Definition of SAP

To deal with problems student have with alcohol and other drugs in their lives, many schools have Student Assistance Programs (SAP's). Here are the features common to most Student Assistance Programs.

a team of concerned adults who draft policy language, design procedures, train others, and promote program awareness in order to identify, assess, refer, and support students with alcohol and other drug-related problems in proportion to their numbers.
a system of all things that are necessary to know, think, feel and do to help students deal with all of the ways in which they are affected by their own use of mood-altering chemicals or someone else's.
a service that assists in the process of recovering - as individuals, systems, and as a community - from the effects of alcohol and other drug abuse.
a comprehensive and integrated, joint school-community program for providing students with prevention, intervention, support, and instructional services for the amelioration of alcohol and other drug-related problems.

Anderson (1987) defines the target audiences as students who:

are chemically dependent.
abuse alcohol or other drugs.
are affected by someone else's use of alcohol or other drugs.
are recovering - used as aftercare.
are nonusers/non-abusers - to help them stay drug-free.
have other problems such as separation and divorce, death and loss, suicide, sexuality issues, child abuse, and neglect.

Taken from When Chemicals Come to School by Gary L. Anderson (1987). (Community Recovery Press, P.O. Box 20979, Greenfield, WI 53220)

This document was last updated 8/13/97 by Chandra Hawley.
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1996 Indiana University - Center for Adolescent Studies, all rights reserved.
Kris Bosworth - Director
979, Greenfield, WI 53220) This book provides all the information needed to create a Student Assistance Program
- OR -
"Student Assistance Program: Guideline for Planning, Implementation and Evaluation" by David Lohrmann and Diane Allensworth (American School Health Association, 7263 State Route 43, P.O. Box 708, Kent, OH 44240) This is a new publication focusing on how SAP's can enhance health education as well as how to form and maintain a SAP.

This document was last updated 8/13/97 by Chandra Hawley.
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1996 Indiana University - Center for Adolescent Studies, all rights reserved.
Kris Bosworth - Director
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*Cost is per classroom of 30 students.
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Some other worthwhile programs:

SMARTMoves (1993): developed by Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Focuses on tobacco, alcohol, and drug use as well as sexuality.
BARN - Body Awareness Resource Network (revised 1991): developed by a research team at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. An interactive computer program that uses games, interactive interviews and simulations to teach skills to make healthy choices about alcohol, drugs, smoking, stress, sexuality, and AIDS.

In all, Making the Grade rates several dozen programs. These are only a few of the best! For more information about Making the Grade, contact Drug Strategies at 2445 M Street, NW, Suite 480, Washington, D.C. 20037. Phone (202)663-6090

How to find the above resources:

Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program	Amps Project 1016 Catherine Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1620 (313)998-7255
BARN	Learning Multi-Systems, Inc. 320 Holtzman Road Madison, WI 53713 (800)362-7323
Drug Proof	American Guidance Service 4201 Woodland Road Circle Pines, MN 55014-1796 (800)328-2560
From Peer Pressure to Peer Support	Johnson Institute 7151 Metro Blvd. Minneapolis, MN 55439-2122 (800)231-5165
Life Skills Training	Princeton Health Press 414 Wall Street Princeton, NJ 08540 (609)921-0540
Ombudsman	The Drug Education Center 1117 East Morehead Charlotte, NC 28204 (704)375-3784
Project Northland	Partnerships for Youth Health University of Minnesota 1300 S. 2Nd Street, Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015
SMARTMoves	Boys &;Girls Clubs of America 1230 W. Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30309-3494 (404)815-5700
Project STAR	USC/PR 1540 Alcazar Street, Suite 210H Los Angeles, CA 90033 (213)342-2686

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