Too Good for Drugs and Violence (TGFD & V)

Too Good for Drugs and Violence was found to have positive effects on students’ knowledge, attitudes, and values.

Too Good for Drugs and Violence is designed to promote high school students’ prosocial skills, positive character traits, and violence- and drug-free norms. The curriculum consists of 14 core lessons and an additional 12 lessons that can be infused into other subject areas (such as English, science, and social studies). Students engage in role-play and cooperative learning activities and are encouraged to apply the skills to different contexts.

The program includes optional family and community involvement components that may or may have not be implemented as part of the program evaluated. Two related programs are addressed in the intervention reports on Too Good for Violence (K–8) and Too Good for Drugs™ (K–8).

One study of Too Good for Drugs and Violence met What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards, and one study met WWC evidence standards with reservations. These studies, which included nearly 700 students attending six high schools in Florida, examined results on students’ knowledge, attitudes, and values.