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The
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has
cited the Michigan Model as a CASEL SELECT program in Safe and Sound,
a resource guide available online at www.casel.org. |
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In 2001, the
U.S. Department of Education’s Expert Panel on Safe, Disciplined, and
Drug Free Schools designated the Michigan Model® as one of 44 promising
programs that met the federal criteria for program effectiveness. This
designation allows the Model to be funded with the Drug Free Schools
federal allocation that is made available to all state and local
schools. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSDFS/exemplary01/2_intro2.html |
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The Skillman Foundation initiated an annual evaluation of school-based
prevention programs in 1993. Evaluations were conducted by the
Addiction Research Institute at Wayne State University and multi-year
results were published in 1999. Longitudinal data reported that
improvements were realized in terms of student's knowledge, peer
susceptibility, alcohol and marijuana use with the implementation of the
Michigan Model. |
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Michigan Model Parent Surveys, returned by more than
5,000 families, indicated a high satisfaction with the
program and the opinion of parents, in the
non-representative sample, that the school health program
is having a very positive impact on their children's
behaviors. The Parent Survey, last conducted in 1992, has
been updated and were reintroduced in 1999. |
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A 1998 “Safe
Schools/Safe Students – Guide to Violence Prevention
Strategies” also done by Drug Strategies, Inc.,
rated the Michigan Model as one of the best violence
prevention programs in the United States. www.drugstrategies.com/ |
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Research conducted by Jean Shope, Ph.D. of the University
of Michigan and published in the Journal of Drug
Education, Volume 26, Number 4 – 1996,
demonstrated that the Michigan Model substance abuse
lessons had a statistically significant positive impact
in curtailing rates of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use
in middle school students. |
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A 1996 national program analysis done by Drug Strategies,
Inc. of Washington, D.C. and published under the
title “Making
the Grade”, designated the Michigan Model as one
of the top substance abuse prevention programs in the
United States. The Michigan Model was the only
comprehensive health program to receive this
“A” designation. As a result, the program has
been featured on ABC Evening News, CNN, Good Housekeeping
and Prevention magazines. |
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In a review of research conducted by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services – Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, comprehensive school health
programs represented a cost savings of $14 in health care
costs for every dollar spent in the classroom.
“School Health Programs – An Investment in Our
Nation's Future” 1998. |
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Literature reviews have also demonstrated the
positive impact of school health programs in research
like: “Bridging Student Health Risk and Academic
Achievement through Comprehensive School Health
Programs” Journal of School Health, August
1997, Vol. 67, No. 6 and “The Relationship Between
the Health of School-Age Children and Learning:
Implications for School,” Carol A. Swingle, Ed.D.,
Sept. 1997, Unpublished paper for the Michigan Model. |
