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Prevention & Early Intervention

Our Model in Practice

Peer-to-peer

Kids learn through relationships, shared experiences, and activities with peers.

Evidence-informed

We use the SAMHSA Children’s Program Kit model, updated through research and what we learn from delivering our programs.

Trauma-informed

Suited to each age

We build safety and trust through clear expectations, consistent support, and choice. Kids can take part without pressure to share their stories.

Suited to each age

Language, content, and activities fit how kids
learn and grow.

Strengths-based and
hope-centered

Kids build on their strengths, set goals, and explore ways to reach them with support.

Learning and Growing With Peers

Learning with peers is at the heart of PFO’s model. Kids share ideas, hear different views, and practice new skills together. For kids impacted by addiction, connecting with peers who understand their experiences can help build trust and belonging.
Grounded in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's (SAMHSA) Children’s Program Kit, our evidence-informed, trauma-informed programs help kids understand addiction, build coping skills, find safe support, and make healthy choices.
We offer prevention education for broader groups and focused early intervention for kids when addiction is part of their family’s story.

Partner-Based Intensive Programs

We partner with organizations serving kids and families to deliver our intensive children’s and teen programs.

These programs give kids focused time to learn, connect, and practice skills with peers whose family experiences may be similar to their own.

Discussion, movement, creative activities, and games help kids explore feelings and learn about addiction as a brain disease. They identify safe people, practice ways to handle stress, and recognize choices they can make.

Teens also explore peer pressure, the risks of alcohol and other drugs, and choices that support their health and goals.

We work with partners to plan participation and delivery. Content and activities fit each group’s age and needs.

School-Based Programs

We partner with schools to bring prevention education and skill building to students from prekindergarten through high school.
Our programming is aligned with Oklahoma Academic Standards for Health.
  • Early Childhood, PreK–2nd grade: Naming feelings, finding safe adults, asking for help, and learning ways to cope.
  • Elementary: Understanding addiction, building supportive relationships, handling feelings, and making healthy choices.
  • Middle & High School: Understanding substance-related risks, handling stress and peer pressure, finding support, and making choices linked to personal goals.

School partnerships can reach broader student groups or provide focused support for kids impacted by addiction.

We also partner with alternative education programs, planning delivery around students’ needs and the setting.

A Catalyst for What Comes Next

PFO helps kids build on their strengths during an important chapter of their lives.

Kids learn about addiction, find safe people to turn to, and practice ways to handle stress and make healthy choices.
They set goals and explore ways to reach them, with support when the path gets hard.

These skills and connections help kids carry what they learn into daily life.
That is how PFO helps set change in motion and works to interrupt the cycle of addiction.
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