator John Vandenburgh. This comprehensive 2-Day event will begin by reaching your entire student body with TEEN TRUTH LIVE’s powerful school-wide assembly experience. Upon completion of the assembly experience, 30-50 handpicked students from every social facet of your campus will receive the PLUS youth leadership training. These student leaders will learn how to implement activities to identify and respond to the critical issues that threaten your school culture. Each school will be receive a comprehensive TEEN TRUTH and PLUS Program Development Curriculum to use as a guide to keep the campus development consistent and sustainable. After TEEN TRUTH PLUS visits your campus your empowered leaders will use the knowledge of your campus issues to connect the entire student body and drive proven school climate change.
TEEN TRUTH LIVE: BULLY & SCHOOL VIOLENCE is an interactive, multi-media assembly experience that combines motivational presentations with a 22-minute film that was created by students. The award winning film, TEEN TRUTH: BULLY & SCHOOL VIOLENCE, focuses on social issues that can lead to serious consequences while the presentation challenges students to think about how their reactions to these issues impact the lives of those around them. Using storytelling, humor, real world examples and audience participation, TEEN TRUTH LIVE: BULLY & SCHOOL VIOLENCE teaches students to identify the different forms of bullying, understand how bullying can lead to serious consequences, and motivate students to stop bullying from happening in their school.
TEEN TRUTH LIVE: DRUGS & ALCOHOL is an interactive, multi-media experience that incorporates a motivational presentation with a 22-minute film that was created with the help of students. The multi-award winning film, TEEN TRUTH: DRUGS & ALCOHOL, focuses on the social issues that can lead teenagers to use drugs and alcohol and the serious consequences teenagers may face when using illicit substances. Using storytelling, humor, real world examples and audience participation, the speaker educates students about the dangerous consequences of drugs and alcohol, motivates the students to think before using, and empowers them to take an active role in preventing drug and alcohol use from occurring in their community.
TEEN TRUTH LIVE: BODY IMAGE & SELF ESTEEM is an interactive, multi-media experience that incorporates a motivational presentation with a 22-minute film that was created with the help of students. Funded in part by four leading non-profit organizations focused on educating the public about body image issues, TEEN TRUTH: BODY IMAGE & SELF ESTEEM presents a raw look at girls in their quest to be skinnier, boys trying to get bigger and stronger, and the ever growing issue of compulsive eating. Using storytelling, humor, real world examples and audience participation, the speaker educates students about the serious consequences of a negative body image. Issues covered in this presentation include eating disorders, performance enhancing drug use, binge eating, and obesity. This gripping presentation challenges the audience to think more about this secretive issue and find the REAL beauty in themselves and others. A portion of the proceeds of this program will benefit each of the four non-profit organizations featured below.
THE SCHOOL SAFETY ROADSHOW is a program designed to unite district, school, and community stakeholders in order to develop connected school environments. This unique 2-day event, the result of a partnership with The California Association of Directors of Activities (CADA), provides insight, training and real tools that will enable educators to foster safer school communities by uniting their students. Day 1 features the award winning TEEN TRUTH LIVE: BULLY & SCHOOL VIOLENCE experience, a sixty (60) minute panel discussion highlighting experienced community leaders and valuable insight from local resources. In addition, each attendee is given a customized SCHOOL SAFTEY ROAD MAP that provides a blueprint to build a safer school. Day 2 focuses on a Leadership Development Day for activities directors and key student leaders who participated in Day 1. The curriculum centers on skills related to team-building, effective communication, experiential learning, and attracting students to leadership. Studies prove that schools with connected students are safer, have higher test scores, lower dropout rates, and are more efficient learning environments.
