Oak Ridge High School Student Assistance Program

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Oak Ridge High School Student Assistance Program
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Students Who are Hungry, Sick, Troubled, or
Depressed Cannot Function Well in the Classroom,
No matter How Good the School.Carnegie
Council on Adolescent Development
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Student Assistance ProgramsIdentify and help
students whose learning is being impacted by

• Emotional Issues
• Family issues
• Personal lifestyle choices

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How are Emotional Issues affecting our Students?

• Tennessee leads the nation with the highest rate
  of people age 18 and older who experienced a
  major depressive episode in the past year.
  (SAMSHA, 2007)
• Approximately 10 of teens between ages 12-17
  have experienced major depressive episode in the
  past year. (SAMSHA)
• Suicide 3rd leading cause of death in ages 15-24
• in 2004.

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Self Harm Survey2009

• 15-22 of all teens had participated in self
  harm
• Root emotions Shame, depression, emotional
  numbness
• Issues Seeking perfection, self loathing,
  pressures to succeed

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How are Lifestyle Choices Affecting Students?

• Use of alcohol and other drugs
• Use of alcohol and other drugs by significant
  others/adults in students lives

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WHY DO STUDENTSUSE???
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Non-Users Say Users Say

• Peer pressure To feel good
• To escape To experiment
• To experiment Peer pressure
• To feel good To escape

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How are AD Issues Affecting our Students?

• In the age group of 12 and older, Tennessee ranks
  in the upper 20 of states for past years use of
  cocaine/illicit drugs other than marijuana.
• In the age groups of 12-17, 18-25, and 26 or
  older, Tennessee is in the upper 20 of states in
  non-medical use of prescription pain relievers.
• TN is in the lower 20 of states among underage
  use of alcohol (12-20 years old.)

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National Findings Relating to Family Use of
Alcohol/Other Drugs

• 12 percent of children under age 18 live with a
  parent who abuses or is dependent on alcohol or
  illicit drugs.
• Translates to 8.3 million American children
  living in homes where drug or alcohol abuse is
  prevalent.

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Other National Findings

• 7.3 million children lived with an
  alcohol-dependent or alcohol-abusive parent
• Around 2.1 million children lived with a
  drug-dependent or drug-abusive parent
• Substance dependence or abuse involved 14 percent
  of children aged 5 or younger.

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40 of Students Live with Serious Alcohol and
Other Drug Issues

• 5 Chemically Dependent
• 15Serious Abusers
• 20 Family Abuse

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How does that translate to Oak Ridge High School

• 1500 Students..
• 5 75 students, chemical
  dependence
• 15 225 students, serious abuse
• 20 300 students, family abuse
• Total 600 students possibly affected by
  substance abuse