About FCD

For 30 years, FCD Educational Services has worked hand in hand with hundreds of schools across the United States and around the world to provide students with the knowledge, understanding, and skills they need to make intelligent, healthy choices about alcohol and other drug use. We base our approach on a number of core beliefs:

Substance abuse prevention in schools is not a program. It is a climate.
Prevention should be approached from a health perspective. Patronizing, moralistic, and threatening messages are ineffective and close down communication with students.
Drug education is not a one-time inoculation. It must be long-term, ongoing, and responsive to the changing cognitive, emotional, and social worlds of the growing child.
Children and adolescents are most likely to make responsible choices about alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use when they are:
- Presented with accurate information
- Respected and listened to
- Given clear, consistent expectations for behavior
- Exposed to positive role models, and
- Rewarded for choosing to live drug-free.

As educators, we recognize that the growing years are a critical time for becoming an active participant in the world, acquiring social skills, establishing values, developing interests and passions, and learning to cope with the depth and breadth of one's emotions. Young people who depend on alcohol or other drugs to relieve boredom, have fun, reduce anxiety, or deal with feelings may never develop these capabilities on their own.

At FCD, we are committed to educating young people about the risks and realities of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. It's not an easy task and we can't do it alone. But with your help, we are confident that we can provide the next generation with the knowledge, nurturance, and social skills they need to become healthy, responsible adults.