BELIEVE
BELIEVE is a structured, adult-facilitated curriculum that helps young people think carefully about decisions, relationships, personal responsibility, future goals, and the people they hope to become.
Available for Consultation or Implementation
Designed for: young people. Planned with: schools, districts, community partners, parents, and caregivers.
The format and schedule are agreed with each school or partner.
What BELIEVE helps young people explore
BELIEVE creates a structured place for young people to connect present choices with the futures, relationships, families, and communities they hope to build.
Topics and decisions addressed
Topics may include intentional decision-making, identity, purpose, healthy relationships, respect, boundaries, personal responsibility, future planning, positive peer influence, help-seeking, and the Success Sequence.
Planning with schools and families
Life That Counts and the school or partner review goals, materials, facilitator preparation, scheduling, family communication, supervision, accessibility, safeguarding, and referral pathways before delivery.
Adult roles and participant safety
Qualified adults lead BELIEVE. If peer reinforcement is included, it is limited to approved activities under adult supervision.
Evidence and transparency
Impact & Evidence explains the sources, methods, and limitations of available historical findings without presenting them as current BELIEVE results.
BELIEVE questions schools and families ask
What is BELIEVE?
BELIEVE is a structured, adult-facilitated youth curriculum about intentional decisions, relationships, personal responsibility, future goals, and the people participants hope to become.
Which topics are included?
The supported public scope includes decisions, relationships, responsibility, future planning, education, work, family life, and long-term contribution. The current lesson-level sequence, required topics, and any permitted customization are confirmed with the school before delivery.
Who facilitates BELIEVE, and what role do student peers have?
Qualified adults lead the curriculum. Any peer participation should be limited to approved, supervised activities within clearly defined boundaries; students are not positioned as counselors or independent program facilitators.
Is the Success Sequence the same as BELIEVE?
No. Success Sequence is a focused life-planning framework that may be discussed within BELIEVE. BELIEVE is the broader curriculum and should not be reduced to a single framework or presented as a guarantee about anyone’s future.
Is BELIEVE evidence-based?
Life that Counts does not treat evaluations of earlier programs as proof that the current BELIEVE curriculum is effective. A current program-specific study would be needed before describing BELIEVE as evidence-based, proven, or effective.
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Tell us about the young people you serve, the decisions they are facing, and the support already in place. We will help you consider whether BELIEVE is an appropriate starting point.
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