Welcome to the Decision Education Foundation

Our Mission: To improve the lives of young people by empowering them with effective decision skills.

What You’ll Find at DEF:

• Training for Teachers and Youth Counselors in how to create and deliver decision skills instruction to students. Join us for one of our Educator Workshops.
• Curriculum that teaches decision-making skills as a standalone course and within mainstream subject areas such as English, history, and advisory.
• Educator Resources to help you reinforce the principles of decision quality.
• Partnership Opportunities for schools or youth-focused organizations who want to help young people acquire, appreciate, and apply the fundamentals of good decision making.

Young people today need to learn how to make better decisions. High school dropout numbers, substance abuse, and violence are some of the visible signs of poor decision making. In addition, mainstream students are frequently failing to reach their full academic and personal potential because they lack good decision-making skills. Plus, they're facing an increasingly complex, risky, and uncertain future in which these skills will be more important than ever.

Yet decision skills training is missing in the majority of today's school curricula. Read more

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Better Decisions - Better Lives
Listen to educators and parents as they discuss the importance of decision education.

Teachers, administrators, and other school/youth personnel can receive a Certificate in Strategic Decision and Risk Management with an Emphasis in Decision Education from the Stanford Center for Professional Development at Stanford University.

For more information, visit our section on the SCPD website or contact Nadia Gardezy at 650.475.4474.