Student Assistance Programs

Universal Prevention Activities: School-Wide
  a. School-wide, universal prevention activities positively impact       school climate and student social norms related to alcohol,       tobacco, and illegal drug use as well as violence.
  b. Provides applicable training and support to teachers and       other staff dealing with disruptive behavior and other       barriers to learning.
  c. Recruits peer leaders as role models to assist in delivering       universal prevention activities and to take the lead in      developing and implementing service learning and community      service opportunities within the school and community.

Selected and Indicated Services
  a. Through referral process, ensure identification of students       who are at high-risk for negative consequences and can       benefit from more intensive services.
  b. Specialists assess students’ strengths and needs, provide       individual and small group support counseling, and link       students with appropriate school- and community-based       services.

Specifically, STARS does the following:
   Strengthens students’ resistance, refusal, and decision-making       skills related to alcohol, drugs, sexual activity, and violence
   Promotes increased student school attachment
   Increases youth positive orientation to the future
   Promotes student involvement in the community
   Improves student behavior related to their individual service       objectives, i.e., anger/conflict management, grief issues,       academic failure, suspension, absenteeism, etc.
   Provides crisis management support for faculty and students
   Increases student and family access to and utilization of       appropriate community-based services (i.e., health, mental       health, social, etc.)