Project VIP (Violence Is Preventable) is a comprehensive research-based program designed to help children and young adults make smart choices about violence. It emphasizes the use of student-centered approaches to help develop strategies for conflict resolution and for avoiding violence. The student book is a workbook with a number of activities; the "Leader's Guide" provides resources the teacher or leader can use to implement the project effectively. Level 1, aimed at students aged 8 to 12 years, introduces violence and its causes and effects. Students learn conflict resolution strategies and practice them in age-appropriate activities. Awareness of media coverage of violence is included. The "Leader's Guide" contains a letter introducing the program to parents, support for the student book, and a reproducible certificate of achievement for program completers. (SLD)