LGUSD PresentationCommunity
Partnership
to Prevent
Underage
Drinking:
Awareness
to Action
California
Healthy
Kids Survey
The California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS)is the
largest statewide survey of resiliency,protective
factors,and risk behaviors in the nation.
Across California,the CHKS has led to a better
understanding of the relationship between students'
health behaviors and academic performance,and is
frequently cited by state policymakers and the
media as a critical component of school
improvement efforts to help guide the development
of more effective health,prevention,and youth
development programs.
It provides a means to confidentially obtain data on
student knowledge,attitudes,perceptions,and
behaviors related to the topics it covers.
During the
past 30 days,
did you have
one or
more drinks of
alcohol?
11th Grade
16% state avg.
2019/20 2019/20 2018/19 2018/19
2017-19
During the past
30 days, have
you engaged in
binge drinking?
(5 or more
drinks
in a row)
11th Grade
9% state avg.
2019/20 2019/20 2018/19 2018/19
2017-19
Impacts of
Underage
Alcohol Use
Teen drinking leads to other social issues that
negatively impact our entire community:
○Community:
■Drunk driving
■Vandalism
■Sexual harassment & assault
■Physical assaults
■Gateway to other drug use
○Individual:
■Addiction
■Legal consequences
■Emotional consequences -bullying/harassment/social media
○School:
■Fallout from inappropriate behavior impacts school
■Resulting gossip/bullying/harassment
■Social-Emotional impact from sexual harassment & assault
■Victims feel unsafe at school which interferes with learning
LGSUHSD
Efforts to
Combat Underage
Drinking & its
Consequences
●Education & Prevention:
○Increasing education and prevention efforts related to
substance use, healthy relationships, sexual
harassment/assault, discrimination, and wellness
●Expectations & Enforcement:
○Code of Conduct updated to express clear & consistent
expectations for school-related behavior
○Our legal limits:
■A school district may discipline a student only for
acts that are related to school activity or
attendance, including those occurring:
●While on school grounds;
●While going to or coming from school;
●During the lunch period whether on or off
campus; or
●During or while going to or coming from a
school-sponsored activity
Tier 3
●1-5%
●Individual
●High risk
Tier 2
●5-15% of students
●Some students (at-risk)
●Small groups
Tier 1
●All students
●Preventive, proactive
Tier 3 -Interventions
●Assist (Therapeutic Program)
●WRAP Around Services (Home)
●CASSY Services
Tier 2 -Interventions
●CASSY Services
Tier 1 -Interventions
●Advisory 1.0
2020-2021 Interventions 2021-2022 Interventions
Tier 3 -Interventions
●Assist (Therapeutic Program)
●WRAP Around Services (Home)
●Wellness Center
○District Lead Therapists
○CASSY Therapists
Tier 2 -Interventions
●Wellness Center
○Short-term Intervention
Groups
○Restorative Practices
Tier 1 -Interventions
●Advisory 2.0
●Improved Education/Outreach
re: Title IX
●Text/Audio/Video Therapy
(Talkspace)
●Wellness Center
○Clinical Health Outreach
Worker
○Youth Outreach Workers
MTSS
1.Increase youths’ awareness of adolescent health services,
including mental health and substance abuse services.
2.Increase parent communication and awareness of Wellness
program with parents/families.
3.Increase youths’ knowledge about healthy behaviors and
capacity to promote their own health through their decisions
and behaviors.
4.Decrease youths’ reliance on substances.
5.Maintain or improve the mental health of youth.
6.Increase youths’ attachment to school and academic
performance.
Wellness
Center
Program
Outcomes
Substance Abuse
and Mental Health
Services
Administration
Recommendations
to Move
Communities from
Awareness to
Action
●Promote the idea that underage alcohol use is a
local problem that local citizens can solve
through concerted and dedicated action;
●Establish organizations and coalitions committed
to forming a local culture that disapproves of
underage alcohol use, that works diligently to
prevent and reduce it, and that is dedicated to
informing the public about the extent and
consequences of underage drinking; and
●Work to ensure that members of the community
are aware of the latest research on adolescent
alcohol use and, in particular, the adverse
consequences of alcohol use on underage
drinkers and other members of the community
who suffer from its secondhand effects.
Next Steps
●Our community can & should address this issue. It is
possible to reduce underage drinking & its consequences.
●LGSUHSD embraces our responsibility in addressing this
issue, but we cannot do it alone.
●This is a community issue on which we need to work
together with families & community partners.
●Potential Next Steps:
○Strengthen LG Social Host ordinance and its
enforcement
○Community awareness and education efforts
●Strengthening the SH Ordinance will not solve this issue by
itself, but it is a powerful message to our community and a
deterrent to underage drinking.
●Our Board and District are fully supportive of this ordinance
and other joint efforts.