The 7 CSAP Strategies for Preventing Substance Abuse

Trainings for Staff Working With Youth:
We share information about the dangers of substance use through brochures, social media posts, and community events.
Trainings for Staff to Use With Youth:
We provide workshops, presentations, or curricula focused on life skills, healthy decision-making, and substance use prevention.
Information Dissemination:
We assist with creating educational print and digital materials, including handouts, flyers, posters, and billboards.
Alternatives:
We incorporate drug-free activities such as games, clubs, and volunteer opportunities as part of ongoing substance use prevention efforts.
Environmental Strategies:
We bring people together to build partnerships, including forming community groups focused on substance prevention.
Community-Based Process:
We work to strengthen the community’s ability to provide prevention and treatment services.
Problem Identification and Referral:
We identify training opportunities to increase staff capacity across prevention topics and provide referral lists of services for clients.

Training for Professionals Working With Youth

The KYC Center offers trainings designed for staff who work with youth. These sessions cover a range of topics related to prevention, substance use education, communication, and youth support.

Inclusion, Communication & Facilitation

LGBTQIA2S+ Awareness (101): Classroom etiquette, pronouns, and inclusive vocabulary
Facilitation Best Practices: Tailored presentations using an organizational checklist
Classroom Management: Techniques for prevention specialists
Public Speaking & Substance Use (101): Engaging audiences about substance use
Community Communication Campaign (101): Communicating substance use prevention
Mentorship Training: Mentoring youth in prevention efforts
Motivational Interviewing: Techniques to encourage positive choices

Substance Use Education & Prevention

Drug Usage Landscape: Drugs, laws, and treatment options for adolescents and young adults
Prescription Drug & Opioid Misuse: Misuse prevention education
Harm Reduction Approaches: Strategies for minimizing harm related to drug use
Narcan Training: Administering Narcan to reverse opioid overdoses

Youth Development, Trauma & Mental Health

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Trauma and its connection to substance use
Trauma-Informed Approach (101): Trauma’s impact on youth
Positive Youth Development (101): Supporting healthy youth development
Youth Mental Health & Substance Use: Supporting youth mental health in the context of substance use

Trainings for Youth

The KYC Center offers trainings designed for youth. These sessions cover topics related to healthy life skills, adolescent development, bullying and cyberbullying, and DUI prevention from a substance use perspective.

Development & Life Skills

Healthy Life Skills: Physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development
Adolescent Development: Cognitive, emotional, and physical health, including reproductive health

Prevention & Safety

Bullying & Cyberbullying: Peer pressure and its connection to substance use
DUI Prevention Education: DUI prevention from a substance use perspective

Join Our Board!

We value you and your expertise! Join our local advisory board to help guide local prevention actions to prevent youth substance use.

Benefits of joining:

Shared Learning

Network with other youth-serving organizations across Suburban Cook County to share efforts and resources.

Be part of informing prevention efforts

Each meeting provides the opportunity to share what prevention activities are needed in your community.