The task of educating this generation of students has become significantly more complex and personally demanding, requiring an entirely different philosophy and repertoire of interventions to succeed. Don Perras offers a preventative model of strategies enabling teachers to maximize both student achievement and their own personal resources. Don Perras has recognized the challenges facing classrooms today and has developed proven strategies that enable teachers and administrators to cope with the following realities: -increased student diversity -lack of mastery of basic skills -negative attitudes -declined commitment to long-term personal goals -diminished self-motivation -focus on social popularity / peer pressure -social-behavioral immaturity