Individual sessions with youth prior to entering into billable outpatient treatment. These sessions will be comprised of relationship-building, describing what to expect during treatment, addressing barriers to treatment, discuss any thoughts or feelings the student may have about completing the assessment or drug testing, and the degree to which the family or caregiver may be involved. 2. Work with school staff, school resource officers as well as other referral agencies during the preengagement time to discuss how to engage the student and clarify if treatment is required to reenter school. In addition, this involves being present in the schools as a trusted adult so that students feel comfortable to come as self-referrals or just have the ability to have questions answered about drugs and alcohol. 3. Students who are screened or referred at American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Level 0.5 who need prevention services or basic education services rather than treatment. Relationship building with students such as drop-ins who want to check in or touch base, inquire about selfreferral, or “get a snack”. 4. Small group facilitation such as prevention activities and relationship building with high risk students, including life skills, social skills and pro-social behavior, utilizing an evidence-based curricula such as Girls Circle, Boys Council, and Botvin’s Life Skills. Ideally, these students would move into treatment. 5. Classroom education such as positive social norms and other evidence-based classroom prevention curricula and other school-based prevention events and activities, including “guest speakers” to assist in classroom discussion and Q & A.
