Prevention/Intervention Programs for Non-Court and Court Involved Youth:

Walk-In and Crisis Intervention
Families needing immediate family or youth intervention can call or walk-in to set an appointment with the on-call probation staff (usually that day or the next) in hopes of offering immediate family support.

Forward Thinking
This series consists of nine workbooks which use evidence based strategies to assist youth involved with the Criminal Justice System in making positive changes to their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. The youth start with the “What Got Me Here” workbook and progress through the series utilizing workbooks appropriate to their situation. The workbooks used include: What Got Me Here, Substance Abuse, Responsible Behavior, Individual Change Plan, Family, Handling Difficult Feelings, Relationships and Communication, Victim Awareness, and Reentry Planning.

Alternatives: Youth Diversion Education Program
A 40-page Interactive Journal, offers a fresh approach to youth education and intervention. It is designed to provide facts, tools, and support for those under 21 years of age who have been arrested for alcohol and other drug-related violations. Individuals learn strategies for taking personal responsibility and making positive, long-lasting behavior changes that will lead to better choices in the future.

What About Marijuana?
Relatively few clients present for treatment with marijuana as their primary drug. Yet, cannabis is commonly used in combination with alcohol and other drugs that do bring people into treatment. What About Marijuana? is designed to help the youth consider their use of cannabis and what they choose to do about it in the future.

The Power of Self-Talk
Explores the relationship between thoughts and addictive behavior problems. Participants learn to challenge and replace common errors in thinking. With practice, participants will learn how to turn self-talk into a valuable tool for responsible living. Alternate thoughts are provided, and activities focus on applying specific skills for modifying maladaptive thoughts by preparing and rehearsing positive self-talk.

Anger Management
Gives participants an opportunity to explore the role anger plays in their lives and offers strategies and skills for managing how they experience and express anger and other difficult feelings. The curriculum incorporates both cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness techniques to help participants increase their ability to think about their thinking. Developing this critical awareness can enhance emotional self-regulation and, in turn, promote healthy relationship-building, more effective communication and overall enhanced well-being among participants. This curriculum is a great fit for court-mandated anger management courses, risk-need-responsive interventions for justice-involved youth or adults, anger management groups in mental health or addiction treatment or as part of individualized treatment planning.

Alcohol and Drug Education Program (A.D.E.P.)
This is a mandatory first time drug/alcohol offender program where parental participation is required. This is an educational program aimed at informing both youth and parents the legal and physical consequences of continued drug/alcohol use.

ARISE
ARISE offers its evidenced-based life skills curriculum and proven staff training, to effectively provide at-risk, troubled youth with real-world tools they must have to survive, succeed, and lead a good life. Current curriculum with the ARISE classes: Gang Prevention, Anger Management, Violence and Conflict and Life Skills Curriculum.

Play by the Rules
This is a program to teach law to youth to develop their sense of civic responsibility.

Girls Circle
A structured support group for girls from 9-18 years which integrates relational theory, resiliency practices, and skills training in a format designed to increase positive connection, personal and collective strengths and competence in girls. Also, offered under the model is Mother-Daughter Circle, for mothers or female caregivers and their daughters.

Leadership/Resilience
A summer program designed to work with high-risk youths in an intensive and structured manner. The Goal is to incorporate a healthy and active lifestyle, while incorporating Forward Thinking, Character Counts, and ropes course activities. In addition the juveniles will be shown an alternative to the high risk behaviors they have been engaging in.

Ropes Course 
The newly constructed Ropes Course is located in the recreation yard at the Murphy-Bernidini Juvenile Justice Center. It was designed to address trust building, leadership skills, and confidence building. The goal is to implement the use of the ropes course with the juveniles in custody and with the juveniles in the community through the various programs we provide.

Parent Project
This program is an activity based curriculum designed to empower parents with the skills necessary to transform adolescent destructive behavior and to teach behavior management techniques. There is no cost to parents to complete this program and all materials necessary to complete the course are provided.

N-O-T (Not on Tobacco) Vaping Program 
In ten, 50 minute sessions, the easy-to-use method helps teens quit by addressing total health to develop and maintain positive behaviors. Participants will talk about the importance of physical activity, nutrition, enhancing their sense of self-control, and improving life skills such as stress management, decision making, coping and interpersonal skills. Additionally, they will learn to identify their reasons for smoking or vaping, healthy alternatives to tobacco use and finding people who will support them in their efforts to quit.

INDEPTH Vaping Program
In four, 50 minute sessions, INDEPTH addresses a different tobacco-related issue and can be facilitated either one-on-one or in a group setting. The goal of every program is to educate students about nicotine dependence and cravings and ultimately guide them through the process of identifying their own reasons for chewing, smoking or vaping tobacco products.

Out-Patient Drug and Alcohol Services
All aspects of healthy living are incorporated into an individual treatment plan constructed and designed for each client. A variety of helpful services are available for you and your family. We have many programs which are designed to aid in prevention and treatment.

Co-Occurring Groups
This program is for juveniles with co-occurring disorders. The groups offer a support network for individuals who suffer from mental illness as well as addiction issues. In facilities that emphasize treatment for co-occurring disorders, staff members have specialized training and qualifications in dual diagnosis treatment. These addiction specialists understand that juveniles with co-occurring disorders face certain challenges because of their mental illness.

Mental Health Diversion Program
This program offers eligible offenders a treatment option through diversion. The mission of the Mental Health Diversion Program is to identify mentally impaired offenders and divert them from the Juvenile Justice System and into appropriate rehabilitative alternatives with trained mental health clinicians.

Drug Testing
Those youth who have a documented history of drug use/abuse and are court ordered to be drug tested. These youth are constantly monitored for potential drug use to insure compliance of court orders.

Electronic Monitoring/GPS
Many youth require different levels of supervision depending on their risk. Often electronic devices help in monitoring our highest risk offenders while providing additional safety for the public.

Community Service
Offenders provide a variety of services in Carson City thus saving thousands to the taxpayers. These services include cleaning of parks, youth athletic fields, schools, public buildings, and special requests from time to time.

Restitution
Making victims whole is paramount in out day to day dealing with offenders. Whenever possible, restitution is collected and given back to victims of juvenile crime. There are limits as younger juveniles do not have access to jobs. In those cases we can assist in informing victims how to collect restitution through civil court proceedings.

Public Safety
Court supervision not only monitors compliance with probation orders, but also provides an additional means of providing public safety.

School Resource Officers Program
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is committed to supporting safe schools where students can learn and teachers can educate by providing a variety of resources, including grant funds to help deploy school resource officers (SROs). The central mission of this partnership is student success.

Other Court-Ordered Programs: 

Juvenile Drug Court

China Springs Youth Camp/Aurora Pines Girls Facility
Residential services for those youth who require full time supervision. Many of these are our highest risk youth who have failed probation services. Youth who participated are generally placed for a period of 4-6 months then placed back in the community under court supervision.

Western Nevada Regional Youth Center
Residential drug/alcohol treatment is available to those who require a higher level of care. This facility provides a wide variety of services for our youth in hopes of preparing them to function in society with minimum supervision and also provides them with the necessary tools to help them with their issues of drug/alcohol or other deficiencies.