Know!
Know! is a prevention education program from Prevention Action Alliance that gives parents, caregivers, educators, and other caring adults practical information and tools to support young people's health and well-being and prevent substance misuse.
Prevention Resources Made to be Shared
Know! equips prevention professionals, behavioral health specialists, school counselors, educators, and community partners with practical, ready-to-share resources that help caring adults support the young people in their lives.
Use Know! Prevention Tips and resources to reach parents, caregivers, teachers, coaches, mentors, and other caring adults in your community with timely information, conversation starters, and tools that support youth well-being and help prevent substance misuse.
Know! Prevention Tips
Twice-monthly prevention information and practical strategies you can share with parents, caregivers, educators, and other caring adults in your community.
Conversation Tools
Ready-to-use conversation starter decks that help caring adults strengthen connections and have meaningful conversations with young people.
Mental Wellness Resources
Easy-to-distribute pocket cards and bookmarks that provide young people and caring adults with practical strategies for supporting mental well-being.
Know! Prevention Tips
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Supporting a young person's healthy development is an important job, and you don't have to navigate every conversation on your own. Know! Prevention Tips provide timely information and practical strategies that caring adults can use to support young people and strengthen prevention efforts.
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More Know! Resources
Know! goes beyond our twice-monthly prevention tips. Our ready-to-share resources give prevention and behavioral health professionals, school counselors, educators, coalitions, and community partners additional tools to support prevention efforts and engage the caring adults and young people they serve.
From conversation starters that help adults connect with young people to mental wellness resources that can be distributed at schools, community events, health fairs, and more, Know! makes it easy to put practical prevention tools into the hands of your community.
Conversation Starter
Card Decks
52 questions designed to spark meaningful conversations between young people and caring adults. Two decks offer even more topics to explore, with a Spanish-language deck also available.
Mental Health
Pocket Cards
Pocket-sized cards featuring 10 practical tips to help young people support their mental wellness. Great for classrooms, clubs, schools, and community events.
10 Ways to Improve Mental Health Bookmarks
An easy-to-share version of the mental wellness guidance featured on our pocket cards, ideal for schools, coalitions, youth-led prevention programs, health fairs, and community events.
Why Know!?
Since 2005, Know! has helped tens of thousands of parents and teachers and has been relied upon by schools, superintendents, state departments of education, prevention coalitions, churches, and others to support young people’s healthy development. Know! includes free, twice-monthly tips emailed straight to your inbox, a parent workbook, and pocket pals with tips for teens to support their mental health.
We provide Know! Prevention Tips for Everyone free of charge, thanks to the support of our generous donors.
“Know! tips empower adults in our communities to know the role they play in prevention and give them the talking points they need to have these difficult conversations with the young people in their lives.”
To learn more about Know! or how to take advantage of program resources, contact us at (614) 230-4228 or email Contact@PreventionActionAlliance.org.
Stay informed. Start conversations. Support prevention.
Supporting a young person's healthy development is a hard but important job, and Know! Prevention Resources are here to help. Get practical information and resources that make it easier to support the young people in your life or community.