Intervention Programs
Drug & Alcohol Screenings
Screenings are the first step to determining what prevention or intervention services are most appropriate for the student. Lifeways provides brief drug and alcohol screenings for adolescent students in 6th-12th grades*, who are experiencing problems due to substance use. Screenings can be scheduled directly with the Lifeways Counselor based in your school. Don't have a Lifeways Counselor based in your school? Contact our main office to learn how we can help connect you with a Lifeways Counselor.
Risky Behavior Education Sessions
Lifeways provides a variety of alcohol, other drug, and risky behavior education sessions aimed at engaging youth at the prevention and intervention levels.
Early Intervention Groups
There are three levels of early intervention classes that are offered to students and families. Every month Lifeways offers PATH (Promoting Awareness to Health) classes to both Middle School and High School students. Students must be referred to PATH by a Lifeways Counselor.
PATH I - 8 hours, Middle School Class
Student Session: Monday-Wednesday 3:40-5:30 pm, Parent Session: Thursday 5:30-7:30 PM
PATH II - 10 hour, High School Class
Student Session: Monday - Thursday 3:40-5:30 pm, Parent Session: Saturday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
PATH III - 20.5 hour, High School Class
Student Session: Monday-Thursday, 2 weeks 3:40-5:30 pm, Parent Session: Saturday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Initial Integrated Assessments
Initial Integrated Assessments, or Assessment for short, provides a basis for ruling out substance use disorders and determines the appropriate level of treatment needed for a student. Lifeways provides assessments for adolescent students in grades 6th-12th.
Recommendations made after an assessment can include: trauma counseling, mental health counseling, individual outpatient counseling, intensive outpatient counseling, continued care, or inpatient treatment.
Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP)
Lifeways currently offers intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) services for adolescents. Intensive Outpatient Treatment allows students to remain in school and active in the community while receiving the support and chemical dependency services they need. Our program includes both individual and group sessions and is a minimum of a 8-week commitment.
Group Sessions: Monday-Wednesday 3:40 - 5:40 pm
Individual Sessions: Held once a week and are scheduled by the IOP Counselor
Continued Care (CC)
Students are often referred to Continued Care to receive continued support after the successful completion of a previous treatment program. This program allows students to continue applying treatment information into their life as a stabilization period. Our program includes both individual and group sessions and is a minimum of a 10-week commitment.
Group Sessions: Thursday 3:40- 5:40 pm
Individual Sessions: Held once a week and are schedule by the IOP Counselor
Trauma Counseling
Lifeways provides individual trauma assessment and counseling services using the SITCAP (Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents, and Parents) model. Trauma is experienced on a sensory level. Therefore, trauma must be healed on a sensory level. The Lifeways SITCAP Trauma Program utilizes Sensory Interventions to help relieve the pain and terror associated with the trauma. Trauma Counseling is available upon request.To learn more about trauma counseling please contact our main office for more information.
Screenings are the first step to determining what prevention or intervention services are most appropriate for the student. Lifeways provides brief drug and alcohol screenings for adolescent students in 6th-12th grades*, who are experiencing problems due to substance use. Screenings can be scheduled directly with the Lifeways Counselor based in your school. Don't have a Lifeways Counselor based in your school? Contact our main office to learn how we can help connect you with a Lifeways Counselor.
Risky Behavior Education Sessions
Lifeways provides a variety of alcohol, other drug, and risky behavior education sessions aimed at engaging youth at the prevention and intervention levels.
Early Intervention Groups
There are three levels of early intervention classes that are offered to students and families. Every month Lifeways offers PATH (Promoting Awareness to Health) classes to both Middle School and High School students. Students must be referred to PATH by a Lifeways Counselor.
PATH I - 8 hours, Middle School Class
Student Session: Monday-Wednesday 3:40-5:30 pm, Parent Session: Thursday 5:30-7:30 PM
PATH II - 10 hour, High School Class
Student Session: Monday - Thursday 3:40-5:30 pm, Parent Session: Saturday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
PATH III - 20.5 hour, High School Class
Student Session: Monday-Thursday, 2 weeks 3:40-5:30 pm, Parent Session: Saturday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Initial Integrated Assessments
Initial Integrated Assessments, or Assessment for short, provides a basis for ruling out substance use disorders and determines the appropriate level of treatment needed for a student. Lifeways provides assessments for adolescent students in grades 6th-12th.
Recommendations made after an assessment can include: trauma counseling, mental health counseling, individual outpatient counseling, intensive outpatient counseling, continued care, or inpatient treatment.
Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP)
Lifeways currently offers intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) services for adolescents. Intensive Outpatient Treatment allows students to remain in school and active in the community while receiving the support and chemical dependency services they need. Our program includes both individual and group sessions and is a minimum of a 8-week commitment.
Group Sessions: Monday-Wednesday 3:40 - 5:40 pm
Individual Sessions: Held once a week and are scheduled by the IOP Counselor
Continued Care (CC)
Students are often referred to Continued Care to receive continued support after the successful completion of a previous treatment program. This program allows students to continue applying treatment information into their life as a stabilization period. Our program includes both individual and group sessions and is a minimum of a 10-week commitment.
Group Sessions: Thursday 3:40- 5:40 pm
Individual Sessions: Held once a week and are schedule by the IOP Counselor
Trauma Counseling
Lifeways provides individual trauma assessment and counseling services using the SITCAP (Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents, and Parents) model. Trauma is experienced on a sensory level. Therefore, trauma must be healed on a sensory level. The Lifeways SITCAP Trauma Program utilizes Sensory Interventions to help relieve the pain and terror associated with the trauma. Trauma Counseling is available upon request.To learn more about trauma counseling please contact our main office for more information.
Intervention Stats
PATH (Promoting Awareness to Health)
Early Intervention programs reached 175 Students and 142 Parents.
PATH I Middle School
Individual and Group Education: Focuses heavily on teaching refusal skills, coping skills, values and goals, as well as helping students develop a healthy support system. Students showed an increase in refusal skills, and began to feel that they had regained control over their lives and could now handle difficult situations. They also changed their perception that using alcohol and drugs are an acceptable coping method when someone is dealing with stress, anxiety, sadness or depression.
PATH (Promoting Awareness to Health)
Early Intervention programs reached 175 Students and 142 Parents.
PATH I Middle School
- 10 groups, 4 hours each
- 40 direct hours
- 36 Students, 37 Parents
- 9 groups 10 hours each
- 90 direct hours
- 59 Students, 54 Parents
- 10 groups, 20.5 hours each
- 205 direct hours
- 57 Students, 61 Parents
- Increase in the perception of harm of alcohol use among those that participated in the program.
- Increase in refusal skills, coping skills, values, goal identification, and development of a healthy support system.
Individual and Group Education: Focuses heavily on teaching refusal skills, coping skills, values and goals, as well as helping students develop a healthy support system. Students showed an increase in refusal skills, and began to feel that they had regained control over their lives and could now handle difficult situations. They also changed their perception that using alcohol and drugs are an acceptable coping method when someone is dealing with stress, anxiety, sadness or depression.
What's Being Said
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Parents
Good information, tools on communication, impact of substance use and all of the above bonded me and my child for supporting him. Just seeing him interact with others helps me to understand him. Wonderful presenters – calm, thoughtful, kind and hopeful – helped me see my son better. I don't believe pot and alcohol use are part of being a teen. It's our job to recognize and intervene – thanks for all you do and are doing!!! The development of the brain, effects and affects. Stress – how parents deal and child observes and follow up. |
Students
I liked learning about the brain and the activities that helped us learn the lesson. Learning coping skills and how to deal with the stress. I loved that we were honest with our parents. Helped me get better understanding of why people use drugs. Learning about drug use, the brain, setting goals, deciding values and letter to myself. |
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