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Substance Abuse Council of Indian River County Right Choice Program Children Services Advisory Committee CO PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (Entire Section C, I — 6, not to exceed two pages) 1 . List Priority Needs area addressed. Mental Wellness Issues 2. Briefly describe program activities including location of services. The Right Choice program is designed to engage and involve at-risk youth and their parents so they may gain the needed skills to resist the negative temptations associated with drugs and alcohol. The primary objectives are to help youth to abstain from negative peer pressures through prevention information and build resiliency skills. The overall goal is to decrease the impact and propensity for involvement in substance use and juvenile crime. We propose to deter a multitude of high-risk behaviors by providing a structured and positive environment, enhanced with information and positive alternative choices. In an effort to identify the elements of a strength-based approach to healthy development, the Search Institute developed the framework of developmental assets. This framework identifies 40 critical factors for young people' s growth and development. These risk and protective factors offer a set of benchmarks for positive child and adolescent development. The Right Choice program is designed to reduce the level of drug and alcohol use by youth and also address the issue concerning re-occurring drug and alcohol offenses. This will be accomplished by: 1 . The juvenile will report to the Substance Abuse Council' s office for program registration for the Right Choice program. During this intake, all pertinent information will be collected; a psycho-social assessment with a licensed mental health counselor will be scheduled, the youth will also be informed of their responsibilities for completion of the educational component, where to register for community service and the sanctions that will be imposed if any component of the program is not completed. 2. Registrants will be required to attend the 26-week educational component. The educational program utilizes the Adolescent Recovery Plan by Hanley-Hazelden and consist of a four phase plan • Accepting Responsibility • Getting Honest • The Cost of Drugs • The Disease of Addiction • Deciding to Make Change • Upward Pathways • Learning to Trust Again • I' m Not Perfect, So What? • Making Important Changes + Getting the Stink Out of My Mind • Successful Relationships • The Miracle of Forgiveness • Preventing Relapse • Bridging the Gulf of Relapse • My Plan against Relapse • Getting Real About How I Feel 3 . Parents will be asked to attend the 5-week Parent to Parent educational component of the program. This will consist of • Getting Started : How to Prevent Drug Abuse in Your Family • Setting Guidelines: Developing Healthy Beliefs and Clear Standards • Avoiding Trouble: How to Say No to Drugs • Managing Conflict: How to Control and Express Anger • Involving Everyone: How to Strengthen Family Bonds On the FYSA Survey (2002), Indian River County scored higher than the State and other like Counties in the following risk factors areas : • Poor Family Discipline • Youth Attitude Favorable to ATOD use • Family History of Antisocial Behavior • Perceived Risks of Drug Use • Parental Attitude Favorable to ATOD use • Early Initiation of Drug Use • Parental Attitude Favorable to Antisocial Behavior • Current ATOD use among youth • Friends Use of Drugs � q