Training Opportunities

Project SUCCESS training will help prepare you to implement Project SUCCESS at your school. There are two training options:

Option 1 - Length: 3 days
Location: Tarrytown, New York

Cost: $340 per person (plus travel and per diem). Includes Project SUCCESS Manual, Resource Manual, Packet of Articles, and Power Point Presentation Handouts (10% discount available for multiple registrations from the same agency or school).

Option 2 - Length: 3 days
Location: At your geographic location

Cost: $1300 per day (plus travel and per diem) for unlimited number of participants plus $50 PS Data Collection Log. Includes Project SUCCESS Manual, Resource Manual, Packet of Articles and Power Point Presentation Handouts, to be copied for participants.

A description of the three day training is presented below:

Project SUCCESS Training Schedule - Sample 3 day training

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Project SUCCESS Training
DAY 1
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Introductions, Overview of Schedule/Manuals, History and Philosophy of the Program

Beginning the Program in the Schools

• Developing relations with school personnel
• Outreach to students and faculty
• Meeting the community, community task force, parents, task forces
• Networking with appropriate agencies & groups

Universal Non-Counseling Prevention and Education Activities

• Special Days, Weeks, Months (The Great American Smokeout, National COA Week, Red Ribbon Campaign, etc.)
• Leadership Activities (SADD, VAASA)
• Newcomer Groups

Prevention Education Series

• Goals, Logistics, Content
• Role Play
• Implementation Check List

Stressful Situations for Counselors

• Isolation, working alone
• Pacing, anticipating difficult periods, holiday activities
• Colleagues' Substance Abuse and other inappropriate behavior

DAY 2
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Assessing and Motivating Students

• Conducting a Comprehensive Individual Assessment
• Different Strategies for Children of Substance Abusing Parents (COSAPs)
• Criteria for In-patient/out-patient referral
• Strategies for facilitating successful referrals
• Motivating Substance Abusers and COSAPs

Group Theory as it Applies to Program Groups

• Intervention groups: Assessment & Education; Seniors; Non-Users; Sibling
• Intervention Groups: Abusers; Parents, Peers, Partying; Recovering Students

Parent Involvement
Intervention and Self Help

DAY 3
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Children of Alcoholics and Other Substance Abusing Parents (COSAPs)

• Characteristics
• Service Options
• Identification, Assessment, Engagement
• Groups for COSAPS; using Alateen
• When Parents Become Abstinent

Program Modifications and Program Fidelity

Program Management Techniques

• Data Collection Logs, Monthly reporting forms, Evaluation

Questions and Wrap-up

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