Perspectives on Violence

Social Skills Development

“Skills For Tomorrow” is a comprehensive primary prevention curriculum for the development of social and life skills. The program was first established 10 years ago with the help of program assessments completed by teachers. The assessments indicated the need to include more socially relevant information in the curriculum.

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...from alcohol and other drug use. That's because their minds and bodies are still developing. These problems can include:

Physical: slow reactions, athletic ability may suffer, illness, poor attendance, car crashes, drowning and other mishaps, and addiction.
Emotional: dealing with new and powerful emotions added stress, loss of friends, family conflicts.
Behavioral: more likely to show poor judgment fights,vandalism, and risk taking.
Sexual: loss of self-control hurt feelings, date rape, unwanted pregnancy, and AIDS & other STD’s.
Academic: use can hurt classroom performance lower grades, higher dropout rate.

Some students may exhibit many of these behaviors as a result of a parental and/or significant other’s drug abuse problem, not necessarily their own.

Drug use among young people puts them at greater risk than their peers for involvement in crime and/or violence as either perpetrators, victims or witnesses.

Safe Passage

This four-session program is designed to be implemented over the course of two evenings and focuses on the issue of reducing violence by young people. The primary purpose of Safe Passage is to provide parents with the information and skills they need to increase the probability that their children will have a safe passage from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood. It helps parents develop a “Job Description” for raising their children in today’s violent world. The content of the program is contained on four video modules:

Violence: Origin and Opportunity
Violence: A Matter Of Perspective
Modeling, Mentoring & Motivating To Prevent Violence
Creating A Motivational Climate

Student Assistance Programs
Improving School Climate

Student Assistance Programs can be the beginning of climatic change in your school and community. This is a positive change, as students and faculty alike begin to recognize that seeking help for personal problems is perfectly acceptable and indeed encouraged in your school setting. Student Assistance Programs embrace the magnitude of alcohol and other drug-related problems facing educators and students today.

A Student Assistance Program (SAP) takes an ambitious approach, assisting schools with identified students and their families who are dealing with a variety of personal problems, including those related to alcohol and other drugs. The SAP is not a disciplinary program, and teachers who refer students to the program are not stigmatizing them but helping them.

Although most of SAPC's work is conducted on an individual, one-to-one basis, SAPC will organize and facilitate groups where students can explore the issues and problems they face every day.

Groups are tailored to fit the particular needs of each school environment. The content provides essential information to enhance insight and increase awareness, empowering students to make healthy life decisions. Topics may include relationships, stress/anger management, social skills, violence prevention, family issues, and relapse prevention.

SAP staff work in cooperation with school counselors, and social workers providing linkages to community services.

Confidentiality is the cornerstone of the Student Assistance Program.
Assessment, Individual and Group Prevention Counseling Services are available.
Adventure Based Programming with emphasis placed on role playing and skill building.

FOCUS on: CONSEQUENCES

is a six-hour intensive program which seeks to fill a gap in the current service system for those whose use of alcohol or other drugs has begun to raise concern. It does so by offering an opportunity for education, awareness and insight to individuals, 16 and older, who have experienced at least one negative consequence as a result of impairment from alcohol and other drugs. With the cooperation of other agencies, it can provide a valuable alternative to fines, suspensions, expulsion and other disciplinary action occuring as a result of substance abuse and related behaviors.

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	Social Skills Development “Skills For Tomorrow” is a comprehensive primary prevention curriculum for the development of social and life skills. The program was first established 10 years ago with the help of program assessments completed by teachers. The assessments indicated the need to include more socially relevant information in the curriculum. For more information on SKILLS for TOMORROW, click here.



...from alcohol and other drug use. That's because their minds and bodies are still developing. These problems can include: Physical: slow reactions, athletic ability may suffer, illness, poor attendance, car crashes, drowning and other mishaps, and addiction. Emotional: dealing with new and powerful emotions added stress, loss of friends, family conflicts. Behavioral: more likely to show poor judgment fights,vandalism, and risk taking. Sexual: loss of self-control hurt feelings, date rape, unwanted pregnancy, and AIDS & other STD’s. Academic: use can hurt classroom performance lower grades, higher dropout rate. Some students may exhibit many of these behaviors as a result of a parental and/or significant other’s drug abuse problem, not necessarily their own. Drug use among young people puts them at greater risk than their peers for involvement in crime and/or violence as either perpetrators, victims or witnesses.