Addiction Resources for Schools

Addiction Prevention

Turn to the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation for prevention and intervention resources to help students and families understand the risks and realities of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use–and related issues including violence and anti-social behavior.

We can help you by:

• Delivering school and community-based substance abuse prevention programs
• Providing effective community engagement and parent education opportunities
• Conducting surveys and assessments to help you get a clear picture of student attitudes and behaviors
• Connecting staff with the latest thinking and best practices in prevention through professional conferences, on-site training, and professional development opportunities
• Offering webinars and web content related to today's most relevant prevention topics

Our evidence-based curricula are designed to prevent substance abuse, violence, and other anti-social behaviors. Best-selling titles include:

• Project Northland
• Class Action
• Olweus
• Safe Dates
• Lifelines

Intervention and Assessment

With targeted addiction intervention and support resources from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, you can help students and families figure out their next steps when faced with substance abuse and related issues.

We can help you by:

• Sharing a free, confidential online self-assessment tool for you to offer students and families
• Providing a toll-free number and easy access to an addiction professional who can start the treatment pre-entry process for families
• Equipping your school with an evidence-based brief intervention program, Teen Intervene—along with implementation training
• Consulting about school substance use policies and protocols to ensure an effective response when students are caught using alcohol or other drugs
• Providing expert content for your school or district website about risks and consequences of alcohol and other drug use and other adolescent behavioral health issues and concerns; and

Connecting staff with the latest thinking and best practices in intervention and assessment through professional conferences, on-site training, and professional development opportunities

Addiction Treatment and Support

The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is your go-to source for individualized substance use treatment and recovery support for students and families struggling with addiction. Connect them with developmentally appropriate treatment and recovery solutions.

We can help you by:

• Offering students and families a full continuum of evidence-based, integrated care, including:
• Inpatient addiction treatment
• Outpatient addiction treatment
• Mental health services
• Family Program
• Providing expert content for your school or district website about risks and consequences of alcohol and other drug use, and other adolescent behavioral health issues and concerns; and
• Connecting you with the latest information about addiction treatment for adolescents and young adults through professional conferences, on-site training, and professional development opportunities

Recovery Management

Consult with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation to ensure ongoing support for students returning to school, activities, and home following addiction treatment.

We can help you by:

• Equipping your organization with with a ready network of support, from formal, in-person coaching and monitoring services to anytime/anywhere online resources, to ease the transition back to school, and;
• Recommending products and services that will help you integrate students who have just completed addiction treatment back into school

Education

Teen experimentation with alcohol and other drugs is something most parents fear—for good reason. Emerging research confirms the risks of early use. The younger a person is when he or she starts to drink or use other drugs, the more likely he or she is to engage in other harmful behaviors—and to develop addiction later in life.

The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation offers a vast array of educational resources to prevent risky behaviors and build resilience, including:

• Free resources on issues related to adolescent and young adult behavioral health
• Free webinars on emerging issues and pressing concerns
• The latest research and survey results related to youth, teens and addiction, from treatment outcomes to attitudes and behaviors regarding marijuana
• Best-selling books on parenting, family dynamics, and raising resilient children

Assessment

By 12th grade, nearly one-third of teens have used an illicit drug, and almost half have consumed alcohol. Teen alcohol and other drug use is commonplace, and parents need to take a closer look if you suspect your son or daughter is using.

Even if addiction is not in the picture, teen experimentation with alcohol and other drugs can result in severe and lasting consequences—accidents, unintentional overdoses, violence, sexual trauma and legal issues.

Find helpful tools and resources about the signs of teen alcohol and other drug use—and how to take steps to intervene when needed.

Is it addiction? Without expert assessment and diagnosis, the struggle to find answers can become an exhausting search that offers no resolution.

The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation offers a variety of assessment options, including:

• A phone-based consultation, conducted by a licensed addiction counselor. Call 1-877-620-4174
• In-person chemical use and mental health assessments to provide a diagnosis along with recommendations for next steps

Addiction Treatment

Addiction changes everything about a young person. The way they think. How they feel. What they believe. Addiction affects judgment, emotions, and beliefs. That’s why youth and teen addiction treatment at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s residential and outpatient centers is holistic and personalized, providing care for the mind, body, and spirit.

Our rehab services for adolescents and young adults, ages 12–25, include:

• inpatient and outpatient addiction treatment
• integrated care for trauma, anxiety, depression, and other co-occurring disorders
• programs for family members, specifically parents and siblings outpatient mental health services

Living in Recovery

Especially for young people newly clean and sober, staying connected with others in recovery is the healthiest move they can make. The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation offers all kinds of formal and informal support, connecting young people and families with help and answers you can rely on, including:

• Web-based recovery tools, coaching and support
• Recovery support apps
• Recovery support text messaging
• Recovery coaching and monitoring
• Online recovery social network
• Alumni groups and activities
• Daily inspirational emails
• Recovery retreats
• Books and e-books