Resources We Use and Recommend:
Marijuana Prevention Resources
These are the marijuana prevention resources our team trusts most. From lesson plans to awareness campaigns, each one is designed to support healthy decision-making and open conversations with students, families, and communities. Check out our staff picks:
Mental Health & Wellness Support
Helping students, families, and communities build resilience and find balance.
At Butler First Step, we offer programs that promote emotional well-being, stress management, and healthy coping—because mental health is just as important as physical health. Whether you’re a student facing daily pressures, a parent supporting a child, or an educator seeking resources, our evidence-based programs are here to help you understand, respond to, and care for mental health at every stage.
Plugged Into Mindfulness can be offered as a professional development program to providers in settings such as health care, education, and social services and also as a workshop for students in college or high school. Eight 1-hour sessions for trainees focus on personal techniques to manage their own stress, improve concentration, self-awareness and awareness of their surroundings. In these sessions, professionals will also learn how to apply/teach techniques to those they serve to help them regulate emotions, improve focus, manage stress and develop healthy coping techniques. Joni Sturgill facilitates Plugged Into Mindfulness. Learn more at www.insightwithjoni.com.
This free, 10-session wellness series is designed for women seeking practical, uplifting approaches to managing life’s stresses. You’ll feel empowered by the connections built and in discovering a foundation of well-being through yoga, mindfulness, expressive arts, and nature-inspired practices. Each session offers a unique, supportive environment for learning skills that nurture growth, emotional strength, and a sense of community. Space is limited and women who participate must be able to commit to at least 8 of the 10 sessions. Joni Sturgill facilitates Women in Resilience. Learn more at www.insightwithjoni.com.
Butler First Step partners with schools across Butler County to deliver free, evidence-based prevention programs for K–12 students. These programs teach essential life skills like goal setting, decision-making, stress management, peer resistance, and substance use prevention. From early education through high school, our classroom programs are designed to meet students where they are and help them build healthy habits that last.
View our mental programing and more here.