Programs & Services
Education empowers people to make informed decisions. These interactive learning programs will have a lasting impact on those who are curious to learn more
What Is Prime for Life®?
It is a group/ corporate program. Some people call it a class. Others say it’s a curriculum. We think of it as an experience.
What It Offers
Prime For Life® provides a judgment-free way of understanding how alcohol and drug-related problems develop, what we can do to prevent them, and why sometimes we need help. Education empowers people to make informed decisions and to be able to support others.
Three Learning Units
Exploring Unit: Examines the perception of personal risk
Reflecting Unit: Illustrates the progression toward addiction and allows participants to assess where they might be on that path
Protecting Unit: Guides preparation for personal change
How You'll Experience It
Utilizing an easily accessible, media-rich presentation that guides instruction and engages audiences using:
- Images
- Animations
- Videos
What Is myPrime for Life®?
MyPrime® is an online, self-led, personalized version of Prime For Life®.
What It Offers
These two programs are similar in many ways, including the science that has gone into developing them and the time it takes to complete them. Both programs aim to change drinking and drug use behaviors by helping participants learn to reduce their risk of alcohol and drug-related problems throughout their lifetime. MyPrime® allows people to work at their own pace, with instructor processing sessions after each unit.
Three Learning Units
Exploring Unit: Examines the perception of personal risk
Reflecting Unit: Illustrates the progression toward addiction and allows participants to assess where they might be on that path
Protecting Unit: Guides preparation for personal change
How You'll Experience It
How you’ll experience it:
An interactive, media-rich presentation that guides instruction and engages audiences using:
- Images
- Animations
- Videos
Prime for Life® Parent Program
Are you a parent wanting to learn how to talk to your children or teens about substances?
What It Offers
Prime for Life® parent program is a guide for talking with your teen—a risk reduction program developed by Roy Dougherty and Terry O’Brien.
How It Helps
Let’s face it: there are situations and choices around substance use that our children have to navigate. There are confusing messages about how to talk to your kids about substance use.
There is no handbook to follow when attempting to lower the risks associated with substance use for our kids. Prime for Life® for parents will assist with the conversation and give parents the tools needed to reduce risk.
When "just saying no" is not enough:
Prime For Life® has been shown to increase abstinence and decrease high-risk use among youth.
Young people list their parents as their primary deterrent to making high-risk choices.
Remember! This discussion is designed to delay first use and prevent problems.
Lunch & Learn Workplace Wellness
1 hour, unlimited participants.
What It Offers
Facilitators will present on the Lifestyle model that clinicians use to support clients in understanding their personal risk associated with mental health and substance use. Participants will gain an understanding of how their lifestyle related choices are affecting their lives – mild/moderate/severe. Knowing your risks associated with mental health and substance use is a baseline to push off from. Let’s learn together!
Areas of Specialty
Our specialization is preventing substance misuse and harm. Many programs and services treat substance misuse. Our goal is to prevent it! Chelsea and Barb are certified Prime for Life® instructors.
Reducing the Harms Associated with Substance Misuse
Prime for Life® programs can reduce the harms associated with substance misuse in individuals, targeted groups, corporations, and teens.