LaunchPad for your 12 to 15 year old, at home

A path at every age

1. Ages 6 to 7

   Start with talking

   The Family Plan's guidance for ages 6 to 9 is ready now. The four activities are being checked by experts for this age, so we do not recommend them for 6 and 7 year olds yet.

   Read what to say

2. Ages 8 to 12

   Four activities, with you

   Four ten-minute activities and the weekly talks, done together. Your child has no account and nothing about them is stored.

   See the activities

3. Ages 12 to 15

   LaunchPad, with you or through school

   Free lessons with a quiz after each. Through their school, or at home with you as the responsible adult (below).

   How it works at home

4. Ages 16 and over

   Their own account

   From 16 your child can create their own free account and take LaunchPad themselves.

   Create an account

Nobody under 12 has an ALTDAP account. For those ages you do the learning together, and nothing about your child is stored.

LaunchPad at home, for ages 12 to 15: how it works

1. 1

   Set up your household

   About two minutes. We email you a link to create your own account. It is yours alone: it only works for the email address you gave.

2. 2

   Create a group and confirm

   Pick the first LaunchPad track. You confirm that you, the parent or guardian, have read the notice, and you name yourself as the responsible adult.

3. 3

   Share the join link with your child

   They create their own account from it. Aged 12 to 15, they can start as soon as you have confirmed.

4. 4

   Stay in charge

   You can see how far they have got and when they last took part. You can take them out of the group at any time.

What is kept, and who can see it

• Kept: which lessons your child has finished and their quiz score for each, linked to the account you set up. Anonymous counts of how many people start and finish a lesson, with no name attached.
• Not kept: any answer about personal life, or any private writing the learner does as a task. Nothing about a child is ever sold or used for advertising.
• Who can see it: your child, and you. You will see your child's name, how far they have got in each track, and when they last took part. A self-check result is never shown against a name, to anyone. The ALTDAP team can also see it, only to keep the service working and safe.

Read the full notice for parents and guardians (it is written for schools, but what is kept and what a child is never asked to do are the same at home), and our Privacy Policy.

Not ready, or prefer school?

• Ask your child's school to run LaunchPad. A teacher or administrator can register at ALTDAP for Organisations.
• Drug Information and the help finder are open to everyone, with no account.
• For ages 8 to 12, the four ten-minute activities need no account, and for every age the weekly talks are a good place to start.