Cannabis Youth Treatment

Santa Fe Adolescent Services
A non profit agency providing drug/alcohol prevention, intervention and counseling services to adolescents and their families since 1994.

7524 Mosier View Court, Suite 200 Fort Worth, TX. 76118 817 492 4673

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Cannabis Youth Therapy

The Cannabis Youth Therapy, (CYT) Series was developed to address the needs of the marijuana-using adolescents and their family. Santa Fe Adolescent Services has partnered with Tarrant County Juvenile Services, and Arlington ISD to integrate CYT into the continuum of treatment services available to juveniles in Drug Court and schools, and focuses specifically on the adolescent whose primary drug of choice is Marijuana.

Program Overview

Cannabis Youth TherapyProgram was developed after a research project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) demonstrated that combining parent and youth skills training with family skills training was more effective in decreasing risk factors than either parent training or youth training only. It has been selected by NIDA as one of the 10 exemplary delinquency prevention programs in the nation and has been tested, evaluated, and replicated in a variety of settings. The target population are youth who have been charged with non-violent misdemeanor or felony drug possession offenses, are between the ages twelve and seventeen, and have no previous adjudication history.

Program Goals/Objectives:

To significantly reduce or eliminate all marijuana/drug use.
To improve family functioning.
To increase school attendance and performance.
To reduce involvement in the juvenile justice system.
To increase ability to refuse marijuana and other drugs.

Program Design:

In conjunction with a family program provided by Santa Fe Adolescent Services, the agency will provide youth with 12 weeks of treatment services that include:

Two individual motivational sessions with the youth to engage them in treatment;
Ten adolescent groups to focus on triggers, relapse prevention, anger management, coping skills, drug education, and depression management.

To speak with someone about the CYT please contact:
Estrella Griggs, Program Coordinator
Tonya Coleman, LMSW, Team Leader
(817) 492-HOPE