Our Alternative Peer Group (APG) is a community-based, family-centered, professionally staffed, positive peer to peer support program that offers pro-social activities, college and career readiness, group counseling, substance use education, prevention and intervention for youth who struggle with substance misuse, mental illness, and juvenile delinquency.
Our Alternative Peer Group program borrows from the traditional “Twelve Step Model.” These steps are tailored to meet the developmental needs of adolescents by focusing on peer relationships as the catalyst for change. Our Twelve Step model includes many different activities and benefits for teens, such as:
Criteria - The criteria for admittance into the APG level of care is:
· Ages 13-21
· Substance Use/Misuse
· Mental Health Issues(ADHD/Anxiety/Depression)
· At Risk for Juvenile Delinquency
· Undisciplined/Court Adjudicated
· School Suspensions
· Negative Peer Association
Our youth groups are facilitated by licensed professionals. Staff members are trained in a model of care based on research-supported principles that address risk factors for substance misuse, mental illness, and juvenile delinquency.
Services are provided in a wide range of advanced therapy and counseling skills that include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Trauma Informed Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy.
Groups that are held meet 2x a week for 2.5 hours. See the different groups below.
APG’s are a much better fit for the young person seeking recovery because the main focus is to offer and shape a new peer group that utilizes positive peer pressure to obtain and maintain recovery. In addition, APG’s focus on making recovery more fun by organizing and staffing functions throughout the week, weekends, and summers.
