2009 Kick Butts Day Video:"Smoking. . . It Stops Your Life"
A part of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids!
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Youth ServicesThe Youth Department provides drug and alcohol prevention and intervention to
school districts in a 8-county area, which include Refugio, Calhoun, DeWitt,
Goliad, Gonzales,Jackson, Lavaca, and Victoria counties. The goal of youth prevention programs is to preclude the onset of the use of
alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs by youth and to foster the development of
social and physical environments that facilitate healthy, drug-free lifestyles.
Through our prevention program, we facilitate small groups and provide universal
classroom instruction. Participants learn skills necessary to refuse drug and alcohol
use with lessons on goal setting, decision making, assertiveness, and drug,
alcohol, and tobacco education.
The goal of youth intervention programs is to help individuals participants who are
other high risk problem behaviors. Through our intervention programs, we
facilitate small groups sessions that include motivational activities, social skills
training, and decision-making components that are delivered through group
discussions, games, role-playing exercises, videos, and student worksheets.
Federally recognized curriculums are used in both programs. These programs are:
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