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Preparing a generation to choose healthy behaviors that cultivate educational, economic and relational success.

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Since 2002, DCO has provided Sexual risk avoidance primary prevention education for over 98,000 students in public and private schools, community ORGANIZATIONs and faith based groups in TENNESSEE and across the mid-south. We are COMMITTED to POSITIVE and optimal health outcomes for this generation of adolescents, their parents and community leaders.

 
 

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Developing a Positive Identity
Developing a Positive Identity
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Adoption Language
Adoption Language
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Thankfulness For Family
Thankfulness For Family
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10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 10
10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 10

To Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy.

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10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 9
10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 9

To Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy.

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10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 8
10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 8
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10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 7
10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 7

To Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy.

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10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 5&6
10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 5&6
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10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 3&4
10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 3&4

To Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy

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10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 2
10 Tips for Parents :: TIP 2

To Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy.

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New Year and new theme coming to encourage each of you daily! This month we want to focus on the future orientation through planning, decision making, establishment of goals, and supporting heathy outcomes in success of teens lives! . Will you join us this month?! What are some goals you made for 2019? . . . #backtoschool #DCOInc #newyearnewgoals #mein10 #2019goals #choosingabstinence
Happy happy New Year! 🎊 . WE DID IT! (Or should we say YOU DID IT!) . $25,000 raised and we couldn’t have done it with out each of you! So thank you! . In 2018 we were able to achieve some major milestones thanks to your continued help, prayer, and support. Not only did we meet our matching gift goal, but we also added two new staff members, reached over 13k+ students, continue to meet new people at our lunch and learns and saw God be incredibly faithful to DCO! . We just want to say a BIG THANK YOU to every one of you who continue to show up for DCO. We are ecstatic for the new year and looking forward to continuing our mission in the new year with full force. . Preparing a generation to choose healthy behaviors that cultivate educational, economic, and relational success!
@dcoinc would like to send out a big THANK YOU to all of our Life PreSERVEr’s who were able to make the Thankful, Grateful, & Blessed Breakfast last Friday morning! We truly couldn’t impact our communities the way we do without each of you! . . . #DCOInc #ImpactingLives #ChangingLives #nonprofit #LifePreSERVErs
Shop @amazon and support DCO all at the same time! #cybermonday never looked so good!! . 1. Go to www.smile.amazon.com . 2. Select Decisions, Choices, & Options Inc. as your Charitable Organization . 3. Search Results: Decisions, Choices, Options Inc. Hendersonville, TN . The amazing thing about this is @amazon goes above and beyond by donating 5% of the price back to DCO! Which then allows us to continue the work in the schools teaching TRUTH! Shop today and change tomorrow! . . . #DCOInc
Hope you all have an incredible day surrounded by family! We are going to take a break from posting for a couple days, and we think you should too! Today spend less time scrolling and more time with family having impactful conversations all while eating your favorite pies 🦃 🥧 #happythanksgivng
•THANKFUL •GRATEFUL •BLESSED . . Because today is the last day of school and you can enjoy your thanksgiving break! Whoohoo! . Parents — don’t forget that our kids don’t need to look towards celebrities for role models. You can instill positive values with your everyday actions and this week is perfect because you’ll have some extra time with them around the table! Some things you can talk about as a family are: •Inspire your children to achieve their goals •Develop values and healthy boundaries •Promote selflessness and commitment to others •Teach them to respect differences amongst their peers •Encourage positive attitudes •Remind them of your thankfulness for family . . . #DCOInc
:: NEW BLOG POST :: . Adoption Language is important for many reasons children who hear them, birth mothers hear them, and words can be very hurtful. What we say conveys meaning and value. Check out the link on our bio and read the newest blog to know more about #positiveadoptionlanguage . 1% of teen parents choose adoption, and what we hear most often is that it is due to what their peers have to say about that choice...