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The Strengthening Families Program – 12-16 (SFP 12-16) is a parent and family skills training program designed to serve families with teens ages 12–16. The program is designed to serve the general population and at-risk families, including families experiencing parental substance use issues, teen substance use, and teen behavioral problems. SFP 12-16 aims to help parents increase their teen’s protective factors, such as coping skills; reduce their teen’s risk factors, such as behavioral problems; and communicate with their teens about peer pressure, sex, and relationships.
The Strengthening Families Program – 3-5 (SFP 3-5) is a parent and family skills training program designed to serve families with children ages 3–5. The program is designed to serve the general population and at-risk families, including families experiencing parental substance use issues and child behavioral problems. SFP 3-5 aims to help parents increase their children’s protective factors, such as coping skills, and reduce their children’s risk factors, such as behavioral problems.
The Strengthening Families Program – 6-11 (SFP 6-11) is a parent and family skills training program designed to serve families with children ages 6–11. The program is designed to serve the general population and at-risk families, including families experiencing parental substance use issues and child behavioral problems. SFP 6-11 aims to help parents increase their children’s protective factors, such as coping skills, and reduce their children’s risk factors, such as behavioral problems.
The Strengthening Families Program – Birth to Three (SFP B-3) is a parent and family skills training program designed to serve families with children birth through age three. The program is designed to serve the general population and at-risk families, including families experiencing parental substance use issues and child behavioral problems. SFP B-3 aims to help parents increase their children’s protective factors, such as coping skills, and reduce their children’s risk factors, such as behavioral problems. SFP B-3 consists of multi-family group sessions. Before each session, families and trained group leaders have a sit-down meal together where group leaders provide support, guidance, and praise and get to know families on a more personal level. During the first half of each session, group leaders teach parents about child development and skills to promote positive child behavior. Skills taught include how to use rewards, set limits, communicate, and problem solve. Childcare is provided separately.
The Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 (SFP 10-14) is a family skills training program designed to serve families with youth ages 10–14. SFP 10-14 aims to help parents increase their youth’s protective factors, such as pro-social peer relationships, and reduce their youth’s risk factors for behavioral, social, substance use, and academic problems. SFP 10-14 consists of multi-family group sessions. Each session contains three components: parent sessions, youth sessions, and family sessions. During the first half of each session, parents and youth meet separately for parent sessions and youth sessions. During the second half of each session, parents and youth meet together for family sessions. Throughout all sessions, group facilitators use narrated videos of common youth-parent scenarios to help deliver the program.
Strong African American Families (SAAF) is a 7-session, group-based parenting program designed for families with youth ages 10–14. SAAF aims to build on the strengths of African American families to prevent substance use and other risky behaviors. The program focuses on strengthening parental monitoring and involvement, improving communication about sex and substance use, and providing positive racial socialization. SAAF promotes youth goal-setting and attainment, resistance of risky behaviors, and acceptance of parental influences. Each 2-hour session has two parts. In the first hour, youth and caregivers meet in separate groups for activities, discussion, and skill-building. In the second hour, youth and caregivers come back together for activities with their family and the larger group.
Strong Foundations is an adaptation of the Family Foundations (FF) parenting education program designed for pregnant and parenting teens in high schools. Strong Foundations aims to help teens develop a team approach to caregiving, maintain family bonds, reduce stress, and promote adult and child well-being. In Strong Foundations, teens focus on building a parenting team consisting of one, two, or more people who can support them and the child. Teens participate in Strong Foundations individually and typically begin Strong Foundations classes during pregnancy.
The Substance Abuse and Men’s Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (SA-M-TREM) is an adaptation of Men’s Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (M-TREM) designed for men who have survived trauma and have substance use problems. The program aims to help men make connections between abuse histories and current functioning and develop skills for recovery. SA-M-TREM is a group intervention that uses strategies such as education about mental health issues, cognitive restructuring, skills training, and peer support.
The Matrix Model is an intensive outpatient therapeutic intervention for the treatment of substance use disorders and addiction in adults. The program aims to eliminate substance use, improve knowledge of substance abuse and relapse, improve participants’ relationships, and support personal growth. Participants learn about issues related to addiction and relapse and develop strategies for addressing needs. The Matrix Model integrates components of cognitive behavioral therapy, contingency management, relapse prevention, early recovery skills, and motivational interviewing. Participants engage in a variety of group- and individual-based supports. Clinicians may also encourage family involvement or recommend other social supports. Urine tests are used to monitor drug use of program participants. Individuals also participate in a 12-step program as a part of the Matrix Model treatment plan.
The Seven Challenges – Adolescent aims to help adolescents decrease substance use and improve their mental health, relationships, academic performance, and self-awareness. The Seven Challenges – Adolescent offers a specific framework for holistic life counseling that incorporates decision making based on seven main content areas: (1) communicating honestly about oneself and about alcohol and other drugs; (2) understanding why adolescents like and use alcohol and other drugs; (3) assessing how alcohol and drug use could be harming themselves and others; (4) assessing the responsibility of oneself and others for problems; (5) developing goals and plans for future accomplishments; (6) making thoughtful life decisions, including adolescents’ use of alcohol and other drugs; and, (7) following through on life decisions and decisions about drug use.