Our Programs
We offer a variety of programs and services to meet community needs.
SUBSTANCE USE PROGRAMS
YOUTH & FAMILY
Substance use counsellor
For a referral, please complete the form below
Indicated EARLY PREVENTION & INTERVENTION
For a referral, please complete the form below
HARM
REDUCTION
For a referral, please complete the form below
SEXUAL ABUSE INTERVENTION PROGRAM
SEXUAL ABUSE INTERVENTION PROGRAM (SAIP)
Sexual Abuse Intervention Program (SAIP) is facilitated by our Registered Clinical Counselor, and combines treatment and prevention services for children and youth ages 3-18, with the goal of reducing traumatic impacts of sexual abuse on clients and their families. The approach is strengths-based, collaborative with other service providers and systems, client-led, and low-barrier. It offers mid-range counseling that implements a number of modalities and approaches, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) where appropriate.
For more information or to discuss a referral please contact us at 250-724-6166.
YOUTH WELLNESS COUNSELLING
Youth Wellness Counselling offers services to clients ages 10 - 21, and seeks to build capacity in the community to support young people experiencing situational distress. This is done through increasing access to support, harm reduction, and counselling. Utilizing elements of art therapy and the creative process, the Wellness counsellor promotes health and wellbeing, while cultivating resiliency and change.
Examples of situational stress includes academic stress, peer conflict, substance use, bullying, family discord, world events, death or loss of a loved one, and major life changes.
For more information or to discuss a referral please contact us at 250-724-6166.
OUTREACH
Intensive support &
engagement OUTREACH
To be referred to this program, please contact your MCFD social worker
For more information, reach out to Stacy
YOUTH OUTREACH
activities
To be referred to this program, please contact your MCFD social worker
For more information, reach out to Stacy
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Youth Advisory
An opportunity for Port Alberni youth with lived experience to have a voice regarding substance use and harm reduction. The Advisory Committee helps plan youth events and training.
Youth Peer Support
Our youth peer support group is a welcoming space for sharing, encouragement, and building connections. Led by trained peers, it promotes understanding, resilience, and positive mental health in a safe, respectful environment.
YOUTH Service
POP-UP
Workers on site to support youth with harm reduction supplies, safety planning and comfort items. Between 7-10pm on Friday nights,
call or text 250-720-7945 or visit us at Gyro Park.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ADAPS respectfully acknowledges that we are on the unceded traditional territories of the Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations, and the Nuu-chah-nulth speaking people. We offer our gratitude to these People and lands.
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