Emily’s Hope is dedicated to empowering children and youth to make healthy choices as they navigate the complexities of growing up in today’s world. By employing proven practices in school-based curriculum design, Emily’s Hope ensures that its educational tools are rooted in evidence-based principles. These practices include:

• Defining Clear Learning Objectives: Aligning content with age-appropriate developmental needs and state standards that set the benchmark for educational excellence.
• Engaging Expert Educators and Researchers: Collaborating with skilled professionals to assess and understand students’ needs comprehensively.
• Incorporating Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies: Embedding proven methods into the curriculum’s content and instructional design to maximize learning outcomes.
• Diversifying Learning Approaches: Utilizing a range of teaching methods to accommodate various learning styles and foster inclusivity.
• Promoting Active Student Engagement: Creating opportunities for interactive and participatory learning experiences.
• Ongoing Evaluation and Improvement: Regularly analyzing data and feedback to refine the curriculum and ensure its continued effectiveness.

This dual approach—grounding the design of the curriculum in established best practices and ensuring that the content is supported by emerging, research-based evidence—establishes the credibility of Emily’s Hope’s educational tools as both evidence-based in design and evidence-based in content.