Counselor Preparation Packet
“Thank you so much for sharing the Sold Out Program with our students. We really appreciate it, looking forward to using the curriculum and resources with our students and staff.”
SOLD OUT PROGRAM SCHOOL COUNSELOR STAFF OUTLINE AND OBJECTIVES
The Sold Out Youth Foundation (SOYF) Online Program acts as a 365-day comprehensive drug and alcohol education platform engineered specifically accommodate students, parents, and school staff. The program doesn’t add a single task to your plate, making it the ideal automated force multiplier for busy, understaffed, or time-constrained counseling departments.
This critical, flexible, risk-mitigating curriculum requires zero lesson preparation, zero administrative tracking, and zero scheduled counseling hours, as it integrates seamlessly into existing physical education classes, health electives, or morning homeroom blocks. By arriving fully packaged and ready to deploy with a single click, it instantly delivers life-saving information through printable and digital resources, easing your daily workload while providing a comprehensive shield for your students, staff, and parents.
Sold Out‘s Mission is to educate, encourage, and challenge students to live a life of alcohol and drug abstinence in order to significantly lessen, if not eradicate, the number of young individuals who are dying each year from alcohol and drugs, specifically fentanyl.
Sold Out’s Purpose: Saving lives by providing a critical in school education program through online drug and alcohol abstinence education, and Fentanyl education. Providing student life skills training supporting school administration and staff, parents, and students K-4 through K-12.
Built-In Solutions for Demanding Staff Schedules
- Zero Counselor Time Constraints: The platform runs autonomously within existing school technology and support frameworks—like PE, health classes, or homerooms—ensuring that your core counseling hours remain completely untouched.
- No Added Workload or Planning: There are no lesson plans to research, no slideshows to construct, and no compliance paperwork to file; the entire flexible program and platform are pre-built and functions as a turn-key asset.
- Support for Understaffed Teams: The system operates as a digital extension of your department, providing an automated, year-round prevention framework that requires no staff oversight or continuous maintenance.
- Streamlined Daily Interactions: Instead of searching for materials during a crisis, counselors have instant access to professional, pre-formatted handouts that can be printed or digitally transmitted to parents and staff on demand.
365 Comprehensive Resource System
- Lightens Staff Workload: Eliminates the need for counselors or teachers to plan, research, or build substance prevention materials from scratch.
- Multi-Format Dissemination: All guides, fact sheets, and toolkits are readily printable for in-person hand-outs or formatted for instant digital sharing via student portals, text, and email newsletters.
- Everyday Crisis Readiness: Provides immediate, on-demand support materials for reactive counseling interventions, classroom guidance, or parent consultations.
- Continuous 24/7 Access: The digital platform remains live year-round, allowing stakeholders, facilitators, and families to access life-saving information exactly when they need it.
Multi-Stakeholder Toolkit
- For Student Interactions: Features highly engaging, student-friendly video modules, interactive health guides, and a voluntary, accountable 3-step abstinence pledge that provides a structured framework for individual counseling goals.
- For Staff Collaboration: Supplies a turnkey platform and student visual delivery system levering existing school computer and school portal systems.Discussion guides and lesson outlines that can be pushed digitally to PE teachers, elective instructors, or homeroom teachers to run effortless, campus-wide prevention blocks.
- Collaborative Tools & Resources: Engineered to align seamlessly with your existing technology infrastructure and current classroom curriculum, deploying 24/7 digital resources that empower the entire critical stakeholder network—including site leadership, and student support teams (counselors / social workers)—who reinforce these protective factors outside the instructional day.
- For Parent Engagement: Delivers specialized adult toolkits focused on hidden illicit drug dangers (such as fentanyl), helping counselors bridge the home-school communication gap with clear, non-alarmist data sheets.
Tiered Delivery Settings
The curriculum adapts effortlessly into a Comprehensive School Counseling Program across multiple delivery methods:
- Core Curriculum Integration: Fits into health, physical education, or elective courses.
- System-Wide Focus: Powers specialized awareness campaigns like National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week or Red Ribbon Week campaigns.
- Targeted Interventions: Supports small-group counseling, athletic team character training, and student leadership boards.
- Home-School Connection: Drives parent-teacher associations (PTA) workshops and digital community awareness campaigns.
The Critical Need: Youth Substance Crisis
- Fentanyl Epidemic: Fentanyl poisoning stands as the number one killer of teenagers nationwide.
- Weekly Fatalities: The current domestic crisis claims the lives of 22 students every week.
- Perception Gap: Over 66% of high school seniors perceive no great risk in recreational narcotic use.
- Illicit Supply: Half of the 80 million fake pills seized by the DEA contain lethal doses.
- Unprescribed Medication: Nearly 18% of high schoolers report taking unprescribed prescription drugs.
- Accidental Poisonings: Lack of education causes 90% of teenage fentanyl poisonings to be accidental.
Student Empowerment & Device-Based Engagement
- Active Peer Participation: Empowers students to move from passive listeners to active advocates for campus safety.
- Private & Secure Learning: Delivers life-saving information directly onto student devices, allowing for private and discrete absorption of critical facts.
- Bridging the Data Gap: Connects clinical statistics directly to real-world student understanding to eliminate bystander behavior.
II. Data-Driven Success & Engagement Metrics
- 1,000% Engagement Increase: Direct student participation and feedback skyrocketed by 1,000% following the 2020 transition to the interactive online model.
- Measurable Local Reductions: Partner districts report a notable decrease in youth overdoses following implementation.
III. Verified District Leadership Validation
- Ease of Use: Praised by district headers for requiring zero extensive preparation from staff.
- Practical Integration: Serves as an effortless resource that complements existing school prevention frameworks without disruption.
- Meaningful Discussions: Facilitates deep, organic conversations within the classroom environment.
- District Endorsement:
“Feedback from teachers and staff was positive, particularly regarding the platform’s ease of use and its ability to support meaningful conversations without requiring extensive preparation… The program served as a practical resource that complemented existing efforts within our schools.”
— Matt Orebaugh, Director of PE & Health, Virginia Beach School District
IV. Real Student Impact & Feedback
- Immediate Awareness: Combats the dangerous lack of knowledge surrounding synthetic drugs and hidden fentanyl.
- Peer-to-Peer Advocacy: Promotes student-led awareness, inspiring youth to take accountability for one another.
- School Friendly- Time consuming assemblies are not needed, and students miss little to no classroom time,
- Student Voices – Immediate Lesson Feedback
“Until I viewed the video, I did not know anything about fentanyl… I believe that programs like the Sold Out Foundation are the best way to stop further fentanyl poisoning from hurting students.”
— Kota, Student, Galileo Academy of Science and Technology (SFUSD)
PARENTS
3. Parental Letter goes out through school e mail to parents at least one week before student program is executed
- Parental Drug and Alcohol Education Platform Link goes out with parental letter. A permanent resource for all parents to educate themselves and prepare for a conversation with their students about drugs and alcohol after the students return home from your classroom presentation
https://soldouttv.com/parental-curriculum/ Password: parent100
- https://soldouttv.com/sold-out-virtual-assemblies/ 12:45 (Student Program Engagement Classroom Presentation)
- Sold Out Student Introduction Virtual Assembly – Video (Link above) informing students all about the Sold Out Platform, summary to educate and familiarize students, and school staff on accessing various tools and resources made available on the official website
- Execution options: In home room, PE/health class, elective class, and or homework assignment, etc. (Sold Out works with schools to plan execution date or week)
- Focus Grades: Elementary 5th, Middle School (1st yr), High School (9th) (Program can be executed to all grades 4th through 12th
DAY OF STUDENT PRESENTATION FACILITATOR INSTRUCTIONS
Quick Lesson Guide: In Classroom Student Fentanyl Awareness & Pledge
- Step 1: Watch the Video
- Action: Play the 9:00 Minute Student Instructional Video. https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=16IyQ_tAI9Y&t=3s - Teacher Hook: “Eyes up and listen closely. This video contains information that could literally save your life or the life of your closest friend. Give this your full attention.”
- Action: Play the 9:00 Minute Student Instructional Video. https://www.youtube.
- Step 2: Take the Pledge (5 Minutes)
- Action: Have students open their devices immediately after the video.
- Instructions: Direct students to go to soldouttv.com, click the red button ate top of page “Take the Sold Out Pledge” or scan the QR code on the classroom Pledge Poster. https://soldouttv.com/
the-sold-out-pledge/
- Step 3: Discussion Questions (5–10 Minutes)
- Action: Lead a brief classroom discussion using the five Fentanyl questions provided in your curriculum to reinforce what they just watched.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT : For additional student information on fentanyl point students to www.soldouttv.com
Click on Fentanyl Education at top right of home page https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education/
5. Three (3) minute student reminder video to be shown to students in your next classroom opportunity (Overview of program platform and student tools)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uR2lJvWBnM&t=9s Video Link 3:00 (Shown to students a few days after initial video presentation)
6. Drug and Alcohol College Accredited Teaching Curriculum (Teachers Guide Inside)
https://soldouttv.com/student-health-and-wellness-curriculum/ Password: student100
Fentanyl Education Classroom Curriculum 25-35 min (Find in link below)
Counselor Staff Prevention Resources Library
Fentanyl
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Fentanyl Overview: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/fentanyl
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – Fentanyl Fact Sheet: https://store.samhsa.gov/product/Fentanyl-Fact-Sheet/SMA17-5054
- Drug Policy Alliance – Fentanyl Information: https://drugpolicy.org/drug-facts/fentanyl
Zylaxine
Chlorphine
Cychlorphine (N-Propionitrile Chlorphine)
N-propionitrile 5-chloro desmethylbrorphine
Medetomidine (Rhino Tranq)
Methamphetamine
Carfentanil (Carfentanyl)
[1, 2]
Kratom
Plant based substance native to Southeast Asia, Kratom leaves contain two major psychoactive ingredients (mitragynine and 7-hydroxymytragynine). It can cause addiction, withdrawal, seizures, and liver toxicity. At low doses, kratom produces stimulant effects with users reporting increased alertness, physical energy, and talkativeness. At high doses, users experience sedative effects. Individuals addicted to kratom exhibited psychotic symptoms, including hallucinations, delusion, and confusion. In the U.S., the abuse of kratom has increased markedly in recent years. Kratom cannot be detected by standard Fentanyl Test Strips
NITAZINE
The Danger of Hidden Mixtures
Prescription Drugs
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse: https://www.samhsa.gov/prescription-drug-misuse-abuse
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Prescription Drugs: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/prescription-drugs
- RxSafetyMatters: https://www.rxsafetymatters.org/
- When purchasing medications online, you can check the validity of a website by using NABP’s “Safe Site Search Tool” https://safe.pharmacy/buy-safely/
Marijuana
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Marijuana: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/marijuana
- American Addiction Centers – Marijuana Facts: https://americanaddictioncenters.org/marijuana-rehab
- Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM): https://learnaboutsam.org/
Vaping
- Truth Initiative: https://truthinitiative.org/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – E-Cigarette/Vaping Resources: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/index.htm
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/
Drug and Alcohol Abstinence
- Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: https://drugfree.org/
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for Parents: https://www.drugabuse.gov/parents-teachers
- Above the Influence: https://abovetheinfluence.com/
- Key statistics about teen alcohol and drug abuse
- 73% of 10th graders have never used illicit drugs in their lifetime. [1]
- Youth who start drinking before age 15 are 7 times more likely to develop alcohol use disorders as adults than those who wait until after age 18. Early initiation of drinking is associated with the development of an alcohol use disorder later in life. Addiction is more likely to start in the teen years and that’s why delayed first-time use is so important. [2]
- 93% of 8th graders have not vaped nicotine in the last 30 days. [3]
- Most high school seniors (94%) don’t use marijuana regularly. [4]
- Only 14% of 10th graders have been drunk in the last month. [5]
- More than 107,000 Americans died of an overdose in 2023 fueled by illicit fentanyl. [6]
- After first trying cannabis or misusing prescription drugs, the percentages of young people who develop the corresponding substance use disorder are higher among adolescents (ages 12-17) than young adults (ages 18-25). [7]
- Underage drinking contributes to the 3 leading causes of death (unintentional injury, homicide, and suicide) among persons aged 12 to 20 years. [8]
- Early-onset of regular marijuana use among adolescents is linked to a decline in IQ and is associated with educational dropout. [9]
Cocaine
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Cocaine: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/cocaine
- Foundation for a Drug-Free World – Cocaine: https://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/cocaine.html
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) – Cocaine and Crack: https://www.ncadd.org/about-addiction/drugs/cocaine-and-crack
Heroin
Mental Health
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – Mental Health Conditions: https://www.nami.org/learn-more/mental-health-conditions
- Mental Health America (MHA): https://www.mhanational.org/
- Child Mind Institute: https://childmind.org/
Suicide Prevention
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: https://afsp.org/
- Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE): https://save.org/
Social Networking Responsibility
- Common Sense Media – Social Media and Self-Esteem: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/social-media/social-media-and-self-esteem
- ConnectSafely: https://www.connectsafely.org/
- National Online Safety: https://nationalonlinesafety.com/
Dangers of TIKTOK
Here are three links that provide information on the potential dangers of TikTok for teenagers:
- Cyberbullying Research Center – TikTok Safety Guide: This guide provides information on how to stay safe while using TikTok and addresses the potential risks and dangers associated with the platform. Link: https://cyberbullying.
org/tiktok-safety-guide - Common Sense Media – TikTok App Review: This review provides an overview of TikTok, including its content, privacy settings, and potential risks for teenagers. It offers guidance for parents on how to ensure a safe experience for their children. Link: https://www.
commonsensemedia.org/app- reviews/tiktok - National Online Safety – TikTok Online Safety Guide: This guide highlights the safety concerns related to TikTok, including privacy settings, inappropriate content, and potential online grooming. It offers tips and advice for parents and teenagers to navigate the platform safely. Link: https://
nationalonlinesafety.com/ guides/tiktok-online-safety- guide-for-parents
PAY ATTENTION TO STUDENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Snapchat Targets your Children
Bullying
- StopBullying.gov – Parent Resources: https://www.stopbullying.gov/what-parents-can-do
- PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center: https://www.pacer.org/bullying/
- Stomp Out Bullying: https://www.stompoutbullying.org/
Mindfulness
- Greater Good Science Center – Mindfulness: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/mindfulness/definition
- Mindful: https://www.mindful.org/
- Mindfulness Exercises: https://www.mindfulnessexercises.com/
- National Sleep Foundation – Teen Sleep: This resource offers guidance on the importance of sleep for teenagers and provides tips for establishing healthy sleep habits. It covers topics such as sleep duration, creating a sleep-friendly environment, and managing technology use before bedtime. Link: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/teens
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Sleep and Teens: This page provides information on the sleep needs of teenagers and offers practical tips for promoting healthy sleep habits. It also addresses common sleep-related issues that teenagers may face. Link: https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/about_sleep/sleep_adolescent.html
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) – Healthy Sleep for Teenagers: This resource provides an overview of the importance of sleep for teenagers’ physical and mental well-being. It offers tips for establishing a consistent sleep schedule, creating a sleep-friendly environment, and managing sleep disorders. Link: https://aasm.org/resources/teensleep/
Exercise
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents: https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/children/index.htm
Nutrition
- ChooseMyPlate – Healthy Eating Tips for Families: https://www.choosemyplate.gov/
ten-tips-healthy-eating-for- an-active-lifestyle - Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics – Smart Nutrition Starts with Parents: https://www.eatright.org/food/
nutrition/eating-as-a-family/ smart-nutrition-starts-with- parents - KidsHealth – Nutrition and Fitness Center: https://kidshealth.org/en/
parents/nutrition-center.html
By exploring these resources, parents can gain valuable insights and guidance on addressing bullying, promoting healthy nutrition habits, and encouraging regular physical activity for their children’s overall well-being
Healthy Sleep Habits
- National Sleep Foundation – Teen Sleep: This resource offers guidance on the importance of sleep for teenagers and provides tips for establishing healthy sleep habits. It covers topics such as sleep duration, creating a sleep-friendly environment, and managing technology use before bedtime. Link: https://www.sleepfoundation.
org/teens - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Sleep and Teens: This page provides information on the sleep needs of teenagers and offers practical tips for promoting healthy sleep habits. It also addresses common sleep-related issues that teenagers may face. Link: https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/
about_sleep/sleep_adolescent. html - American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) – Healthy Sleep for Teenagers: This resource provides an overview of the importance of sleep for teenagers’ physical and mental well-being. It offers tips for establishing a consistent sleep schedule, creating a sleep-friendly environment, and managing sleep disorders. Link: https://aasm.org/resources/
teensleep/
Encouraging healthy sleep habits is essential for teenagers’ overall health and well-being. These resources can provide valuable information and guidance for parents in supporting their teenagers’ sleep needs.
BUILDING HOPE IN KIDS
Parenting an Anxious Child
Fentanyl Found in Vaping Devices
Natural High Facts About Fentanyl
Arizona Kids Dying From Counterfeit Fentanyl
U.S. Seizes Enough Fentanyl in 2022 To Kill Every American
DEA warns about a new drug mixed with fentanyl, called xylazine
Popular Emoji Drug Codes / Department of Justice Drug Administration
High Risk Substance Abuse Among Youth
SOLD OUT PROGRAM MAIN TOOLS
- Student Alcohol Drug Abstinence Pledge: https://soldouttv.
com/the-sold-out-pledge/ - Fentanyl Education Curriculum : https://soldouttv.com/
fentanyl-education/ - Student Success Program 101 : https://soldouttv.com/365-
sold-out-student-success- video-character-curriculum/ - Fitness Health Wellness : https://soldouttv.com/
fitness-health-and-wellness/
Sold Out Program Notes
- Sold Out Website Program Tools- To be executed throughout the school year www.soldouttv.com
- Sold Out Student Pledge Posters: Physical PDF Pledge Poster and Online JPEG Poster (below)
- Current Program Iterations: Home room, class room, elective classroom, homework, PE / Health, athletic programs, after school programs, summer school, PTA, SRO Program
- Execution in conjunction with special programs like Red Ribbon Week (customized student pledge posters).
SOLD OUT PLA ACCREDITED CURRICULUM OFFERINGS (STAFF USE)
Student Health & Wellness Curriculum Portal
- Curriculum (PLA Accredited) : Understanding Fentanyl, Impact of Drugs & Alcohol on the Adolescent Brain, Impact of Covid on Teenagers, Physical Fitness
- Education curriculum teaching offerings (25-35 minutes each)
- Teacher Guide Format Breakdown: Subject Offering, Discussion Questions, Skills Application, Testing
- School Staff Portal: Password: student100 Student Health and Wellness Curriculum (PLA Accredited) | Sold Out Youth Foundation (soldouttv.com)
SCHOOL STAFF AND PARENTAL CURRICULUM / ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM
Staff Private Portal: Password: parent100 : https://soldouttv.com/parental-curriculum/
- Researched Drug and Alcohol Education Platform: Student Friendly Fentanyl Understanding, drugs and alcohol, vaping, student wellness, dangers of social networking, etc.
- Parental Curriculum: Equipping parents on all aspects of teenage drug and alcohol engagement and prevention (At Home)
- School and Parental Tools: Drug and alcohol resources, research facts, links, tools, video, discussion items, and skills application
- Share Fentanyl Education Dead on Arrival 7:00 minute video with parents. Found under Fentanyl Education on website. Link also in parental letter.
Scroll down page to first video https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education/
Student Video Success 101 Platform
Equipping students with the vital life skills that all successful people use to compete successfully.
- Over 90 Videos : Promoting Sold Out Student Life Skills, Fentanyl Education, Alcohol Drug Abstinence, videos updated regularly
- Student Friendly : Educational, entertaining, and powerful. Short (1-3 minutes), move fast, targeted, high quality
- Role Model Mirroring : The videos effectively uses role model mirroring through the stories of high impact athletes, coaches, performers, educators, and business champions.
- Available for classroom settings, after school programs, athletics, homework, come along inside classroom aids to introduce character and life skills information
- Counselor Application – 365 a year for staff and students to explore on their personal devices.
“I took the Sold Out Pledge. I think it’s good to teach kids about drugs to help them watch out for the bad drugs and to not buy medication off of the internet.”
Sold Out Main Video Links
- Fentanyl Education Video 7:00- https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education/
- Student Introductory Program Video 12:45 https://soldouttv.com/sold-out-virtual-assemblies/
- Sold Out Student Follow Up Video 3:00 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNU2f3xrP5c
- Sold Out Fentanyl PSA (Will be customized to your school district) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bdlywlsVW4\
- Sold Out Narcan (Naloxone) PSA ( will customize for your school district) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j_nltspUdc
- Sold Out Student Success Program (Life Skills) https://soldouttv.com/365-sold-out-student-success-video-character-curriculum/
