Prevention Services

ADS provides three types of prevention and education services: Universal Prevention, Selective Prevention, and Indicated Prevention programs.

Universal Prevention Services: This approach targets the general population.

• Peer led substance abuse awareness and education in selected schools throughout Guilford County.
• Corporate training related to substance abuse prevention and treatment issues in the Workplace.
• Workshops for community groups such as Building Resilient Children and Parenting for Prevention.
• School and community-based prevention programs.
• Life Skills Training for students of selected schools in Guilford County.
• Distribution of drug education pamphlets and materials.
• Participation in health fairs in the community.
• NC Parent Network designed to engage parents in workshops on drug prevention resources and volunteer opportunities to prevent drug use among their children.

Selective Prevention: This approach targets individuals who possess risk factors for substance abuse.

Small sessions for students K-12 designed to reduce incidents of high-risk behaviors by increasing awareness of effective alternatives to substance abuse. Topics include Anger/Behavior Management, Conflict Resolution, and Self-Esteem Building to name a few.

Serenity Kids (K-6) and Serenity Teens (7-12) are both small psycho-educational groups for youth living with an alcoholic/addict.

Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND) Program designed to help high school youth (14-19 years old) resist substance use through motivational activities, social skills training, and decision-making components.

Project Alert Program designed to teach youth (10-14) to establish no drug use norms, develop reasons not to use drugs, and to resist pro-drug pressures.

I'm Special Program focuses on develping and nurturing youths (8-10) sense of uniquenss and self worth, while at the same time teaching skills for healthy living and effective group cooperation.

Indicated Prevention Services: This approach targets individuals who display signs and symptoms of substance use or abuse.

Lifestyles is a family education program offered as an alternative to suspension from the Guilford County Schools for students with an alcohol or other drug violation.

First Offenders Class is a one-time alcohol education class for college students who violate their school's substance abuse policy for the first time.

Insight is an educational course for college students who violate their school's alcohol policy twice or substance abuse policy once.

Adolescent Education Groups are designed for young people who have used or experimented with alcohol or other drugs but who are not yet in need of treatment.