Alcohol/Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Services
 Fall 2007 Advocate Newsletter <PDF>
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| Stepping Stones Mission: |
| Stepping Stones Rehabilitation Services strives to respond to
the needs of individuals in the Mitchell area affected directly
or indirectly by mood-altering chemical use or dependency through
professional prevention services, education, assessment, intervention,
counseling, referral, group and individual therapy, social detoxification,
transitional living and continued care. |
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| Services Offered: |
•Recovery House
•Detoxification Unit
•Halfway House
•Adolescent/Adult Intensive Outpatient Treatment
•Outpatient Continued
Care/After Care
•Driving Under the Influence Education Program
•Intensive Adult/Adolescent
Prevention Education Program
•Outreach Program
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| Stepping Stones Strengthens Mitchell |
Stepping Stones Prevention Services acts as a catalyst to reinforce
messages that promote positive behaviors for youth and adults and
encourages all individuals to lead a healthy and productive life.
Efforts are concentrated to gather community resources to combat
substance abuse, teen pregnancy, violence, juvenile delinquency
and school dropout rates.
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| We encourage the involvement of all community members to promote
positive role models, teach resistance concepts, develop healthy
life skills and provide positive alternatives & choices. |
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| State Mandated Prevention Services |
| Prevention Services supports research-based practices, data-driven
processes and outcome-based planning and evaluation. We concentrate
specifically on three
statewide outcomes: |
•Reduce the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs by
youth;
•Increase the age at which children try illegal substances for the first
time;
•Increase the perception of risk and harm with the use of illegal substances. |
| Primary Goal: The primary service of the Prevention
Services program is to assist community groups, social service
agencies, parents, businesses, churches and school personnel in
developing coalitions, which focus on reducing the risk of problem
behaviors and develop protective factors for individuals, families,
schools and communities. |
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| Links
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| RECOVERY HOUSE |
 Our Recovery House is for clients 18 years and older.
We provide independent living for up to six men who live and work
together, to manage and maintain
home based on Principles of Recovery. The Recovery House helps our clients
transition back into the community. |
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| DETOXIFICATION UNIT |
 Stepping Stones houses a safe place for clients
to detoxify. The Unit is for clients that are 18 years and older.
We have rooms for male and female clients.
A 72-hour stay is encourage due to withdrawal, but clients can stay up to five
days. All detoxifying clients are managed by RN’s, LPN’s, and EMS
staff 24 hours per day. |
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| HALFWAY HOUSE |
| The Halfway House if an in-house structured living
environment for clients 18 years and older. The average stay is
45 to 90 days. Clients in the Halfway
House receive individual counseling once a week, group counseling for 4 hours
per week, and supervised 24 hours a day. |
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| DUI PROGRAM |
 The DUI Program at Stepping Stones is for first
offenders that are 18 years and older. The 12-hour program is a
Court recognized curriculum from Change Company,
and is used to educate about the seriousness of DUI. The Program helps clients
to recognize the physiological and psychological impact of alcohol on the individual,
and the impact alcohol consumption on society. We examine individual drinking
patterns and responsibility to modify the use. There are tests given prior
to and after the course. |
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| ADOLESCENT PREVENTION EDUCATION |
This research-based program is designed to gently,
but powerfully challenge common beliefs and attitudes that directly
contribute to high-risk alcohol and drug
use. It is designed for youth ages 13 to 20 years of age, who already engage
in high-risk drinking or drug use or who are in a group likely to begin making
choices that increase risk for problems.
The Primary Prevention component of this program is a 10-hour class for 18 and
younger first offenders of alcohol or other drugs.
The Young Adult Alcohol Diversion part of this program is designed for 19 to
20-year-old clients. They will have been referred for this 12 hour class, due
to an alcohol-related offense.
The Intensive Prevention Program is a 16 hour class for adolescents who have
multiple offenses of alcohol or other drug use and/or abuse.
The Parent Component is designed to give parents science-based information to
reduce the likelihood their children will experience an alcohol or drug problem. |
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| Adolescent/Adult Intensive Outpatient Treatment: |
| Intensive Outpatient Treatment is an intensive period
of work to help the client to better understand their drinking
and using patterns, triggers and cues. The client is allowed to
learn about themselves, their thinking errors and learn better
coping skills. The process is 6-12 weeks long and is a time to
learn about substance abuse and it's impact on their life and family. |
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