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Student Assistance Program
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Student Assistance Program aims to help students
develop healthy coping skills, make positive lifestyle
choices, and avoid substance abuse problems.
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What
We Do
The Student Assistance Program is a service to assist
students in maintaining and improving their school performance.
We have established programs in Athens-Clarke, Barrow,
Jackson and Madison County. The Student Assistance Program
offers assessment and referral services, psycho-educational
groups and support groups. The services of the Student
Assistance Program are provided to the students and their
families as an additional resource and on a voluntary
basis. These services are not intended to replace any
existing services utilized by the students in their respective
schools. Services are also provided for students whose
lives have been affected by their own or someone else’s
use of alcohol or other drugs.
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STUDENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Student Assistance Program Components (9 ESSENTIAL
COMPONENTS)
Student Assistance Programs (SAP) provide a comprehensive
model for the delivery of prevention, intervention and support
services. Student assistance services are designed to reduce student
risk factors, promote protective factors and increase asset development.
The nine SAP components described below are recommended, as the
minimum requirements needed to reduce barriers to learning and
ensure student success in safe, disciplined and drug-free schools
and communities.
School Board Policy
To define the school's role in creating a safe, disciplined and
drug-free learning community and to clarify the relationship between
student academic performance and the use of alcohol, other drugs,
violence and high-risk behavior.
Staff Development
To provide all school employees with the necessary foundation
of attitudes and skills to reduce risks, increase protective factors
and foster resilience through SAP services.
Program Awareness
To educate parents, students, agencies and the community about
the school policy on alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, disruptive
behavior and violence and provide information about Student Assistance
services that promote resilience and student success.
Internal Referral Process
To identify and refer students with academic and social concerns
to a multi-disciplinary problem-solving and case management team.
Problem Solving Team and Case
Management
To evaluate how the school can best serve students with academic
or social problems through solution-focused strategies.
Student Assistance Program
Evaluation
To ensure continuous quality improvement of student assistance
services and outcomes.
Educational Student Support
Groups
To provide information, support and problem-solving skills to
students who are experiencing academic or social problems.
Cooperation and Collaboration
with Community Agencies and Resources
To build bridges between schools, parents and community resources
through referral and shared case management.
Integration with Other School-Based
Program
To integrate student assistance services with other school-based
programs designed to increase resilience, improve academic performance
and reduce student risk for alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and
violence.
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