Comprehensive Prevention Programming is designed to decrease risk and lay an educational foundation that discourages specific dangerous or maladaptive behaviors before they occur. With knowledge of health and/or psychological risks of these issues, we equip scholars to make more empowered choices in their lives.

Red Ribbon Week: Uplift Education participates in the national Red Ribbon Week campaign, held each year from October 23-31. Each campus participates in a variety of age-appropriate activities to encourage scholars to avoid substance use and engage in healthy behaviors.

Bullying Prevention: Bullying Prevention Month at Uplift Education is held in October of each year and includes opportunities for staff, scholars, and parents to learn about bullying prevention efforts across the network.

Child abuse and Domestic Violence Prevention: Uplift is dedicated to ensuring a safe environment for our scholars to succeed through prevention and awareness of child abuse, neglect, and family violence. Scholars and staff will have to opportunity to learn about safeguarding their well-being through prevention lessons provided by their Social/Behavioral Counselor.

Human Trafficking Prevention: According to Texas Education Agency, human trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transporting, or procurement of a person for labor or services for the purpose of involuntary servitude, slavery, or forced commercial sex acts. While human trafficking is a global problem, it is also a Texas problem. To spotlight this prevalent issue, Uplift education provides age-appropriate content to scholars to bring awareness.

Teen Dating Violence Prevention: Social/Behavioral Counselors present awareness and prevention lessons every year to secondary scholars on teen dating violence. In addition to the lessons many of the Social/Behavioral Counselors coordinate activities during Teen Dating Violence Awareness month in February, including educating staff to highlight this critical issue.

Suicide Prevention: Suicide prevention helps school staff and scholars recognize those that are at risk of suicide and intervene effectively. Secondary schools will have the opportunity receive key age-appropriate content on mental health promotion by the campus Social/Behavioral Counselor.

To view Scope & Sequence of lessons and obtain additional information, please visit the Social/Behavioral Counseling Services webpage.