Program Curriculum
PATH-AT provides 12 weeks of after-school education (1.25 hours weekly) for 7th and 8th graders using multiple pathways to engage and empower youth in the community. Designed with the low income and predominantly Latino/ Hispanic target population in mind, PATH-AT focuses on the assets of participants, employing a youth-led program to change peer norms by building skills in a supportive environment.
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
PATH‐AT presents a combination of WAIT (Why Am I Tempted?) Training (produced and marketed by WAIT Training in Denver, Colorado) and culturally relevant, curriculum based short plays (developed by Enrichment Works) that communicate integral elements of the A‐H abstinence curriculum. The WAIT curriculum focuses on the social science of what it takes to have healthy relationships.
The curriculum teaches students:
- Leadership skills
- Communication skills
- Character development
- Decision making
- Conflict resolution
- Anatomy & STDs
- Safe dating strategies
- Conflict resolution and problem solving
- Media literacy
- Personal power and self regulation
- Healthy relationships
- Prevention of pregnancy and Sexually transmitted disease
- Teen to parent communication Positive youth development and assets
- Boundary setting
- Assertiveness training
- Managing peer pressure
- Life mapping and future orientation
Physical Fitness and Nutrition
Active Me, developed by Center for Healthier Communities, promotes physical fitness and nutrition among 7th and 8th grades students. Play performances by Enrichment Works help enhance program activities.
- Physical fitness
- Dance Routines
- Team Building Activities
- Outdoor exercise activities
- Alternatives to junk food
- Making healthy snacks
- Media pressure
- Sports-related mini-plays
Theater Arts
PATH‐AT commissioned, through Enrichment Works, the development of eight short age‐appropriate abstinence‐themed plays written by multi‐cultural seasoned playwrights. Professional actors with costumes, props and backdrops perform these culturally relevant plays as integral elements of the A‐H abstinence curriculum.
Play titles and authors:
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An About Face by Adriana Rogers
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Camping by Chelsea Hackett
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Genital Knowledge by Myle Nye
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Nino and the Principal’s Daughter by Joyce Lee
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Pier and Press by Chris Hart
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Reality TV by David Prather
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Risky Behaviors by Tom Smith, and
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The STI’s by Ian Patrick Williams
