Youth Program Components
Components of the youth programs are designed to offer graduated opportunities that will equip members with the necessary vocational, intellectual and communicative skill for successful reintegration into society, allowing them to be free of addictive behaviours.
Components include:
- Addictions counselling
- Integrated co-occurring disorder treatment plans
- Group, family and individual counselling
- Aboriginal Traditional Programming
- Criminal Justice/Family Court Services
- Mental Health assessments, therapy and referrals
- Daily healthy living routines
- Work activities
- Special Education classrooms
- Recreation/Leisure time
- Daycare for dependent children
Seminars/Courses
While participating in the Youth program, members will have opportunity to learn methods that promote healthy living and assist them in learning how to make positive lifestyle choices.
Seminars and courses include:
- Substance Abuse Awareness
- Family Violence Education
- Special Education classrooms
- Anger Management Training
- Parent Effectiveness Training
- Assertiveness Training
- Life Skills
- Healthy Sexuality
- Coping with Grief and Loss
- Dealing with Abuse
- It’s Not Your Fault ¹
- Self Harming
- Bullying
- Voices Journal ²
- Respect ED: Violence and Abuse Prevention, Canadian Red Cross
- Interactive Journaling is developed by the Change Companies, and is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Objectives of Youth Programs
The objectives for both the male and female youth programs are broken down into three levels.
Immediate
Immediate objectives include:
- Providing a drug free environment.
- Supplying the basic needs with food, shelter and clothing.
- Providing stability and a sense of security.
- Providing attention, concern and care.
- Creating structure and discipline through clearly defined boundaries and expectations.
- Providing a work and/or school routine and teaching living skills.
- Supplying support and encouragement.
- Presenting factual information on issues related to substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.
Intermediate
Intermediate objectives include:
- Increasing the ability of the young person to assume responsibility for their own actions and behaviour.
- Addressing the primary issues contributing to the addiction.
- Building confidence and increasing self-esteem.
- Providing ongoing development of the youth’s skills in realistic goal setting.
- Developing an increasing awareness of the young person’s strengths and weaknesses.
Long Term
Long term objectives include:
- Eliminating addictive behaviours.
- Fostering a positive self-image and identity.
- Developing and increasing self-confidence.
- Developing work and/or school routines and habits necessary for obtaining employment or entrance to an educational institution in the home community.
- Integrating the young person back into the community as a productive member of society.
