School Advisors

Schools and parents both dread the possibility of any child becoming an addict. Addiction is far harder to detect than you would imagine.

Addictions such as alcohol and drug dependency; anorexia; bulimia; overeating etc. do not always come wrapped in obvious stereotypes. Your pupils may well be hiding a disturbing secret. Addictive behaviour is often cleverly concealed making it very difficult to identify.

Awareness of these issues is the first step: for teachers, pupils and parents.

Caring Schools:

• Are appalled how addiction completely wastes human potential.
• Are baffled how some pupils can behave so erratically with loss of performance and absenteeism.
• Realise awareness is the key to tackling the problem.

The PROMIS Recovery Centre knows that addictions mean serious problems for schools and communities and appreciate the need to understand the different aspects of addictions. As a well established, leading treatment centre for a wide range of addictive behaviours we can bring our expertise and specialist knowledge to your pupils and staff. Our training seminar can help you identify, intervene and tackle addictions amongst your pupils.

Our specialised seminars would help your school to develop a compassionate, effective policy towards addictive behaviours, thereby:

• Enhancing your schools reputation
• Maintaining parent confidence
• Helping pupils to get compassionate help rather than dismissive discipline.
• Contributing to positive community awareness

Our tailor-made seminars from skilled, qualified and experienced professionals can provide that vital link to tackling addictive behaviours amongst your pupils.

The seminars can be held at your school, at our treatment clinic in Nonington, Kent or alternatively at our London centre in South Kensington. Any number of pupils, staff or parents can be catered for.

Services PROMIS Can Offer Schools

Seminars

The PROMIS Recovery Centre runs educational seminars for Schools. This can be either for teachers, pupils or staff and although each is tailor made, the focus is:

• What the addictive process really is as opposed to the stereotypes.
• Look at all the various addictive behaviours including eating disorders.
• Recognising the early signs of addictive behaviour.
• Understanding how the treatment process works.
• Understanding how to help others come to get help for their addiction problems

The seminar will:

• Help you minimise the effects of addiction
• Help you recognise the early signs.
• Offer practical assistance in the complex and sensitive area of intervention
• Provide education on how to tackle the problem of addiction
• Realise the benefits of treating your pupils and thus enhancing your schools reputation and standing within today’s competitive environment.

Even though each seminar can be tailor-made the general content includes:

• An insight into the paraphernalia used for drug addiction - including a look at the substances and how they are used.
• What is the real nature of addiction
• The range of addictive behaviours
• Recognising the symptoms
• How we can intervene
• How we can treat an addict
• Stages of treatment
• Aftercare Family program
• This awareness of addictive behaviours can provide an in-depth educational advice and awareness so that addictive behaviours can be identified, handled sympathetically and treated effectively.