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The Fort Worth ISD Guidance Curriculum is a thoughtfully designed program that helps students grow in key areas of educational, career, personal, and social development. Delivered by school counselors across all grade levels, these lessons aim to build critical thinking, problem-solving, and responsible decision-making skills. Lessons are taught in classrooms or small groups using differentiated learning activities, ensuring that every student receives meaningful support tailored to their needs.

FWISD counselors present lessons on a wide range of important topics, including:

  • Bullying/Cyberbullying Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (TEC §37.0832)
  • Responsible Decision-Making, Positive Relationships, and Problem-Solving Skills (TEC §38.351)
  • School Engagement (TEC §33.006)
  • High School and Post-Secondary Planning (TEC §33.005-006)
  • Mental Health Promotion and Intervention (TEC §38.351)
  • Safe, Supportive, and Positive School Climate (TEC §38.351)
  • Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention (TEC §38.351)

With parental consent, students may also receive instruction on sensitive topics such as: 

  • Anti-Victimization Education (TEC  §38.004)
  • Dating Violence Prevention, Intervention & Postvention (TEC §37.0831)
  • Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (TEC §38.351)
  • Violence Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (TEC §37.0831)
  • Human Trafficking (TEC § 38.0041)

Parents Role in Prevention Education

Parents and guardians are a child’s first and most influential teachers, and FWISD recognizes the vital role they play in shaping students' life skills. For this reason, it is essential that families stay informed about the guidance curriculum being taught in schools so they can reinforce these lessons at home and support their child’s development.

FWISD respects parental choice and provides the option to opt out of any guidance lesson. If a parent or guardian prefers that their child not participate in a particular lesson, they may contact the student’s school counselor at any time to make that request.