Mindfulness-Based Substance Use Prevention (MINDS-UP)

MINDS-UP is a substance use prevention program for children/adolescents.It consists of 4 x 60-minute sessions, once weekly over 4 weeks. The four MINDS-UP classes will focus on the following: Mindfulness of Body; Mindfulness of Mind; Mindfulness of Environment/Community; Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity, respectively.

PPW is a standardized, empirically-based intervention for substance use prevention in adolescents ages 10-14. It consists of 1 45-60 minute session between an adolescent and a trained PPW teacher.

Functional MRI to investigate preliminary neural mechanisms of MINDS-UP