Classroom and after school community activities:

Howe Elementary School Principal and a fifth-grade student who speaks about the positive impact of a visiting CADE specialist.

CADE prevention specialists spend at least one day/week in their assigned schools (K-8th grade), and also teach in after-school programs and PAL centers. Only proven research based curricula and materials are used. The main curriculum is "Here's Looking at You" (HLAY). HLAY features age appropriate teaching tools including puppets, games and videos. "Get Real About Violence" is one of CADE's newest curricula. Student-on-student violence is on the rise in many of our schools and CADE is repeatedly called upon to provide crisis intervention for the School District of Philadelphia. CADE'S latest program initiatives include single gender groups for boys and girls, called Boys to Men and Me Myself, I, respectively. Student participants are identified by teachers and counselors as being at risk for conduct disturbances and poor academic performance. In small group settings, students are empowered to take personal responsibility for their lives and actions, while using their strengths in constructive ways.