Tioga County Prevention Offerings

Too Good develops and reinforces steps and planning for kids and youth to set reachable goals, make responsible decisions, identify, and manage emotions, and learn effective communication skills in addition to peer-pressure refusal, pro-social peer bonding, and peaceful conflict resolution skills.

This is a universal K-12 prevention education program designed to help lower risk factors and enhance protective factors related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) use. 

To learn more about this program, visit their website!

Girls Circle® is for those, ages 9-18, that identify with female development. Offering a safe, structured support group that is designed to increase positive connection, resiliency practices, personal and collective strengths and more! To learn more about this group, visit their website!

The Council for Boys and Young Men® is a strength-based group approach for those, ages 9-18, who identify with male development and is inclusive LGTBQ+ youth. This group offers a space for finding belonging, build assets, and deconstruct harmful masculinity believes as they journey into manhood. To learn more, visit their website!

For schools that do not have access to school-based clinicians, SSET is designed for teachers and nonclinical school counselors. SSET is a program that can be utilized on grades 5-12 and is a school-based group intervention for students who have been exposed to traumatic events, bullying, depression, and/or are suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Utilizing this program gives schools the tools and opportunity to address underlying concerns that may be prevention a student from learning in the classroom. Offering a safe environment to implement coping skills and other lesson plans to help students reduce trauma symptoms and improvements in behavior.

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The Stanford “Smart Talk: Cannabis Prevention & Awareness Curriculum” is an evidence-informed, developmentally tailored program designed by Stanford’s REACH Lab (in collaboration with youth, educators, and scientists) to help guide meaningful conversations and decision-making about cannabis. 

Offered in versions for elementary, middle, and high school learners, the curriculum delivers five interactive lessons—complete with presentations, worksheets, online quiz games, and take-home discussion guides—to build knowledge, strengthen refusal and coping skills, correct misperceptions, and ultimately reduce intentions and usage of cannabis among youth.

To learn more about this program, visit their website!

Teen Intervene is a brief early intervention program for 12-to 19-year-old individuals who display the early stages of alcohol or drug involvement. Offering education, support and guidance for teens and parents. 

Teen Intervene program helps youth:

• Identify the reasons they have chosen to use alcohol or other drugs.
  • Was this a one-time use?
  • Was peer pressure part of why they used?
• Examine the effects of substance abuse in their lives.
  • Are they getting behind in school?
  • Is it effecting thier relationships with friends and/or family?
  • Are they experiencing a need to use more?
• Learn to make healthier choices.
  • A personalized approach based off their needs.
  • Is treatment with a counselor needed?

Learn more, here.

PreVenture® is an evidence-based prevention program for youth aged 12-18 that uses personality-focused interventions to promote mental health and reduce the risk of substance use.

Through 2-4 brief workshops, this program aims to equip young people with self-efficacy and cognitive behavioural skills to help them cope with carious developmental challenges that many adolescents face, such as academic stress, peer pressure, interpersonal conflict, and identity development.

It also helps students learn useful coping skills, set long term goals, and channel their personality traits towards achieving them, so that they can thrive in all areas of their lives.

To learn more, visit their website!

We provide a safe, judgement free area for you to learn about different styles of parenting that might be beneficial to your family. We rely on the expertise of trained facilitators and the experience that each parent/caregiver brings. our conversations are informative, casual, and considerate of different parenting styles work for different families.

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An interactive bedroom sequence that brings awareness to common things that kids are hiding in their bedrooms, that don’t look concerning but are. During this session, you’ll be timed to find as many “concerning items” as you can. At the end of the session, we’ll run through items you might have missed and explain the concern about these items being hidden in Shawna’s bedroom. This training can be set up for parents, groups of school staff, etc.