Lorain County Alcohol And Drug Abuse Services Inc

The key/women's services:the lcada way offers a comprehensive continuum of alcohol and drug treatment services for women and their families. These services include screening and assessment, low intensity treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, aftercare, relapse treatment, family treatment and day treatment programs, residential treatment for women, ambulatory detox, and medication assisted treatment including the use of vivitrol or suboxone. Women receiving residential treatment may have their pre-school age children reside with them in treatment.

Adolescent treatment program:the lcada way offers a comprehensive continuum of alcohol and drug treatment services for youth and their families. These services include screening and assessment, low intensity treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, aftercare, and family treatment. The lcada way also offers a juvenile diversion program (eduvention) and school and community based prevention services.

Community education and prevention: the lcada way is the largest provider of alcohol, drug, and tobacco outreach, education, and prevention services in lorain county. These services include a broad scope of activities from six ohio department of mental health and addiction services (odmas) prevention categories. These categories include: a. Problem identification, intervention, and referral - target individuals who have indulged in illegal or age-inappropriate use of alcohol, tobacco, and/or illicit drugs, in order to assess whether their behavior can be reversed through education. The primary objective of problem identification and referral services is to prevent the progression of the problem. This may involve providing education and support services, directing high-risk individuals and their families into appropriate community services, encouraging participation in needed services, and providing follow-up services. This strategy does not include clinical assessment and/or treatment for substance abuse and dependence. Individuals in need of clinical services would be referred to the appropriate treatment provider. B. Education services - substance abuse prevention education involves two-way communication and is distinguished from the information strategy by the fact that interaction between the educator and the participants is the basis of its components. Services under this strategy aim to affect critical life and social skills including decision-making, refusal skills, critical analysis and systematic judgment abilities. Lcada provides the following education services: child and adult child of substance abuse services, education services for youth and adult groups, classroom and small group discussion / instruction, parenting / family management services, small group sessions, peer leader / helper programs, and individualized education sessions. C. Prevention / information dissemination - provides awareness and knowledge of the nature and extent of substance abuse and addiction and its effects on individuals, families and communities. The strategy is also intended to increase knowledge and awareness of available prevention programs and services. Information dissemination is characterized by one way communication from the source to the audience with limited contact between the two. Lcada will continue to provide the following services: information booths and displays, print and electronic media, brochures and other publications, information / resource lines, resource directories, and speaking engagements. Lcada will also continue to provide telephone information and referral services. D. Community based process - aims to enhance the ability of the community to more effectively provide prevention and treatment services for substance abuse. Services in this strategy include organizing, planning, and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of services implementation, interagency collaboration, coalition building, and networking. Lcada provides the following community based services: surveys; training / workforce development; focus groups; community team building; coalition building; and multi-agency coordination and collaboration. These services include work with the communities that care and other community organizations to promote the development, implementation, and evaluation of prevention services within the community. E. Alternatives - provide for the participation of target populations in activities that exclude substance abuse. The assumption is that constructive and healthy activities offset the attraction to, or otherwise meet the needs usually filled by alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, and would therefore minimize or alleviate the need to use these substances. Lcada provides the following alternative services: community events; community drop-in center activities; community service/service learning activities; social and recreational prevention services; youth and adult leadership services; and youth-led prevention. F. Environmental - establishes or changes written and unwritten community standards, codes and attitudes, thereby influencing incidence and prevalence of alcohol and other drug use/abuse in the general population. This strategy is divided into two subcategories to distinguish between activities that center on legal and regulatory initiatives and those that relate to service and action-oriented initiatives.