“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.”
IMAP LIFE Series
Drug education and awareness program
Welcome to the IMAP (I Make a Plan) family page.
IMAP is an interactive program that gives parents and guardians the tools to discuss serious topics with ease. Parents and guardians become the teacher through the use of short visual aid lessons. The step-by-step lessons include topic discussion notes, colorful images, videos, worksheets, and more. Families begin by watching the IMAP video, which sets up the purpose and reason for this program. Then parents guide their children through ten drug education topics. Students learn the importance of planning ahead to avoid the impact of drug use/abuse while becoming comfortable discussing these serious topics.
The Importance of Early Drug Education
Today, social media delivers messages that can be confusing for our youth. If we do not participate in educating youth about life, someone else will, which can cause negative impacts on their learning and understanding about the dangers of drug use.
According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics (NCDAS):
- 86% of teenagers know someone who smokes, drinks, or uses drugs during the school day
- 50% of teenagers have misused a drug at least once in their lifetime
- 43% of college students use illicit drugs
How IMAP Helps
IMAP uses a “road trip” planning analogy to bridge conversations between parents and kids. Life is like a road trip. Therefore, we need to plan and prepare as crisis prevention.
Offering early drug education provides our youth with the why and the how to say NO to drugs.
Discussions on drugs and alcohol become less effective once a teen has already started using substances. It is better to provide them with a plan on how to say NO to prevent their drug use in the first place. IMAP also explains the medical condition Substance Use Disorder/Addiction and how overdose can take lives.
The IMAP program is designed to be shared with kids as young as 4th grade and is the same program taught in many schools today. Even if your school does or does not offer drug education and awareness, Susán made the IMAP program available directly to all parents, guardians, and families who want to take drug education into their own hands or as partners with their schools.
PREVIEW A LESSON
Click here for free access to the Alcohol Lesson 1 presentation.
Get Started with IMAP for Families
IMAP Family Plan Pricing
For as little as $8.33 a month, families can subscribe to the IMAP Life Series.
One-year subscription plans:
Annual Plan $100 (1 installment) - SUBSCRIBE NOW
Monthly Plan $10 (12 installments) - SUBSCRIBE NOW
*Pricing for family single use only. Please visit the Schools|District page for enterprise subcriptions.
