Prospective users purchase the guides which are packaged to provide each of 25 children and their families a set of 30 issues. A user handbook included with each package offers numerous suggestions for distribution and use and simplifies implementation for school and program staff. In school programs, most teachers distribute the guides on a weekly basis. Issues are numbered for user convenience, but need not be used in any particular order after the first one. They are not seasonal, so use can start at any time of the year.
Some programs mail the guides to families.
Costs associated with implementing this program vary, depending on the components of the program being used.