Adolescent Prevention Programs

Our Adolescent Prevention program at Crossroads is based on the premise that early intervention may prevent more serious social adjustment problems.  Our program aim is to prevent substance abuse, substance-related disorders, and other behavioral problems that place families and children at risk.  The prevention setting is at schools and community sites.

Prevention activities include:

Youth participate in weekly group sessions.  Group topics include value clarification, life skill development and rites of passages.  Participants include area junior and senior high schools, community centers or juvenile detention centers.  In addition, outreach and referral & information can be done to contact persons into the appropriate treatment activity.

Each participant receives an individual assessment as well as individual and/or group intervention.  Youth can participate in daily group sessions which focus on topics such as life skills, anger management, cultural re-grounding and alcohol & other drug information.  Participants of this program are adolescents identified as being at “high risk” for school adjustment problems, drug use and delinquency who have been referred to the Crossroads’ Stay Center education program by their school, parents and/or social agencies

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