standard student assistance workshops

Building a Student Assistance Program can be a very frustrating and bewildering experience—so much jargon and so many complicated policies and forms.  It doesn't have to be that way.  This workshop will provide a basic framework that you can use to build a SAP that makes sense to you and meets your school's needs.  From building a group of school staff to serve as the SAP team to breaking through community denial, this seminar provides practical and proven strategies for success.

Here's some of what we will cover:

• Issues that interfere with students being successful learners
• How to identify troubled students
• Building a simple SAP that meets your needs
• Policy and procedures for alcohol and other drug violations
• Strategies for getting other involved in the program
• Building a useful core team
• Busting through staff resistance
• Various approaches and models from around the country for student assistance

Time frame: This is a one- to three-day workshop