Living Skills in the Schools (LSIS) is a substance abuse prevention and education program that has served Palm Beach County Students for over 19 years with free resources. Living Skills in the Schools exists because drugs and alcohol costs the United States more than $740 million dollars a year and 1 out of 4 children are exposed to substance abuse in their homes. We make a difference because only 20% of students are exposed to effective prevention programming. At (LSIS), we give students firsthand experience about the consequences of first use and help them recognize the progression of the disease. LSIS is real-life and allows for credible conversation and trust, to begin with students, peers and teachers and parents which aids in decision-making.Mission StatementTo improve and enrich the lives of individuals and the communities that we serve by providing an educational and preventative substance abuse program.Our StoryLiving Skills in the Schools (LSIS) was founded by George Tony Allerton in an effort to address the problem of addiction from a prevention standpoint. The Program was created and authorized by the Palm Beach County School District Prevention Center in 1999 and our primary target audience began with fifth graders as they entered their pre-teen years. At the time of our inception LSIS has been funded and supported by the CRC Foundation as an annual contribution and a grant that supports our programming.In 2002, LSIS was approached by high school health departments to be included in prevention programming as increasing numbers of students (aged 13-18) were already experimenting or abusing drugs/alcohol. Our goal expanded to continue to encourage those students who had not yet been introduced to drugs/alcohol to continue on their path of good decision-making and coping skills and extend our messaging to urge those who were already using to understand the life-threatening consequences associated with peer pressure, denial and the progression of the disease. In 2005, LSIS made a further expansion into middle school.In essence we recognized that in the process of educating the children about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, we are also educating the educators – many of whom may have little to no direct knowledge about addiction. Thus, by also hearing from our presenters, these teachers become better equipped to address the issue as it arises in their classrooms.Today Living Skills in the Schools is approved by the Safe Schools Council to serve kindergarten through 12th grade, in addition to Colleges and Universities. Our program resources have expanded to include an evidence-based social emotional program, drug trend education, college and coping and our most recent parent program called Hidden in Plain Sight.During our inception year, we made only eight presentations, followed by 52 the subsequent year. The Program has grown at a rate of approximately 20-25 percent per year thereafter until the 2006-2007 school year, when it doubled. As of the close of the 2017-2018 school year, Living Skills in the Schools reached more than 30,000 students with free programming.Substance Abuse Prevention Education Changes Everything• Cost benefit of prevention versus rehabilitation $1 in cost = $18 in savings• Alternative to school suspension• School to Jail Pipeline• Graduation Rates• Introduction to 1st Use• Access to help

Website: livingskillsintheschools.org

Employees: 5 - 9

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Location: Delray Beach, FL, US

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