Safety Net

What is it?

Child & Family Guidance Center recognizes that teens may be dealing with depression, low self esteem, and high-risk behaviors such as: truancy, delinquency, violence, and teen pregnancy.

The Safety Net team is an additional resource and support system for school staff and students.

Who is it For?

Services are provided in 24 middle and high school campuses in Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Denton, and Plano Independent School Districts.

Safety Net Services

 

Safety Net consists of:

  • Prevention education groups

  • One-on-one skills training for youth

  • Community education

  • Referral services for comprehensive care options

Safety Net utilizes a research-based curriculum entitled, "Positive Action," which teaches resiliency and social competency skills including*:

  • Communication

  • Decision making

  • Goal-setting

  • Stress & Anger management

  • Problem solving

  • Resisting peer pressure

* The curriculum is approved by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - a branch of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

This service model allows Child & Family to maintain our program goals to:

  • Spread awareness of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and their impacts on health

  • Teach positive ways to avoid the use and misuse of substances

  • Aid adolescents and their families in finding solutions to life-challenging issues while encouraging and supporting their continued success and healthy decision making

During the summer months,  Safety Net partners with community organizations to provide prevention programming to youth.

The Safety Net Program is also available for presentations on the following topics:

  • Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD)

    • presentations include information about trending ATOD use and abuse among adolescents, long and short term consequences of use and abuse, laws surrounding use, etc. 

  • Substance use prevention and intervention among youth

    • presentations include information on drug and alcohol prevention, as well as drug use and abuse

  • Behavioral health promotion

    • presentations include a variety of topics for adolescents (stress, anxiety, etc) 

  • Parenting presentations include 

    • Parenting 101- how to talk to your kids about drugs 

    • The Power of Showing Up

 
 

Enrollment

For questions, inquiries, or to get Safety Net in your school, contact the Safety Net team with the form below.