Preventing Adolescent Aggression

Respect That Action Guide

This guide inspires teens to respect that healthy love means setting boundaries, practicing consent, and speaking up against abuse

Healthy Masculinities Toolkit

The NM Healthy Masculinities Toolkit is a collection of community-informed tools designed to spark conversations, challenge harmful gender norms, and promote self-awareness and healing. It invites users to reimagine masculinity in ways that foster healthy relationships and thriving communities

Prevent Youth Substance Use

CDC’s ENGAGE resource outlines six evidence-based strategies to prevent youth substance use by strengthening families, schools, communities, and healthcare systems. It offers adaptable approaches, backed by research, to delay initiation, reduce risks, and build supportive environments for youth well-being.

Mental Health Support for Black Families

This study by the Child Mind Institute and The Steve Fund explores the mental health experiences of Black families and youth, highlighting barriers to care and offering strategies to improve access, equity, and cultural responsiveness

Coaching for Change

Training programs to help athletic coaches promote positive social change

Pride Peace Prevention

Social norming campaign to cultivate a positive racial identity and foster community dialogue in order to reduce youth violence

Place Matters

Paper examining how the built and natural environments interact to shape lifelong physical and mental health

Getting Together for Social Justice

Variety of resources to address the root causes of all forms of violence

Connected Kids

Equips pediatricians to address violence prevention with families throughout stages of childhood and adolescence

Bloom365

Educates and activates young people to cultivate healthy and safe relationships

Expect Respect

School-based program designed to promote safe and healthy teen relationships

Take a Stand for Healthy Relationships

Teaches students how to recognize healthy behaviors in relationships and how to ally for themselves and others

Head Start Trauma Smart

Promotes systemic trauma awareness in communities, teaching resiliency and practical lifelong coping skills

Keep Connected

Workshop series designed to help families navigate middle school and prepare for teen years

Coaching with Courage

Training module to support coaches in creating a positive sports culture and fostering healthy relationship skills

Start with Respect

Promotes positive male behavior with tips for young men on how to start a respectful relationship with women

#AMAconSentido

Campaña de prevención con Sentido se centra en la prevención de la violencia entre parejas jovenes

The Mask You Live In

Film follows boys & young men as they negotiate America’s narrow definition of masculinity

The Freechild Project

Impressive and inspiring database collection of youth-led activities occurring all over the world

Dating Matters

60-minute online course for those interested in improving teen health

Live Respect

Program to help mentors educate and encourage middle and high school boys to examine their attitudes and beliefs about masculinity

Teaching Tolerance

Resource for educators who want to promote diversity, equity and justice

Open Minds to Equality

Activities to help students address inequalities based on race, gender, class, age, language, sexual orientation, ability, and religion

Our Gender Revolution

Explores concepts of gender and inequality to engage young people as social change agents

Stand4Respect

Social marketing campaign to engage adults and youth in conversations about respectful relationships

Engaging Men on Campus

Lessons from OVW Campus Program grantees' experiences fostering men as allies in prevention

WholeSomeBodies

Curriculum for adults who have children and youth in their lives to prevent sexual violence

DO YOU

Project designed by youth-serving professionals and prevention specialists to build resilience among teens

How's Your Relationship?

Conversation cards to spark discussions about healthy relationships

Youth Activist Prevention Toolkit

Toolkit for youth activists to prevent teen dating violence in their communities and schools

Voices Against Violence

Curriculum designed to empower girls and boys, young women and young men to be leaders, to speak out and take action

Helping Teens Stop Violence

Prepares adults for working with young people to address violence and oppression

Shifting Boundaries

Middle school-based program to promote healthy boundaries and prevent sexual harassment and dating violence.

Respect Works!

Comprehensive four step approach to preventing dating violence on and off campus

Lessons from Literature

Designed to extend and enrich the core curriculum for literature

Exploring Masculinity and Violence

Findings and recommendations from a participatory learning and action project

Ugly Ducklings

Anti-bullying action campaign for LGBTQ youth

Strength Campaign

Highly flexible, adaptable and multi-faceted public education and social marketing campaign

The Fourth R

Middle school curriculum designed to promote healthy and safe dating, peer relationships, and substance use

Making Allies, Making Friends

Prepare young people to build a healthy multi-cultural community and prevent violence

Making the Peace

Program for helping high school students build safer schools, relationships, and communities

Coaching Boys Into Men

Program for athletes promoting personal responsibility and respect

Prevención de la Violencia Juvenil

Analiza la efectividad de prácticas específicas en cuatro áreas principales

Mentors in Violence Prevention

Leadership program emphasizing the role of students as empowered bystanders