FOR CHILDREN Admissions

David Lawrence Center offers prevention education programs that focus on a variety of mental health and substance use topics. Children’s prevention programs are targeted towards children, adolescents, parents and preschool educators. These programs provide alternatives, information dissemination and problem identification on substance use, suicide, lifeskills, conflict resolution, anger management, behavioral problems and depression. In additon to the psycho-educational groups held onsite at the David Lawrence Center, prevention staff often go into the schools and aftercare programs to provide awareness and training on a variety topics. These can be scheduled through the Speaker’s Bureau.

For youth prevention programs that require an initial assessment, these can be obtained through Admission Services. Youth prevention programs targeted towards adult participants do not require an initial assessment. These services require pre-registration and are offered in Naples and on a limited basis in Immokalee.

Life Skills Training

An evidence-based prevention program that teaches personal and social skills to promote individual competence. The program aims to decrease vulnerability to pro-substance use social influences from peers and the media. This curriculum is offered for middle school or high school students.

Too Good for Drugs

An evidence-based prevention program discussing the negative consequences of drug use and the benefits of a nonviolent, drug-free lifestyle.

The program also focuses on developing personal and interpersonal skills to resist peer pressures, enhance goal setting and decision making, manage emotions, communicate effectively and have respect for self and others. An age appropriate curriculum with different activity kits per grade level, Kindergarten through 8^th grade.

Second Step

Second Step teaches kids the skills needed to succeed socially and academically. Classes are available for children in local schools in grades pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The program asssists educators in their efforts to build self-esteem, self-control, respect for the rights of others and responsibility for one’s own actions. PAPY teaches solid, age appropriate prevention, character education and problem solving skills.

Second Step includes education on: