Frequently Asked Questions

• What research is Right Choices™ based on?
  The structured learning approach (adapted from Arnold Goldstein's and others work) has shown the greatest promise for true transfer of training as evidenced by many studies. (Available upon request)

• Is Right Choices™ teacher friendly?
  Yes! There are many great theory books on social skills training (usually tucked away on shelves) that have only led to teacher frustration. Right Choices™ has conquered the biggest stumbling block to getting an effective decision making program implemented - the acting! It's threatening to most teachers and kids to do modeling and role playing, so we created an entire year's curriculum on videos with supporting materials using real kids and real teachers.
  
  The secret of Right Choices™ success is the entire year's lessons are all video driven and contain reproducible materials for scripted plays for kids to read, real life scripts, posters, etc., which are all included in the Kit. Even the Teacher's Manual is simple to use without any prior planning.

• Will the Right Choices™ Program add to the teacher's workload?
  No! It's all done for you! Just pop in the videos and hand out the materials!

• Why do we need Right Choices™ now?
  Schools, teachers, parents, juvenile justice and communities alike are increasingly recognizing that increases in behavior problems must be addressed and corrected, to the extent possible, now before the problems snowball and get out of hand with potentially serious results.
  
  Parents, particularly, are demanding more school concern, action and help. They applaud schools taking a more pro-active approach to address the problem.
  
  Even schools which have not been conscious of significant discipline problems, are now recognizing that events can occur, that can have serious consequences. Right Choices™ provides a positive way to reduce and even eliminate potential occurrences, increasing peace of mind for teachers, while reducing stress in and out of the classroom.

• What will Right Choices™ do for our school environment?
  Right Choices™ has a proven track record of demonstrated effectiveness in reducing conflict/aggression referrals by 50%.
  
  It also produces a more pleasant climate conducive to learning by reducing divisive and stressful confrontations between students and between teachers and students on a daily basis.

• Will Right Choices™ be helpful to parents?
  The Program helps students develop the social skills necessary to make an easier transition to mature adulthood, a result bound to win parental approval as they see results, in the home, from the school training.
  
  Parent involvement committees have strongly endorsed and funded Right Choices™ and Help! I Have A Teenager™, a video driven parenting program that trains the parents and the community to speak the same language and thus complete the transfer of training. This program can be made available to parents through school libraries or PTA meetings, seminars, etc.

• How can this program be funded?
  Schools and Districts across the country have used the following sources:

  • Safe and drug free school grants

  • Character education

  • Parent involvement and school improvement committee funds

  • Chapter 1 funds

  • Exceptional Education funds

  • PTA and PTSA

  • Community and business partnership funds not only purchase the program but supply prizes for the school wide raffles.