RISKline (801-565-7475)
—Established in 1988, the RISKline is a 24-hour service where students, parents and patrons can access guidance and referrals for counseling support. The program has been expanded to include anonymous referrals for threats of violence or the threat of weapons in the schools.
Anger Management/Self Discipline
—The Appeals Committee requires these classes for students troubled by inappropriate responses to anger. During four sessions, students and their parents learn to identify anger triggers and how to access new response strategies to anger.
First Offenders
—Students who violate the Drug and Alcohol Policy are required to attend eight hours of instruction which includes:
• Laws and Consequences
• Harmful Effects of Drugs
• Communication
• New Strategies for Avoiding Future Problems With Substances
• 1998-99 Statistics
• First Offenders: 252
• Second Offenders: 70
• Third Offenders: 6
Gang Prevention Intervention
—New legislative funding available since 1994 is specifically targeted to students exhibiting or at risk for gang involvement.
• Individual tracking
• Mentoring
• Small group or daily class group work
Pathfinders
—This program involves individual or small group interaction with gang involved young women. The goal of the program is to:
• Increase School Attendance
• Establishing a Positive Adult/Student Relationship
• Promote Positive Life Skills
Sixth Sense/Living Skills
—This project, in cooperation with Cornerstone Counseling, provides students in fifth and sixth grade additional instruction in positive outcome skills to avoid violence, drugs and alcohol.
Service Learning
—Service learning has been adopted by the USOE to help at-risk students begin to establish positive connections with their own communities.
—Projects are designed to help students learn:
• Lifelong skills
• Participate in service projects for the homeless, the aging or others in the community who need support.
Crisis Intervention
—This counseling may include individual, small or large groups of students when a traumatic event disrupts the student or school.
SHOCAP (Serious Habitual Offenders Comprehensive Action Program)
—SHOCAP is a cooperative project between the schools, the police agencies and the legal system. Juveniles who have been adjudicated on multiple offenses or serious crimes are referred to this program. This program more closely monitors and enhances the inter-agency services for serious habitually offending youth.
DARE
—Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education (DARE) is provided by local law enforcement agencies. Fifth and sixth grade students participate in DARE training and graduation.
Inservice Classes
—Bully Proofing Your School
—Prejudice Reduction
—Lying, Cheating and Stealing in the Classroom
—Preventing Sexual Harassment
Helping Hands
—This newsletter is published for all school employees and offers helpful and instructional
articles on the current at-risk issues. The RISKline is also advertised.
Second Step
—This is a new violence prevention curriculum being placed in the media centers of all elementary schools. The curriculum includes videos and materials appropriate for grades 1-3 and 4-6.
Resources for Better Schools
—These kits have been purchased for middle schools. When a child is placed in In-School Suspension (ISS), materials are available by topic (fighting, tardiness, etc.) so that the student works on materials intended to eliminate the problem that
caused his/her suspension.
Jordan Family Education Center
—Classes
—Intake Evaluations for At-Risk Students
—Counseling Services
—Referrals to Outside Agencies