Prevention Programs
Evidence-based prevention programs have been proven to reduce risk factors that are predictors of substance use. When individuals, caregivers, and families participate in evidence-based prevention programs we know substance misuse is being prevented.
Family/Caregiver Programsfamilies with children ages 0-5
Nurse family partnership
Nurse Family Partnership is a home visiting program for low income first time mothers. Program begins before birth and continues until age 2. Offered in: Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties) - name, phone, email Southwest (Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Washington counties) - name, phone, email Salt Lake - name phone email parenting wisely
Is a self paced online parenting class that teaches skills that parents of younger children can use to deal with common parenting situations. Length: This online program takes about 3 to 5 hours to complete. Offered in: Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties): Diane Jones, 435-695-2094, [email protected] Circle of security
Focuses on providing skills that enhance parents or caregivers ability to develop a secure attachment with their children. The program helps parents/caregivers understand and respond to their children's emotional needs. Length: 8 weeks Offered in: Davis County: Megan Crain, 801-497-1474, [email protected] Love and Logic
A parenting philosophy aimed at making parenting fun and rewarding by providing tools and techniques that help adults achieve respectful and healthy relationships with their children. Length: 6 weeks Offered in: Northeastern (Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah counties): Catherine Jurado, 435-789-6300, [email protected] Wasatch County: Trudy Brereton, 385-268-6754, [email protected] Weber Human Services (Weber and Morgan counties): Susannah Burt, 801-625-3614, [email protected] Systematic training for effective parenting (step)
STEP is a multicomponent parenting curriculum designed to help parents of youth ages 0-17. Parents learn how to address positive and negative behaviors, build healthy relationships and appropriate discipline. In a group setting parents learn developmental stages of youth, how their belief systems form, and parenting skills to effectively identify goals and more. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Families with children ages 6-10
Parenting wisely
Is a self paced online parenting class that teaches skills that parents of younger children can use to deal with common parenting situations. Length: This online program takes about 3 to 5 hours to complete. Offered in: Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties): Diane Jones, 435-695-2094, [email protected] love and logic
A parenting philosophy aimed at making parenting fun and rewarding by providing tools and techniques that help adults achieve respectful and healthy relationships with their children. Length: 6 weeks Offered in: Northeastern (Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah counties): Catherine Jurado, 435-789-6300, [email protected] Wasatch County: Trudy Brereton, 385-268-6754, [email protected] Weber Human Services (Weber and Morgan counties): Susannah Burt, 801-625-3614, [email protected] Systematic training for effective parenting (step)
STEP is a multicomponent parenting curriculum designed to help parents of youth ages 0-17. Parents learn how to address positive and negative behaviors, build healthy relationships and appropriate discipline. In a group setting parents learn developmental stages of youth, how their belief systems form, and parenting skills to effectively identify goals and more. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Families with children ages 10-18
Guiding good choices
Guiding Good Choices provides families with information and tools to help preteens and teens avoid some of the risks they encounter as they become more independent. Length: 5 weeks Offered in: Central Utah (Juab, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and Wayne counties): Elizabeth Hinckley, 435-314-9091, [email protected] Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] San Juan County: Alyn Mitchell, 435-979-5593, [email protected] Southwest Utah (Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Washington counties): Logan Reid, 435-867-7622, [email protected] Summit County: Pamella Bello-Strauss, 435-333-1551, [email protected] Tooele County: Kevin Neff, 435-277-2476, [email protected] Weber Human Services (Weber and Morgan counties): Susannah Burt, 801-625-3614, [email protected] strengthening families
Is a family program for families with children between the ages of 10 to 14. This highly effective program aims to enhance family protective and resiliency processes and reduce risk related to teen substance misuse and other problem behaviors. Length: 7 weeks Offered in: Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties): Diane Jones, 435-695-2094, [email protected] Central Utah (Juab, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and Wayne counties): Elizabeth Hinckley, 435-314-9091, [email protected] Davis County: Megan Crain, 801-497-1474, [email protected] Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] San Juan County: Alyn Mitchell, 435-979-5593, [email protected] Wasatch County: Trudy Brereton, 385-268-6754, [email protected] Weber Human Services (Weber and Morgan counties): Susannah Burt, 801-625-3614, [email protected] parenting wisely
Is a self paced online parenting class that teaches skills that parents of teens can use to deal with common parenting situations. Length: This online program takes about 3 to 5 hours to complete. Offered in: Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties): Diane Jones, 435-695-2094, [email protected] Love and Logic
A parenting philosophy aimed at making parenting fun and rewarding by providing tools and techniques that help adults achieve respectful and healthy relationships with their children. Length: 6 weeks Offered in: Northeastern (Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah counties): Catherine Jurado, 435-789-6300, [email protected] Wasatch County: Trudy Brereton, 385-268-6754, [email protected] Weber Human Services (Weber and Morgan counties): Susannah Burt, 801-625-3614, [email protected] Everyday strong
Is a class/presentation that teaches parents and other adults how they can be a caring adult in the lives of the children they interact with. The program is delivered by the United Way. Offered in partnership with prevention providers in these areas: Davis County: Megan Crain, 801-497-1474, [email protected] Weber Human Services (Weber and Morgan counties): Susannah Burt, 801-625-3614, [email protected] staying connected with your teen
This program helps parents of youth ages 12 to 17 improve their interactions at home and strengthen the bonds between them and their children. Length: 5 weeks Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Systematic training for effective parenting (Step)
STEP is a multicomponent parenting curriculum designed to help parents of youth ages 0-17. Parents learn how to address positive and negative behaviors, build healthy relationships and appropriate discipline. In a group setting parents learn developmental stages of youth, how their belief systems form, and parenting skills to effectively identify goals and more. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] |
Individual ProgramsAges 0-5
Ages 6-10
Good behavior game
Is an early elementary school classroom management strategy that uses team-based competition and rewards for on-task behaviors. This strategy reduces disruptive behaviors, increases on-task behaviors, and promotes positive social skills. The program has long term outcomes in reducing substance misuse and suicide. Offered at schools in: Central Utah (Juab, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and Wayne counties): Elizabeth Hinckley, 435-314-9091, [email protected] San Juan County: Alyn Mitchell, 435-979-5593, [email protected] positive action
This school based program focuses on school-wide climate change along with curriculum based lessons delivered to students. Elementary school lessons are 15 minutes long. Some of the program outcomes include academic performance, truancy, violence, substance misuse, and bullying. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Wasatch County: Trudy Brereton, 385-268-6754, [email protected] ages 10-18
Catch my breath
Is a youth vaping prevention program for students in grades 5-12. The program consists of 4 lessons that are 35 minutes long. Offered in: Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties): Diane Jones, 435-695-2094, [email protected] Davis County: Megan Crain, 801-497-1474, [email protected] Southwest Utah (Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Washington counties): Logan Reid, 435-867-7622, [email protected] Weber Human Services (Weber and Morgan counties): Susannah Burt, 801-625-3614, [email protected] Botvin lifeskills
This classroom based program provides students with the confidence and skills needed to handle challenging situations. This program has been adapted for delivery in elementary, middle, and high school. Offered in: Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties): Diane Jones, 435-695-2094, [email protected] Central Utah (Juab, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and Wayne counties): Elizabeth Hinckley, 435-314-9091, [email protected] Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Tooele County: Kevin Neff, 435-277-2476, [email protected] Weber Human Services (Weber and Morgan counties): Susannah Burt, 801-625-3614, [email protected] why try
Why Try is a structed classroom curriculum that can be used in grades k-12. The program aims to improve student resilience and academic results. Offered in: Four Corners (Carbon, Emery, and Grand counties): Taylor Passarella, 435-637-7200x315, [email protected] Central Utah (Juab, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and Wayne counties): Elizabeth Hinckley, 435-314-9091, [email protected] Wasatch County: Trudy Brereton, 385-268-6754, [email protected] prime for life
Prime for Life for teens is often a court ordered class that teaches youth how to avoid future problems with alcohol and drugs. Offered in: Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties): Diane Jones, 435-695-2094, [email protected] Central Utah (Juab, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and Wayne counties): Elizabeth Hinckley, 435-314-9091, [email protected] Northeastern (Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah counties): Catherine Jurado, 435-789-6300, [email protected] Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Wasatch County: Trudy Brereton, 385-268-6754, [email protected] big brothers big sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters matches volunteers with youth for one-to-one mentoring. The program helps children achieve success in school and avoid risky behaviors like substance misuse and violence. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] learning to breathe
Learning to Breathe is used as a classroom based mindfulness curriculum. The program focuses on intrapersonal competence through mindfulness. Offered in: Davis County: Megan Crain, 801-497-1474, [email protected] check and connect Mentoring program
This mentoring program assigns students to a monitor who reviews information on attendance, behavior, and academic performance. The monitor also coordinates services and coordinates services. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] positive action
This school based program has 140 15-minute lessons that a delivered 2 to 4 times a week throughout the school year. The program also includes school-wide climate change. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Wasatch County: Trudy Brereton, 435-657-3230, [email protected] second step
Second Step is a K-12 program that focuses on fostering empathy, emotion management, and problem-solving skills in students. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Weber Human Services (Weber and Morgan counties): Susannah Burt, 801-625-3614, [email protected] project toward no drug abuse
This school based drug prevention program contains 12 lessons delivered over 3 weeks. Curriculum is intended for high school age students. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] inshape prevention plus wellness
InShape Prevention Plus Wellness is a health coaching program for college students proven to improve general health and emotional wellbeing. It aims to improve prosocial interactions with peers, increase physical activity, improve nutrition education and outcomes, as well as sleep and stress management. This effective program is proven to reduce 30-day use of alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] too good for drugs and violence
Too Good for Drugs and violence is a curriculum based program that introduces and develops skills for making healthy choices, building positive friendships, developing self-efficacy, communicating effectively, and resisting peer pressure. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] keepin' it real
Keepin' it REAL is designed to reduce the risks of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use as well as promote social and emotion competencies like drug refusal skills. This classroom based program is delivered through ten 45 minute lessons. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] protecting you protecting me
Protecting You Protecting Me is intended to be a 5 year classroom based prevention program delivered in 1st through 5th grade. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] sport program
A health promotion program for youth ages 8-18 that highlights the benefits of an active lifestyle and aims to reduce the use of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. This group curriculum promotes movement, skill building, and improved overall physical health. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] clearing the vapor
Offered in: Southwest Utah (Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Washington counties): Logan Reid, 435-867-7622, [email protected] Mindup
living skills
Living Skills is designed for youth ages 6-11 to improve adaptive school behavior and social competencies. Curriculum is provided in 10-small group sessions held weekly to build prosocial interaction, identify and address emotions, and learn to express anger and stress in a safe and productive way. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Curriculum based support group (voices)
The program is designed for individuals, ages 4-17, whose high-risk situations -- including Adverse Childhood Experiences, attitudes, and behaviors, place them at elevated risk for future behavioral and health problems including substance misuse, delinquency, and violence. In a small group setting, youth are taught essential life skills for family situations, peer pressure, respect for self and others, goal setting, making healthy choices, and effective refusal skills for alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Student athlete prevention program
Offered in: Southwest Utah (Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Washington counties): Logan Reid, 435-867-7622, [email protected] Personal empowerment program
Offered in: Southwest Utah (Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Washington counties): Logan Reid, 435-867-7622, [email protected] All stars
The All Stars program is designed to be process-oriented, student-driven, and highly engaging. The program is intended to prevent the onset of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, fighting and bullying, and early sexual activity. Intended for youth ages 10 to 12. Offered in: Wasatch County: Trudy Brereton, 385-268-6754, [email protected] Me time
MeTime is a cognitive-behavioral group intervention for youth ages 13-19 designed to reduce depressive symptoms and future depressive episodes. The program increases knowledge of the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and the importance of engaging in social and physical activities. This program is 6 weeks long. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] 18+
Prime for life
This is a court ordered class that teaches adults low risk use guidelines to avoid future problems with alcohol and drugs. Offered in: Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties): Diane Jones, 435-695-2094, [email protected] Central Utah (Juab, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and Wayne counties): Elizabeth Hinckley, 435-314-9091, [email protected] Northeastern (Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah counties): Catherine Jurado, 435-789-6300, [email protected] Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] Wasatch County: Trudy Brereton, 385-268-6754, [email protected] mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)
Living well with chronic pain
Living Well with Chronic Pain is a 6-session workshop designed to help individuals dealing with chronic pain and caregivers. Participants learn self-management techniques and skills to manage their chronic pain. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] INSHAPE PREVENTION PLUS WELLNESS
InShape Prevention Plus Wellness is a health coaching program for college students proven to improve general health and emotional wellbeing. It aims to improve prosocial interactions with peers, increase physical activity, improve nutrition education and outcomes, as well as sleep and stress management. This effective program is proven to reduce 30-day use of alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco. Offered in: Salt Lake County: Alysa Stuart, 385-468-5321, [email protected] |
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