Can police officers, social workers, and other school or community staff teach the program?
The research suggests that a variety of educators are able to teach the program. The three key requirements for any prevention educator are enthusiasm for the effort, knowledge of the material, and rapport with the learners. Also, participation in NHPA sponsored LST teacher Training enhances every educators ability to teach the program. How many schools nationwide have implemented the LifeSkills Training program? Over 3,000 schools have now implemented the LST program reaching over 1 million students. Is the LST program appropriate for high school students? Although most of the research testing the LST program is with junior high school students (with the first year of the program typically starting with 7th graders), one study has tested the LST program with high school students and found it to be effective. But, it should be noted that even in that study, the strongest results were found with the younger students. We know that people have implemented LST with high school students, co
