Empowering Students for Healthier Choices
Free Program for Lasting Well-Being
Build Skills. Create Plans. Achieve Success.
Our FREE student program equips participants with the tools and strategies they need to make better choices — choices that support their health, well-being, and future success.
Through four personalized sessions—offered one-on-one or in small groups—students will:
Learn healthy coping skills to handle life’s challenges
Identify positive alternatives to risky behaviors
Create personalized action plans for a successful future
Parental or guardian consent is required for enrollment, ensuring each student has the support they need at home as well as in the program.
Helping Teens Thrive Without Substance Use
Healthy coping skills today mean a brighter, safer tomorrow.
Teens today face more pressure than ever, and without healthy coping skills, many turn to risky behaviors that can harm their mental and physical well-being. Conversaciones de superación offers a free, four-session program to help students replace harmful habits with personalized, positive strategies for handling life’s challenges.
Download our information sheet to learn the alarming statistics—and how this program can make a difference for teens in our community.
Implementation Data and Statistics
In the 2025-2026 school year, Coping Conversations became the first step to addressing vaping violations in Anderson County, Oak Ridge, and Clinton City Schools. This program has demonstrated strong outcomes and measurable impact. During the 2025–2026 school year, more than 125 students successfully participated in the program. Program evaluation indicates a significant reduction in repeat vaping violations. Of the more than 125 students who completed the program, only five received a subsequent vaping-related referral, representing a 96% success rate in reducing recidivism.
Train-the-Trainer Cohort
Interested in training prevention specialists, providers, or your organizations for implementation?
Our long-term vision is for Coping Conversations to become Tennessee’s leading evidence-based, school-centered prevention and early intervention program that integrates substance misuse prevention, mental health support, and individualized coping skill development into a scalable model for schools, juvenile justice systems, and other youth-serving organizations. By creating a model that is both research-driven and community-informed, we aim to improve outcomes for young people while providing other communities with a proven framework that can be adapted to meet their local needs.
Each person will receive a manual complete with everything you’ll need to implement Coping Conversations successfully from an email to school administration to programmatic implementation sessions, and everything we’ve included in our “Coping Kit”.
