NTC’s Flip the ‘Script leverages:
Creative engagement strategies and arts-integrated lessons that activate the power of storytelling to raise awareness about opioid misuse
Data-driven and targeted school outreach methods that reach students in K-12 communities with effective messaging
Proven, data-driven targeted school outreach methods to reach students in K-12 communities with effective messaging
FLIP THE 'SCRIPT
A K-12 opioid misuse awareness and prevention educational program
FLIP THE ‘SCRIPT integrates social emotional learning with arts-integrated, story-based learning techniques to teach K-12 students about:
- Opioid awareness
- Harm reduction
- Opioid misuse prevention
Using an evidence-based structure, Flip the ‘Script supports students in developing essential healthy life skills and social emotional well-being as a foundation for opioid misuse prevention and harm reduction. Each grade band program is designed to be age-appropriate and engaging for students’ developmental level.
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What does Flip the 'Script look like
for each grade band?
HIGH SCHOOL Focus
At the high school level, students are engaged in a series of 15 learning modules over the course of seven weeks that include videos, lessons, quizzes and reflection questions.
The modules are tied to a creative written or video essay scholarship contest designed for students to personally connect with the learning material and demonstrate that connection through creative ownership.
Lessons include:
- What opioids are and how they affect the brain
- Risks of misuse and the path to addiction
- Recognizing and responding to an opioid overdose
- Strategies for prevention and building healthy coping skills
- Accessing resources and getting help
The high school program platform can be tied to further learning and community resources, reinforcing students’ ability to make informed decisions and support peers in their communities.
MIDDLE SCHOOL Focus
At the middle school level, students participate in a shared six-week classroom experience that leverages social norming to engage with a series of 18 learning modules that include age-appropriate, story-based videos, digital lessons, quizzes and reflection questions.
- Social emotional learning, peer pressure, and healthy communication
- Definition and medical purpose of opioids and the risks of misuse
- Addiction as disease, how to recognize addiction and the risks of fentanyl
- Recognizing and responding to an overdose
- Healthy alternatives and coping strategies for stress and pain
- How to build resiliency skills
- How to break the stigma of addiction and support a friend in need
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Focus
The elementary school Flip the ‘Script program consists of a memorable, story-based performance delivered through an all-school assembly format and followed by age-appropriate teacher-led classroom lessons and supporting educational materials. The elementary program is split into two grade bands, Grades K-2 and Grades 3-5.
Educational points for Grades K-2 include:
- Uses of medicines
- Medicine is not candy
- Medicine is only provided by trusted adults
- “Good” drugs and “bad” drugs
- Making healthy choices
- Practicing communication and refusal skills
- Dealing with peer pressure
- Personal safety
The elementary program includes social emotional learning videos with arts-integrated, learning that each end with an art assignment to reinforce each educational point.