WELCOME TO  

OCM BOCES YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

 Fall 2009

Youth Development is a process that prepares young people to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood through a coordinated, progressive series of activities and experiences that help them become socially, morally, emotionally, physically, and cognitively independent.

Our goal is to promote social competencies and life skills, such as decision making, problem solving, communication and resistance skills, and stress management techniques in order to reduce risk taking behavior.

The OCM BOCES Youth Development program offers a wide range of assistance to school districts in the area of alcohol and substance abuse prevention.  This year we will begin an effort to raise the awareness of gambling as an issue for young people and their families.The ADAPEP program is one of our most popular efforts and currently has services in 17 school districts and over 80 school buildings K-12. We are available to provide workshops, staff development and curricular information and resources for schools interested in bolstering the assessment and intervention strategies for their staff in the drug and alcohol prevention arena.  We have a wide range of contact information for speakers for presentations for students, staff and parents. In addition we maintain a resource library of videos, books and curricular materials that may be borrowed.

Please feel free to contact usif you have any questions at 315-433-2609

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 OCM BOCES is a proud sponsor of the Rite Aid Drug Quiz Show

Check out their  website at: http://drugquizshow.org/

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County survey results from the OASAS NYS Youth Development Survey
Cortland County survey results 2008
Madison County Survey Report 2008
Onondaga County Survey results 2008

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6075 E. Molloy Road
Rodax #7    PO Box 4774
Syracuse, NY 13221

315-433-2609