PREVENTION: Alcohol & Other Drugs
How do you keep kids from trying alcohol or other drugs? How do you stop anyone once they’ve started? At Compass Mark, we offer a variety of programs designed to tackle both issues. With innovative approaches to creating strong, confident personalities and smart decision-makers. And the expertise to help those who’ve lost their way get back on a better path.
Student Skills for Life
Student Skills for Life is a group educational experience which serves as:
- intervention for youth experimenting with alcohol or other drugs;
- prevention for any adolescent or college-age population.
The program provides experiential life skills training, and may include drug & alcohol assessments and parenting classes when appropriate. 
Problem Areas Addressed:
- substance abuse
- poor decision-making
- lack of communication skills
Skills Built:
- stopped or reduced substance use
- effective communication
- decision-making
- expressing and dealing with feelings
- assertiveness
Policy Violation Assessment
Our assessors evaluate the degree of involvement in alcohol or other drug use by adolescents who may have violated school policy, underage drinking laws, parental rules or other indicators of substance use. The BASICS program is used for brief alcohol screening and intervention for college students.
Problems Areas Addressed:
- substance use/abuse
Skills Built:
- recognition of problem behaviors
- awarenes of consequences of alcohol and other drug use/abuse
- commitment to healthier choices
- BASICS program promotes reduced drinking and associated risks
SkillQuest
The SkillQuest program consists of six curriculum topics developed to provide students with skills to help them become successful, happy and responsible members of their communities. The six curriculum topics are: Bully Busting, Anger Alert, Stressed Out, Transitions, Positive Choices and Cultural Diversity/Tolerance.
Problem Areas Addressed:
- bullying behaviors
- angry feelings and aggressive behaviors
- stress
- transitional times in a teenager’s life
- substance use and abuse
- prejudice and stereotyping
Skills Built:
- assertive communication skills
- seeking advice from others
- anger management
- stress management
- healthy coping strategies
- conflict resolution
- refusal skills
- accepting differences in others
Elementary Youth Support Program (EYSP)
EYSP is a school-based, small-group early intervention/prevention program for students in grades K-5 at risk for substance abuse and other health-damaging behaviors.
Problem Areas Addressed:
- students’ levels of self-efficacy
- inability to interact appropriately with peers
- difficulty controlling behavior
- identifying and expressing feelings in safe, healthy ways
Skills Built:
- positive coping strategies
- decision-making skills
- conflict resolution
- communication skills
- stress management
Strengthening Families
The Strengthening Families program helps families learn how to communicate with each other and improve the relationships between parents and teens. The first hour of each session the parents and teens meet separately with their group leaders. During the second hour, everyone comes together to participate in fun activities that reinforce the ideas and skills learned in the individual sessions.
Problem Areas Addressed:
- miscommunication between family members
- peer pressure
Skills Built:
- communication
- setting limits with love
- problem solving
Student Assistance Program (SAP)
Student Assistance Programs (SAP) are designed to assist school personnel in identifying substance abuse and mental health issues which pose a barrier to a student’s success and to then implement a plan to help the student overcome those barriers.
Problem Areas Addressed:
- substance abuse
- mental health issues
- school violence risks
- racism & prejudice
Skills Built:
- problem identification and response
- resiliency
Not sure which programs are right for you? Let us save you time and make sure you find the best services to match the needs of your school, workplace, community or organization. Contact Carol Kuntz today at (717) 299-2831 ext. 232 for a free assessment.