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Empowering Youth to Make Healthy Choices

​A Positive Approach To Teen Health is an educational 501c3 nonprofit organization that produces healthy lifestyle curriculum for educators in school districts nationwide and provides direct-outreach services in nine counties throughout northwest Indiana.

Since our inception in 1993, we have helped educate and empower over 200,000 teens to make healthy choices regarding drugs, sex, alcohol, and relationship violence.

We are passionate about educating youth to have strong relationships, happy futures and successful ventures throughout their entire lives.

Whether you are in need of a curriculum like our Positive Potential Youth Development curriculum, parenting ideas with your struggling teen or just have some questions about current trends in youth culture … we got your back! How can we help?

Parenting Styles

My child saw pornography. What should I do? My child throws a fit when I ask him to turn his game off. What can I do? My child keeps breaking...

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What Is a Tech-Ready Family?

I’ve been a fan of the organization Protect Young Eyes and its founder, Chris McKenna, for years. So I was excited to read his new book, 5 Habits of the...

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Our goal, our passion as an organization is to come along side you as a parent. We want to empower and equip you as best we can so you are not blindsided. The world changes so fast … but together we can make a difference in the lives of our Youth.

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