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ThinkFirst Boston provides three age specific programs to increase the awareness and knowledge among children so an effective foundation for prevention can be established and later reinforced.
ThinkFirst for Kids: designed to enhance student's interest in learning by using four interactive components: 1) a brain and spinal cord injury prevention curriculum, 2) an animated cartoon, 3), a set of five comic sheets (one per safety topic), and 4) a set of five full -color classroom posters that reinforce messages presented during classroom instruction.
Think First for Youth: comprised of formal curricula - one for fourth through sixth grades and the other for seventh and eight grades. Each curriculum is built upon the same six modules featured in the Think First for Kids.
ThinkFirst for Teens : focuses on decision-making skills and aims to empower teens and young adults by providing life-saving information.
Our goals for these programs are to reduce the number of children who sustain brain and spinal cord injuries later in life, positively alter individuals' attitudes about prevention, and encourage young people at high risk for sustaining traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries to "ThinkFirst" before engaging in risky behavior.
Since 2004, over twenty-five hundred children, teenagers and allied health professionals have attended ThinkFirst Boston injury prevention programs.
ThinkFirst Boston is a school-based program offered by Children's Hospital Boston free of charge to schools in Boston and surrounding neighborhoods. The program is intended to teach first through third graders about preventing injuries to their brains and spinal cords.
This is part of a national effort, which was so successful in California that it was adopted as part of the school curriculum and is a required course for all elementary school children.
Contact Melissa Twomey at 617-355-5400 to learn how Children's can bring ThinkFirst Boston to your school.
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