Offering Hope and Healing to those in need

                              Prevention / Intervention              |                 Treatment                          

Project Towards No Drug Abuse




Target Audience: 
Middle School to High School students ages 12 through 17 years old

Objectives

  • Stop or reduce the use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and hard drugs.
  • Stop or reduce self-reports of weapn carrying.
  • State accurate information about environmental, social, physiological and emotional consequences of drug use and abuse.
  • Demonstrate behavioral and cognitive skills.
  • Make a personal commitment about drug use. 

Implementation:
Project TND follows a curriculum of 12 classroom-based lessons, approximately 30 to 50 minutes each.

Sessions:

  • Active Listening
  • Stereotyping
  • Myths and Denials
  • Chemical Dependency
  • Talk Show
  • Marijuana Panel
  • Tobacco Basketball and Use Cessation
  • Stress, Health & Goals
  • Positive and Negative Thought and Behavior Loops
  • Perspectives
  • Decision-making & Commitment






Life Skills Training

Level One:          Grades 3rd - 4th
Level Two:          Grades 4th - 5th
Level Three:       Grades 5th - 6th

Strengths of the Life Skills Trainin Program

  • Based on Scientific evidence of what causes substance abuse
  • Uses a comprehensive approach
  • Emphasizes proven skills training methods
  • Documented effectiveness through extensive evaluation
  • Proven to reduce tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use
  Summary of Life Skills Training Evaluation Research

  • Cuts tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use by up to 75%
  • Booster sessions maintain prevention effects
  • Effects last up to 6 years
  • Cuts polydrug use by up to 66%
  • Decreases use of inhalants, narcotics and hallucinogens
  • Effective with white, African-American and Hispanic youths
  • Effective when taught by teachers, peer leaders, or health professionals
Implementation:
Project Life Skills Training follows a curriculum of 8 classroom-based  lessons, approximately 30 to 50 minutes each.

Sessions:
Lesson One: Self Esteem
Lesson Two: Decision Making
Lesson Three: Smoking Information
Lesson Four: Advertising
Lesson Five: Dealing with Stress
Lesson Six: Communication Skills
Lesson Seven: Social Skills
Lesson Eight: Assertiveness

Families And Schools Together (FAST)

8-week (elementary school) or 10-week (middle school) based program

2-Year continuing family based program

Empowers Parents

Prevents alcohol and drug abuse by child and family

Reduces stress parents and children experience from daily life situations:

Project Link
Pregnant/Post Partum Intervention Progam

Project Link is a program for pregnant and post partum women identified as having high risk problems.  Project Link staff understands substance abuse and the problems drugs and alcohol can cause in a woman’s life.  Project Link counselors will help and support individuals with the services needed to begin living a healthier and happier life.

 Project Link Services:
©        On-site community outreach

©        Education

©        Intervention                  

©        Case management

©        Treatment referrals

©        Motivational counseling

 Project Link Goal:
To intervene with the substance use/abuse of pregnant adult and  adolescent women and reduce the incidence of drug exposure of  their unborn, newborn, and young children in order to promote a healthy lifestyle.

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