PDAP
The Palmer Drug Abuse Program helps people heal from the effects of
mind changing chemicals and seeks to help our community through
partnerships in prevention and education.
PDAP is a fellowship of young people and parents who share their experience love and understanding that they may solve their common problems and help others to recover from the effects of mind-changing chemicals.
PDAP is non-sectarian and the primary requirement for membership is the desire to live a chemical-free life.
Our primary purpose is to carry our love and understanding to others, and to practice the principals of love and honesty in our daily lives, with the help of God, as you understand Him.
PDAP offers premier substance abuse prevention, education and recovery services.
PDAP offers services that work with at-risk and high-risk individuals and families to prevent substance abuse, delay its onset, and reduce substance abuse-related behaviors.
Every activity
that PDAP engages in has been researched and proven effective to
reduce substance abuse by the National Center of Substance Abuse
Prevention (CSAP).
CSAP has
outlined 6 core strategies for effective programs and PDAP offers
all of them in
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Disseminating Information,
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Building
social, refusal and decision making skills,
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Providing
drug free alternatives,
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Identifying
and referring individuals for screening and treatment,
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Expanding
and collaborating community resources through coalition building
and
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Environmental approaches through reducing risk factors and
increasing protective factors.
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Family and
individual coaching with a Licensed Chemical Dependency
Counselor or PDAP Trained Staff Member
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Peer
oriented support groups (Educational, Skill building, Fun &
Fellowship)
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Social
functions (Social reintegration)
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A safe place
for individuals to go after school
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Educational
family retreats and peer oriented group retreats
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Youth
leadership training through Extreme Youth Leadership Action
Training program (EYLAT)
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Reduction of
underage drinking and Community mobilization through the
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol program (Midland
Coalition)
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- Student assistance through Student Outreach and Recovery (SOAR)
