Elementary Level Programs

KidSuccess offers an Intervention Specialist based in a school to provide group and individual support to students referred through the school’s Elementary Student Assistance Program (ESAP). The Intervention Specialist serves as an active member of the ESAP Team, and provides referral and follow-up with families and community programs. The specialist works in a supportive and non-duplicative manner with the school guidance program and ESAP liaison. KidSuccess has adapted the components of Project Success to meet the needs of elementary students and schools.

Curricular Education Group Programs, (Kids Can Cope, 6T’s, and 3-2-1- Countdown) for grades 3-6, are available for cross sections of students, in all schools. They incorporate coping skills, decision-making skills and social skills in an 8-week curriculum format, which includes activities, videos and discussions. Groups meet 8 times and consist of 6 to 8 members at appropriate grade levels.

Focused Topic Skill Building and Support Groups are offered where an elementary intervention specialist is providing contracted intervention services. These groups are designed to enhance resiliency and interpersonal skills that will enable children to manage stressful situations by using positive, healthy techniques. Topics include anger management, diverse families, friendship, self-awareness, stress management, and divorce.

Secondary Level Programs

Project Success is recognized by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention as an evidence-based model program. An Intervention Specialist is based in a school to provide group and individual support to Student Assistance Program (SAP) referred students, to become an active member of the Student Assistance Team, and refer and follow-up with families and community programs. The specialist works in a supportive and non-duplicative manner with the school guidance program and SAP liaison.

TeenS Group Programs are curricular and focus group programs act as a source of support and education for students at large whose needs have not risen to the clinical intervention level. They also serve as a source for further evaluation of students whose issues are impacting success at school. Group membership is voluntary and parental permission is required. The program includes 8 weekly meetings, using a rotating period schedule. Both open and closed group formats are available and consultation to SAP teams, liaisons, school personnel, parents and students can be provided as needed. Co-facilitation by school personnel is available by prior arrangement.

Tobacco Cessation Programs (Evidence-Based) Staff provides 3 programs serving both volunteer quitters and disciplinary referrals. These include Not On Tobacco (N-O-T), Smokeless Saturday, and Alternative To Suspension (ATS). The Freedom From Smoking adult cessation program is available to faculty and staff in participating buildings.

Evaluation of Services Services are evaluated using pre and post assessments and a variety of general and outcome evaluations which are administered by the Saint Vincent College Prevention Projects’ staff as applicable to each service. Results are submitted to school personnel and appear in each Intervention Services handbook, which is updated yearly.

Georgia Shalek, Manager of Intervention Programs
Phone: 724.805.2050
Fax: 724.539.1710
Email:georgia.shalek@email.stvincent.edu