Welcome, Parents
Empower Your Child with Emily’s Hope Substance Use Prevention Curriculum
Discover how our innovative, age-appropriate program equips your child with the tools to make healthy choices.
What sets Emily’s Hope apart?
Together, we can help your child make informed decisions, develop resilience, and resist the dangers of substance use throughout their life.
Engaging Characters
Aligned with Standards
Conversation Starters
How can we best help you?
For Parents of Students Taking the Curriculum
Your child’s school has partnered with Emily’s Hope to implement an Substance Use Prevention Curriculum. This 8-lesson curriculum seeks to support educators with age-appropriate substance and substance use lessons. The educational series aims to educate children on the effects of substances on the brain, body, and life to promote healthy choices. Individual lessons address the science, social and health aspects of substance use, as well as dealing with the difficult emotions and wellness of the entire family.
Emily’s Hope Prevention developers integrate animated characters throughout the curriculum. The animated characters allow for easier implementation of difficult topics. Students should relate to the characters, making the connections to their behaviors and struggles more relevant.
Emily’s Hope Prevention materials align with the South Dakota Content Standards for Health Education. Further, Vivek Anand, MD worked closely with the committee, and his experience working with children and addiction medicine was relied on heavily throughout the process. I encourage you to read the letter of support from Dr. Anand. His knowledge and experience leave little doubt about this curriculum’s impact on our children.
Finally, we encourage you to have open conversations with your student about what is being discussed in these lessons and also want you to know that your school is here as a resource for you should difficult questions arise.
Learn about the program
Gain insights into our research-backed curriculum, including the topics covered, learning objectives, and teaching methodologies.
Access Resources
Find valuable resources designed to support parents in fostering healthy choices and open communication with their children, such as guides, tips, and expert advice.
Stay involved
Learn how to actively participate in your child’s education, reinforcing the lessons learned in the classroom and promoting a healthy home environment. We’re working to add additional resources to help continue the conversation at home. Check back!
Support Emily’s Hope
Learn how to actively participate in your child’s education, reinforcing the lessons learned in the classroom and promoting a healthy home environment.
Emily’s Hope is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to removing the stigma of substance use disorder through awareness, education, and prevention; and removing financial barriers for treatment and recovery.
For Parents Interested in Bringing the Curriculum to Their School
Understand the benefits
Discover the advantages of implementing Emily’s Hope’s comprehensive substance use prevention curriculum in your child’s school.
Advocate for change
Access a sample letter to present to your local school administrators, expressing your interest in bringing Emily’s Hope’s curriculum to their school.
Support Emily’s Hope
Emily’s Hope is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to removing the stigma of substance use disorder through awareness, education, and prevention; and removing financial barriers for treatment and recovery.
Your donation can make a lasting impact by providing students with the essential knowledge and tools they need to make healthy choices and prevent substance use.
Homeschools
Understand the benefits
Discover the advantages of implementing Emily’s Hope’s comprehensive substance use prevention lessons in your homeschool curriculum.
Collaborate with educators
As a homeschool educator, you will have access to the same Teacher Hub portal as K-12 teachers across the country.
Support Emily’s Hope
Emily’s Hope is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to removing the stigma of substance use disorder through awareness, education, and prevention; and removing financial barriers for treatment and recovery.
Your donation can make a lasting impact by providing students with the essential knowledge and tools they need to make healthy choices and prevent substance use.