• Alcohol 101 Plus
• Alcohol 101 for High School Seniors
• Blood Alcohol Educator
• Brandon and Tony Silveria Presentations
• Brandon Tells His Story
• NCAA Speak Up! Talking to Athletes About Alcohol
• Parents, You're Not Done Yet
• Prom Night Tips for Parents
• Promising Practices: Campus Alcohol Strategies
• Ready or Not: Talking with Kids About Alcohol
• Additional resources

Ready or Not: Talking with Kids About Alcohol

Developed as a community program in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Ready or Not helps parents and other adults prevent underage drinking problems among middle-school age children (ages 10 to 14). The program includes a 30-minute video illustrating five concrete steps adults can take to prevent illegal underage drinking and a facilitator kit for use in workshops or at home. Spanish-language Sin Rodeos®: Hablando con los niños sobre el alcohol and Native American adaptations are available.  more» 

Brandon and Tony Silveria Presentations

This high school program features Brandon Silveria, a permanently disabled young man who crashed his car after having a few drinks at age 17. Brandon and his father Tony tour America's high schools full-time to educate students about the dangers and consequences of teen drinking. Tony and Brandon have presented their story to over to one million students to date.

Despite his permanent and visible speech and walking disabilities, Brandon delivers a compelling message to teens about the dangers of drinking and driving. Brandon's proactive efforts to educate teens and encourage responsible decisions continue to make an impact at schools across the country.  more» 

Brandon Tells His Story

This half-hour video and accompanying classroom activity guide bring Brandon's story to high-school students across the country. In 1995, the video won the education field's prestigious Chris award and in 1996, it won a FREDDIE first-place in the American Medical Association's International Health & Medical Film Competition.  more» 

Alcohol 101 Plus

In the spring of 2003, The Century Council released Alcohol 101 Plus, an innovative, interactive CD-ROM that aims to help college students make safe and responsible decisions about alcohol.

Set on a "virtual campus," the new program combines the best features of the original award-winning Alcohol 101 with new content designed to address the problems of specific at-risk populations in college settings: First-year students, Greeks, Athletes, and Judicial policy offenders.

Each segment explores special issues and decisions regarding alcohol for students in each of these groups.

Recognizing that the issue of drinking and driving continues to be critical among college-aged students, Alcohol 101 Plus dedicates a segment to the dangers of drinking and driving, as well as the very real, long-term negative consequences of getting behind the wheel when impaired.

From the challenges of hosting safe and responsible parties in a Greek setting, to the special peer pressures that athletes and first year students face, this product provides students and educators thoughtful and realistic scenarios for reflection and discussion.

By demonstrating the negative outcomes of decisions to misuse alcohol and providing healthy alternatives, Alcohol 101 Plus encourages students to maintain personal safety and think through situations involving decisions about drinking. The program also clearly indicates that not drinking alcohol is a socially acceptable alternative.  visit the website» 

Alcohol 101 for High School Seniors

Alcohol 101® for High School Seniors is an interactive CD-ROM program with a companion Educator's Guide designed to aid Educators in preparing students to make informed choices about alcohol.

By demonstrating the negative outcomes of bad decisions and by providing safe and healthy alternatives, Alcohol 101 for High School Seniors encourages students to maintain safety and control in situations involving alcohol. During the program, students can make a wrong choice and see the consequences through the safety of their computer screen. Then they can replay the scenario and make a responsible decision.  visit the website» 

NCAA Speak Up! Talking to Athletes About Alcohol

The Speak Up! program was created through the efforts of Dr. David Anderson, George Mason University, Tim Clark, Lori Hendricks and Mary Wilfert of the NCAA, student-athlete participants at the NCAA 2001 Leadership Conference, NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Coordinators and The Century Council.

The program is designed in a discussion group format with a facilitator guiding students through an educational video. The discussion groups are focused on the importance of making responsible decisions about alcohol and the different scenarios student-athletes face on campus. The program utilizes several media approaches including video clips from The Century Council's Alcohol 101 program, video clips of The Century Council's Blood Alcohol Educator program and the March Madness PSA.  more» 

Parents, You're Not Done Yet

"Parents, you're not done yet" is a program with materials in both English and Spanish designed to encourage parents of incoming college freshmen to discuss college drinking with their kids before they leave home and during the first weeks of the school year. With input from educators, alcohol policy administrators and other higher education professionals, The Century Council created and has distributed more than two million free brochures to over 1,300 colleges.  more» 

Prom Night Tips for Parents

Proms and graduations are a time of celebration, yet sometimes they end in tragedy due to careless and irresponsible decision-making regarding alcohol. Throughout the year and especially during prom season, parents, students, and community leaders should work together to promote the only responsible decision — to not drink alcohol — so that proms and graduations across the country will end happily.

Parents, ask yourself these questions: Does your child have a plan for the evening and do you know it? Who is driving — if it's a limo, have you checked their policy on allowing alcohol in the vehicle? Have you discussed the school's prom rules with your child and the consequences for violating them?

The Century Council has created Prom Night Tips for Parents to provide safety tips for parents of prom-goers. You can read and print out the twelve safety tips. You can also send an animated e-card to friends and family to help spread this important message.   read the tips» 

The Blood Alcohol Educator CD-ROM

This is an educational credit card sized CD-ROM program for adults which is available in English and Spanish. The Blood Alcohol Educator (BAE) is an interactive CD-ROM that educates the user on how their personal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level rises based on their gender, weight and number and type of drink.

Once in the program's "virtual bar", the user can select from a variety of drinks to determine their BAC level and a clock calculates how long it will take for the user's BAC level to return to normal. In a continuing effort to increase the program's outreach, the Council's 13-foot colorful truck, outfitted with the English and Spanish logos of the BAE, travels across the country. The BAE Cybervan has visited 35 states, distributed over 100,000 CD-ROMs free of charge, and driven over 78,000 miles. The BAE CD-ROM was designed in partnership with the University of Illinois.  visit the website» 

Promising Practices: Campus Alcohol Strategies

The interactive Promising Practices Web site (www.promprac.gmu.edu) contains the text of the Sourcebook and connects directly to campuses and resources cited in these materials. In addition, where available, campus project personnel are actively involved in training, workshops and presentations with numerous groups.  more» 

Additional Resources

• Tips for parents to prevent underage drinking
• Holiday traffic fatalities by age and alcohol consumption
• Alcohol-related traffic fatalities by state
• Links to additional online resources