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Who Is Community Intervention?

 

Founded by Jim Crowley in 1979, Community Intervention is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based training and publishing organization. Community Intervention works with professionals—from teachers to counselors to social workers—in all 50 states to be more effective with children, ages 5-18. Community Intervention has conducted more than 1,000 seminars and publishes a catalog, Tools to Help Youth, which contains hundreds of books, games, posters, videos, and other resources related to the well-being of children.

 

Areas of Expertise:

• Teenage Tobacco Intervention and Cessation (TAP/TEG)
• Teenage Alcohol, Marijuana and Other Drug Intervention (Insight)
• Student Assistance Programs (SAP)
• Community Mobilization
• Positive Alternatives to Suspension
• Support Group Facilitation
• Children of Alcoholics
• Family Issues

 

Services We Provide:

• Training: Professional development training seminars throughout the United States
• Tools to Help Youth Catalog: The best books, videos, games, and posters for youth in grades K-12
• Publishing: Research-based educational support group curriculum including:
  • Helping Teens Stop Using Tobacco (TAP)
  • Intervening with Teen Tobacco Users (TEG)
  • Helping Teens Overcome Problems with Alcohol, Marijuana, and Other Drugs (Insight)
  • The Violence Intervention Support Group
  • Helping Teens Cope
• Consulting: Our staff not only "talks the talk," but "walks the walk." Our friendly, knowledgeable staff has the know-how to solve problems and help you be more effective in your work with at-risk youth. Call Amy for more information.

 

Who We Help
Adults who work with youth in grades K-12 including:

• School Personnel: Guidance counselors, school social workers, student assistance coordinators, chemical health specialists, school nurses, health educators, police liaison officers (school resource officers), classroom teachers, assistance principals, and others
• Health Care Providers: Chemical dependency treatment counselors, therapists, social workers, psychologists, public health educators, public health nurses, and other concerned health care professionals
• Law Enforcement/Probation/Juvenile Court: Law enforcement officers, juvenile probation officers, and police/school liaison officers (school resource officers)
• Other: Youth workers, religious leaders, coaches, and parents