Inner Strength. Smart Choices.
TGFD-Maximizing Life is a nationally recognized, evidence-based program that teaches crucial skills to navigate life’s critical choices.
Give Young Minds the Courage to Stand Firm When It Matters Most
Proven Outcomes Driven by Science
Rigorous independent evaluations and randomized controlled trials prove that this strength-based approach delivers tangible, long-term results:
- 50% Reduction in High-Risk Intentions: Significantly lowers the intention the intention to engage in risky or harmful behaviors as students grow into adolescence.
- 45% Decrease in Classroom Disruptions: Reduces aggressive behaviors while building constructive conflict-resolution and decision-making skills.
- Proven Academic Spillover: Boosts emotional competency and prosocial classroom behavior, leading to measurable gains in core academic performance (including math achievement).
Intervening at the critical transition
The elementary school years (Grades K–5) are precisely where healthy habits and decision-making skills take root.
Delivered over a structured 10-week curriculum (with age-appropriate 30- to 45-minute sessions), Planet Improv’s teaching artists bring TGFD—Maximizing Life directly into the classroom—ensuring young students build a strong internal compass to navigate growing peer influences and make smart, confident choices every day.
Growing up today means navigating new social dynamics, making thoughtful decisions, and discovering how to build healthy relationships. Traditional lectures rarely engage elementary students. Young people absorb life lessons best when learning is creative, active, collaborative and fun.
TGFD-Maximizing Life pairs the proven power of Planet Improv's interactive, experiential learning methodologies with a positive, child-friendly approach tailored specifically for elementary school students (Grades K–5).
Developed by the C.E. Mendez Foundation, this nationally recognized, evidence-based curriculum focuses on building character, confidence, and essential social skills long before kids face heavy peer pressures.
Through high-energy behavioral modeling, skill-building exercises, and active scenario practice, TGFD-Maximizing Life gives young children practical, age-appropriate tools to set positive goals, manage everyday feelings, communicate kindly and assertively, and make healthy, responsible choices.
