APF and 30 Partners Nationwide Launch New Spanish Language Prevention Resources for Teens
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Addiction Policy Forum is excited to announce that Protect Your Brain—our free, self-paced online prevention course–is now available in both English and Spanish. Developed to help youth, families, educators, and communities better understand brain health and substance use prevention, the course provides engaging, evidence-informed education that empowers young people to make healthy decisions and build lifelong protective skills.
Every young person, family, and community deserves access to accurate, engaging, and evidence-based information that helps them make informed decisions—regardless of the language they speak. The release of Protege tu Cerebro (Protect Your Brain) represents an important step toward expanding access to prevention education for Spanish-speaking youth, families, and communities worldwide. By making these resources available in two languages, we hope to reach more communities with free, evidence-based prevention tools.
Why Language Matters in Prevention
More than 42 million people in the United States speak Spanish at home, yet many families continue to face barriers to accessing health information in their preferred language. By translating evidence-based prevention resources into Spanish, Addiction Policy Forum is working to ensure more youth, parents, caregivers, educators, and communities have access to trusted prevention education that is culturally and linguistically accessible.
What You'll Learn
Unlike many traditional prevention programs, Protect Your Brain /Protege tu Cerebro introduces students to the science of brain development and health literacy while helping them build practical skills for everyday life. Through interactive lessons, learners explore:
How the adolescent brain develops
Risk and protective factors that influence the development of a substance use disorder
Understanding substance use disorders as a medical condition
Healthy coping strategies
Building resilience and decision-making skills
Prevention Is Stronger Together
To celebrate the release of Protect Your Brain / Protege tu Cerebro, more than 30 national organizations across prevention, public health, education, healthcare, family support, and recovery are joining Addiction Policy Forum in sharing these free resources with communities worldwide. Their partnership will help ensure more youth, families, and communities can access prevention education at no cost.
ALIANZAS
Bailes Consulting services
Believe Center Youth and Family Resource Center
Casa de Salud
Carroll County Coalition for Public Health
Coastal Horizons Brunswick
DEA Educational Foundation
Delaware County Community Partnership
ECORN-MO
Faces and Voices of Recovery
Flagler Cares & One Voice for Volusia
Genesee County Prevention Coalition
Hope United - Tyler's Redemption Place
I Fit Out, LLC
Let’s Get Real Inc
The MEADA (Mentorship, Education, and Drug Awareness) Coalition of Wright County
Missouri Health Access Project (MHAP)
Montgomery County ADAMHS
National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA)
National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) Faces and Voices of Recovery
Northridge Hospital Medical Center- CommonSpirit
The Opioid Response Network (ORN)
PAK
PEER Services
Power Forward Inc
Prevention Action Alliance
SpiritWorks
Suncoast Institute on Chemical Dependency
Surry County Office of Substance Abuse Recovery
United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI),Â
Voices of Hope
This collaboration reflects a shared belief that prevention is most effective when communities work together to expand access to trusted, evidence-based education.
Start the Free Course Today
We encourage individuals and organizations to share these free resources with their communities. Together, we can expand access to prevention education and help more young people protect their brains.