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Programs

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• Individualized Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults

• Individualized Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment for Youth

• Adolescent Residential Treatment

• Youth Prevention Program

• Pregnant and Postpartum Intervention Program

• Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders (COPSD) Program

Pregnancy and Postpartum Intervention Program

The Teen Pregnancy Postpartum Intervention (TPPI) Program serves adolescent pregnant or parenting (0-18mo) females (12-17yrs) who reside in Harris and surrounding Counties. The purpose of the program is to reduce the incidents of prenatal and postpartum exposure to alcohol, drug and other drugs for unborn and newborn infants by identifying and providing targeted intervention services to at-risk pregnant and postpartum youth.

Services include:

  • Substance abuse screening and assessment
  • Screening and referral for smoking cessation
  • Screening and referral for mental and domestic violence problems
  • Case Management and service support to ensure clients and child(ren) receive prenatal care, age appropriate reproductive health care, and pediatric care including immunizations
  • WIC enrollment and participation
  • Information and education on prevention of HIV/STD transmission
  • Referral and follow up of children’s services
  • Distribution of written materials, and providing of curriculum-based education

Through comprehensive screening, problem identification and referral (case management) and skill based intervention curriculum, participants will have improved health outcomes, improved parenting skills, increased knowledge of the effects of ATOD on developing fetus, and improved parent/infant bonding. The length of the program is approximately 3 months and does not exceed 6 months for any participant.

Once a participant has been enrolled in the PPI program, a service plan is developed and Implemented by the Prevention Specialist.

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Prevention staff conducts weekly groups using the Casey Life Skills curriculum-Pregnancy and Infant Parenting Curriculums.

The Pregnancy and Young Parent Guidebook Supplement is designed to address a range of prenatal and postpartum care issues. It addresses domains important to having a healthy pregnancy, birth and recovery, infant care, bonding and nurturing, child growth and development and setting goals.

In addition the curriculum provides additional modules on career planning, communication, daily living skills, home life, housing and money management, self care, social relationships, work 6C study skills and work life.

In addition to life skills, participants receive parenting education as well. The Becoming a Love SC Logic Parent program is guided by five basic principles, each firmly grounded in research: preserve and enhance the child's self-concept; teach children how to own and solve the problems they create; share the control and decision-making; combine consequences with high levels of empathy and warmth; and build the adult-child relationship.