Research based curriculum
Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission, in designing and developing the "On Applebee Pond" prevention curriculum used as its foundation the prevention research that supports the identifying of risk factors and the strengthening of resiliency factors in children.
Curriculum that is targeted for pre-school, elementary and junior / senior high school students
It affords the opportunity to engage the students in prevention education simultaneously.
The curriculum is a creative prevention tool
It is designed as a cross-age teaching mechanism as the secondary level student facilitates the program which aids the pre-school and elementary age child in developing positive life skills.
Curriculum that allows you to set benchmarks and prove results
Pre / post testing and alternative assessment measures are included for this purpose.
Comprehensive Curriculum
Units with accompanying activities allow the students to visually and audibly capture the content, interactively apply the information and demonstrate or model the skill learned.
User Friendly
Materials include puppets, scripted lessons, teacher instructional sheets, accompanying activity pages complete with black line masters for duplication, as well as, pre  post testing tools.