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Substance Abuse Council of Indian River County Life Skills Training Program Children's Services Advisory Committee 3. Briefly describe how your program intends to address the stated need/problem. Include reference to any studies or evidence that indicate proposed strategies are effective with target population. The LST program is based on Theoretical framework. The LST program was developed to impact • drug-related knowledge • attitudes and norms • teach skills for resisting social influences to use drugs • promote the development of general personal self-management skills and social skills. Since all of these skills are directly related and positively impact to Drug Use Trends, Attitudes towards Drug Use and Risk and Protective Factors, the continuation of the LST program and it ' s protective skill building framework should continue to contribute to the • Decline in Drug Use Trends • Increase in perceived risk or harm of substances • Decrease risk factors such as Favorable attitudes to ATOD use • Delay the age of onset for early initiation of drug use 4. List staffing needed for your program, including required experience and estimated hours per week in program for each staff' member and/or volunteers (This section should conform with the information in the Position Listing on the Budget Narrative Worksheet). The LST program is currently staffed by three Council employees. The LST Coordinator assumes primary responsibility for the LST program. One hundred percent (35 hours per week) of this position is currently allocated to the program. Two LST (33 hours per week) instructors are also assigned to this program and currently dedicated 100% of one position and 50% of the other . The need now exists the need to increase staffing to three full time instructors help continue to implement the program to the incoming 6th, 74 ' and 80' grades in the fall of 2003 . During year 3 , all 8a' graders will continue with LST booster instruction, while we concurrently implement the 1 and 2d year classes to the 6a' & 74h grades. Each year an estimated total of 3 , 900 students will receive • 17 sessions in the a grade With on going LST booster sessions, instruction will continue with • 10 sessions in the 7a' grade • 5 sessions in the 8'h grade The LST Coordinator has had 3 years of experience in the substance abuse prevention field holds BA and has a background in education. The other two LST instructors hold BA' s in education. All LST instructors are nationally certified to teach the LST curriculum. 5. How will the target population be made aware of the program? The LST program has been offered to all middle schools in Indian River County. In order to qualify as an OJJDP site all middle schools had to agree to allow the Substance Abuse Council to implement the LST program in a classroom period. The remaining private schools were also invited to receive services from the Substance Abuse Council . They were made aware of the program by letter with a fbllow-up face to face meeting. 6. How will the program be accessible to target population (i.e. location, transportation, hours of operation)? As previously stated, LST program is implemented during the school day in all Indian River County Middle Schools. Instructors render themselves to the individual school sites. 7