FMIG Community Opportunities

Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) members can choose to participate in these programs by contacting an elementary school and scheduling a presentation and/or finding other community groups such as a Boys and Girls Club, YMCA, or after-school program to present to.

Sandy Hook Promise

The mission of Sandy Hook Promise is to prevent gun-related deaths due to crime, suicide, and accidental discharge so that no other patent experiences the senseless, horrific loss of their child.

The following programs are simple to implement in your community:
  • Start with Hello encourages a culture of inclusion and connectedness
  • Say Something trains children and teens to recognize signs, especially in social media, of someone who may be a threat to them self or others and to say something to a trusted adult.

Research has proven that Sandy Hook Promise’s Know the Signs programs effectively teach youth and adults how to prevent school violence, shootings, and other harmful acts. Students and educators learn how to identify at-risk behaviors and intervene to get help. These early-prevention measures empower everyone to help keep schools and communities safe.

Each program consists 30 to 40 minutes of student training that can be delivered in-person or online. The  programs also align with Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) competencies for Social-Emotional Learning including relationship skills, social awareness, responsible decision-making, and self-awareness.

For free materials and more information, visit the Sandy Hook Promise website.

CATCH My Breath: Evidence-Based Youth Vaping Prevention Program

CATCH My Breath’s peer-led teaching approach empowers students with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about e-cigarettes and resist social pressures to vape. Informed by tobacco youth prevention researchers and practitioners, years of real world implementation, and a youth advisory board, it is the only school-based program widely used for vaping education in schools proven to reduce the likelihood of vaping among youth.

All presentation materials, videos, handouts, etc. are available on the CATCH website.

Questions?

Please contact Caitlin Laudeman with questions about the above opportunities.