psi’s Prevention & Intervention initiatives are implemented in over 200 schools yearly throughout Ohio, and have touched the lives of over 100,000 students since 1991.
Research-based programs are offered for all grade levels, K through 12, and can be designed for a wide array of time parameters, including after school. We offer both nationally recognized programs and unique psi programs, where curriculum and trained professionals give personalized attention targeted at both student and school growth.
Initiatives
1. Life Skills Training Program: Laying the foundation for students to succeed
Building self-esteem, decision-making, communication, assertiveness training, and social skills.
- Research-based protective factors proven to reduce tobacco, alcohol and other substance abuse are implemented.
- Designed for 3rd and 4th grade students in nine weekly sessions
2. REACT: Managing Anger and Conflicts Successfully
- Reduce incidents of gossiping, taunting, and bullying.
- Anger management, conflict resolution, successful decision-making, and problem-solving.
- Designed for 4th and 5th grade students in twelve weekly sessions
3. Bullies to Buddies!
- Chosen by the Safe and Drug Free Schools Expert Panel.
- Empowering bystanders to act responsively, improving middle school discipline and reducing potential violence. Special emphasis is placed on the three roles—aggressors, victims, bystanders.
- Easy to implement, cost-effective, proven to work.
- Uses victim-proofing, NOT bully-proofing.
- Designed for 6th and 7th grade students in twelve weekly sessions
4. Teens Resisting Violence: Safer teens, safer schools
- Teaches safe responses to threats and weapons.
- Promotes skills to peacefully manage anger.
- Reinforces anti-bullying behavior.
- Empowers students to stop violence before it starts.
- Develops awareness of the societal effects of aggressive misconduct.
- Designed for 7th and 8th grade students in nine weekly sessions
5. Successful Teen Living: Healthy teens—Safe teens
- Improving school climate and safety
- Expanding knowledge of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs and their effects.
- Developing a mature understanding of teenage relationships
- Improving both decision-making skills and assertive behavior.
- Designed for 7th and 10th grade students in a nine-to-fifteen week, flexible program
6. Pro-Peer Training: Team building for student leaders
- Empowers students to act responsively, improve discipline and school climate, and reduce the cycle of bullying and violence.
- Peer Mediation develops leadership skills.
- Team Building develops active listening, rapport-building and problem-solving
- Designed for 7th through 11th grade, one day training of six hours for 10-30 students.
7. Positive Peer Group Classic: Engaging students to school
- For at-risk students in a small group setting,
- Fosters positive identification, developing social skills and character traits, and taking personal responsibility. Managing conflict, bonding to the school community, and strengthening academic goals.
- Designed for 6th through 11th grade, 10 to 12 per group, in twenty weekly meetings.
8. Positive Peer Group: Anti-bullying program
- Whole classroom instruction.
- Fosters identification with a positive peer group
- Builds personal and social responsibility.
- Focus on managing conflict responsibly and bonding to the school community.
- Designed for 6th through 11th grade with fourteen weekly meetings
9. JOURNEYS: Helping girls to safely navigate adolescence
- Develops self-discipline for healthier lifestyles.
- Teaches successful decision-making.
- Develops independence skills and responsibility.
- Develops confidence and self-esteem.
- Designed for 6th through 11th grades.