Programs

School-Based Groups

Botvin LifeSkills Training (LST) was developed by Dr. Gilbert J. Botvin, an internationally known expert on drug abuse prevention. LST is a research-validated substance abuse prevention program proven to reduce the risks of alcohol, tobacco, drug abuse and violence by targeting the major social and psychological factors that promote the initiation of substance use and other risk behaviors. LST promotes healthy alternatives to risky behaviors through activities designed to teach students the necessary skills to resist social pressures to engage in the use of substances, help develop greater self-esteem and self-confidence, effectively cope with anxiety, increase awareness of consequences of substance use and enhance cognitive and behavioral competency to reduce and prevent a variety of health risk behaviors.

Family Strengthening Programs

Guiding Good Choices is a National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP) recognized, evidence-based drug prevention program that seeks to give parents the skills they need to help reduce their children’s risk for using alcohol and other drugs. The goal of Guiding Good Choices program is to prevent substance abuse among teens by teaching parents effective family management and communication skills before their children enter adolescence. The target audience for this program is parents of children in grades 4-8, ages 9-14.

National Alcohol Screening Day

National Alcohol Screening Day® (NASD) is an annual event that provides information about alcohol and health as well as free, anonymous screenings. NASD’s yearly screenings help normalize the process of regularly checking personal use of alcohol, and keeping current about individual health and safety where alcohol use is concerned. Screenings aid in early detection of alcohol use disorders. Event sites are located across the nation in community, health care, college, military and employment settings. Click here to read more and to register as a screening site

Information Dissemination

The Council has been the host of information dissemination throughout Bucks County for the past 35 years. We accomplish this through providing a large variety of substance abuse information, materials and resources that are accurate and consistent with current knowledge of sound approaches to prevention, intervention and treatment. Information is disseminated to public and private agencies, organizations and individuals through internet activities and including, but not limited to, community groups, youth organizations health fairs, and religious and social organizations.

Pennsylvania Underage Drinking Task Force

The Council historically has been the coordinator of the Southeastern Region’s Pennsylvanian’s Against Underage Drinking (PAUD), a statewide coalition that strives to reduce underage drinking among youth throughout the state of Pennsylvania. PAUD has now been folded into the initiatives of the PA DUI Association and PA SADD. In Bucks County, this task force continues, furthering the goal that youth and adults from the community, community groups and organizations will enhance their awareness of underage drinking initiatives, legislative activities related to underage drinking and resources to reduce and prevent underage drinking in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

LeadOn!

This event is a county-wide youth leadership conference open to all Bucks County school students from grades 6-12. Rewarding pro-social involvement is one of many known protective factors, which buffer against and offset risk factors for alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. Lead On! addresses issues relative to the Search Institute’s 40 Assets of protective factors and rewards students, advisors and schools for their initiative in youth leadership prevention activities, reinforcing characteristics among the 40 Assets.

Central Bucks Drug Free Project – A Drug Free Communities Coalition

The Central Bucks Drug Free Project is a community anti-drug coalition that seeks to reduce and prevent drug use and underage drinking by youth in Central Bucks

What’s My SPF? – Strategic Prevention Framework State Initiative Grant (SPF-SIG)

This project, funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, is a partnership between The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania and Pennsbury LYFT (Lower Makefield, Yardley, Falls, Tullytown) whose goal is to prevent (reduce) underage drinking among those aged 12-17 years of age in Pennsbury School District.

Tobacco Control

Studies have shown that strong tobacco free school policies have a sustainable impact on students, faculty, and communities.  The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc. (The Council), supported by the Health Promotion Council and funded through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, is assisting schools and school districts in assessing current tobacco policies and creating positive change in their schools.  Click here for more information 

Aim Program

For younger adolescents who are early experimenters with alcohol or other drugs, the AIM program provides information presented in a nonjudgmental atmosphere, and can be an effective modality for encouraging behavioral change. The program for youth in the 11 to 14 age range, employs a non-confrontational style of interaction based on the principles of Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Funding for this program is made possible by United Way of Bucks County and The Fourjay Foundation.  Click here for our brochure.

Medication Take Back Project

This project is an opportunity for the public to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal. Please contact us for dates in your community or how you can help.

Overdose Prevention and Education Program

This program aims to increase awareness on overdose prevention and plan for prevention strategies specific to the needs of the community.