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General SRAE Program Requirements

1. Medically accurate; age, culturally, and linguistically appropriate; trauma informed; and inclusive

• REAL Essentials Alignment for Medical Accuracy, Cultural Competency, and Age-Appropriateness
• FYSB Consolidated Curriculum Medical Accuracy Review of REAL Essentials Advance
• Medical Institute Statement of Medical Accuracy 

2. Evidence-Based strategies

     1. Published Literature

• Summative Evaluation of REAL Essentials 

     2. Systematic core curriculum alignment for effective programs

• Learning Theories Used in REAL Essentials
• 17 Characteristics of Highly Effective Programs
• Search Institute’s latest published findings
• REAL Essentials Advance (ages 14-19) Alignment to SRAE A-F Topics
• REAL Essentials Starting Point (ages 10-13) Alignment to SRAE A-F Topics
• REAL Essentials Advance Sample Scope and Sequence

3. Positive Youth Development Approach

According to FYSB, a Positive Youth Development, or PYD, is based on a body of research suggesting that certain “protective factors,” or positive influences, can help young people succeed and keep them from having problems.

• REAL Essentials Alignment to Protective Factors

A positive youth development approach fosters and promotes: 

✔ Resilience 
✔ Social, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and moral competence 
✔ Self-determination 
✔ Self-efficacy 
✔ Clear and positive identity 
✔ Belief in the future 
✔ Recognition for positive behavior and opportunities for prosocial involvement 
✔ Prosocial norms (healthy standards for behavior) 

Aligned Curricula.

The following curricula meet all of the required critical content components of the READY4LIfe opportunity. 

REAL Essentials Starting Point
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Target Audience
 - 4th - 8th grades

Setting
 - Classroom/Workshop 

Themes
Learning about yourself and others, Healthy friendship development, Understanding cultural influences, Skills for communication and decision making, Goal setting for the future, Puberty science

Available Lessons
 - 59 
 

REAL Essentials Advance
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Target Audience
 - 9th - 12th grades

Setting
 - Classroom/Workshop 

Themes
Effective communication skills; Conflict strategies and problem solving; Decision making and negotiation skills; Friendship, dating, and affection; Preventing sexual assault; Communicating consent; Understanding cultural influences; The benefits of and importance of marriage; Preventing high ACE scores and reducing trauma through developmental assetsLeadership and job readiness

Available Lessons
 - 86 

Template Tools

The following tools can serve as a guide for writing REAL Essentials into your grant.

• Budget templates
• Logic model template
• Sample logic model