2001 – 2006

Graduate-level college decision science curriculum is translated into 80-hour training course for middle school and high school educators.
First DEF summer training institute is held—an 80-hour workshop for high school math teachers.
Course evaluations from first DEF training for high school students indicate that decision skills can be successfully taught to this age group.
DEF releases the first edition of its signature publication, The Fundamentals of Making Good Decisions.
Partnerships are established with choice schools in Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and California, marking the start of the DEF’s whole institution decision education adoption program.
First training is presented for educators practicing within the juvenile justice system.
Five-day educators’ summer training institute is developed.
DEF creates its first video designed to introduce teachers, administrators, and program directors to the need for decision education.
Joint project with The Riekes Center for Human Enhancement (Menlo Park, Calif.) produces a teaching video featuring a high school decision adventure trip to Nepal; the video becomes a key DEF tool for introducing teachers and students to the fundamentals of good decision making.