Addiction Alert Organization
Our Services Include...
A Telephone
Lifeline
Established
in 1994, in response to a need for an
Island-Wide Drug, Alcohol and Gambling Abuse Information
source,
Telephone Counseling and Referral System.
Toll-free Telephone Number
1-888-991-4146
Individual
and Group
Counseling,
Assessments, Referrals and Family Interventions
for those suffering from addictive disorders and emotional
problems.
Drug Testing
For Individuals
and Company Employees.
Adolescent
Drug Abuse Prevention Programmes
In six targeted
Inner City communities providing adolescents with
life skills
training with emphasis on drug abuse and HIV/AIDS
prevention;
remedial education, parenting workshops, home visits
by social workers,
psycho-educational assessments and follow-up for students
with learning disabilities.
Adolescent Facilitating
Officers
A cadre
of thirteen school graduates (mostly from inner city
communities)
who have been trained over a five-year period to deliver
interventions to
adolescents and agencies requesting their expertise
in the following
areas: Drug Prevention Education, Reproductive Health
& HIV/AIDS/STI prevention,
Crime and Violence Prevention, Interpersonal Relationships,
Peer Resistance Skills, Conflict Resolution,
Personal Development, Facilitation & Presentation
Skills,
Computer Skills, Project Design & Implementation
and
“Edutainment”
The delivery of Life Skills Education utilizing the
Performing Arts.
Employees
Assistance Programmes (EAPS)
Offering
Management Control Systems designed for the early
identification and treatment of employees
suffering from drug abuse and emotional problems.
This Service Offered includes...
Policy Development, Employee Education,
Supervisory Training,
Drug Testing, Individual and Group Counseling.
Training Workshops and
Holiday Camps
For Adolescents;
offering sporting and fun-related activities, drug
abuse
and HIV / AIDS prevention and other life skills. These
are coordinated and
implemented by the Addiction Alert Adolescent - Facilitating
Officers.
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