STEAM

Student Assistance Program

A Student Assistance Program is a way to identify high risk teenagers who are having problems because of alcohol and/or drug use or who are at risk of suicide and/or other mental health problems.  It is also a method for intervening and referring these students to appropriate community services.  It is an intervention, not a treatment, program.

BEHAVIORS APPROPRIATE FOR REFERRAL TO THE STUDENT ASSISTANCE TEAM

--Academic decline

--Disciplinary problems

--Frequent visits to the nurse and/or guidance

--Decreased attention span

--Observable expressions of anger or fear

--Observable behavior such as increased talking, laughing inappropriately, poor anger management

--Observable behaviors such as overheard conversations about alcohol or other drugs, parties where drugs were present, or fears about a friend's use of mood altering substances

--Smell similar to marijuana on belongings

--Observable behaviors such as overheard conversations about feeling sad or depressed

--Observing a significant weight loss or weight gain

--Observing a distinct behavior change or change of friends

--Observing drug related or satanic related language or drawings

--Observing glassy eyes, red eyes, agitation, loss of interest in academic and extracurricular activties, frequent cold like symptoms, rash around nose/mouth, chemical smell.

ACTIVE SAP MEMBERS:

P. William David-Principal

Katrina Barton-Guidance Counselor

William Swingle-Dean of Students

Che Regina

Selina Paulhamus

Cherryl Luer

Thad Compton-AD HOC Member

Human Services Liaison