Consumer Information -
Drug and Alcohol Prevention Resources
CCC&TI provides numerous resources to assist students,faculty and staff members who wish to address a problem with substance abuse:
Helping Students in Distress Handbook: This handbook is provided to all faculty and staff of CCC&TI. The Handbook contains general guidelines for responding to students in distress, information about the college’s Counseling Referral Program, and procedures for making effective referrals to counseling services. Additionally, the handbook contains a listing of general Hotlines and Web Resources for both national and local areas.
Wise Up Series: This is the college’s Workshop Information Series on Education, Understanding, and Professionalism (WISE UP). Wise Up provides students with a wide range of non-credit informal educational opportunities, on a monthly basis, on topics ranging from Time Management to Learning Styles to Managing Anxiety and dealing with substance issues.
12-Step Support: CCC&TI fosters the sustenance of an active 12 Step community on campus. A 12-Step group meets routinely on Wednesdays on the Caldwell campus from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. in room E-301.
Fall Festival and Spring Fling: Each fall and spring semester, CCC&TI provides various substance abuse awareness activities at our campus-wide Fall Festival and Spring Fling events.
Counseling Referral Program (CRP): All CCC&TI counselors hold a minimum of a master’s degree from an accredited educational institution in counseling or a mental health discipline. All of our counselors have been trained in general counseling theory and techniques and can professionally initiate counseling services with distressed and/or mentally ill students. However, as the primary mission of the institution is educational first and foremost, the scope of practice of our counselors is limited to brief intervention where a student is experiencing emotional or personal difficulties that are seriously impeding their ability to function in the classroom. In the event that a student has needs that are assessed to be outside the scope of practice of our counselors for any reason, including but not limited to, intensity, severity, or duration of the illness, that student will be referred to an external service provider through our Counseling Referral Program (CRP). While any counselor within the Department of Counseling and Advisement services can initiate an external referral, the CRP program is coordinated and managed by the department director.
The CRP offers students up to three free visits with an approved private provider, either by paying for the co-pay if the student has insurance, or by paying for the full cost of services for three visits if the student does not have insurance. Additionally, CCC&TI counselors have the option of referring students to our Local Management Entity (LME) for community mental health services offered on a sliding scale fee basis. The LME for both Caldwell and Watauga counties is the Smoky Mountain Center for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse, andcan be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at their toll free Access to Care line at 1-800-849-6127.
For further information on CCC&TI’s counseling staff, general information and substance abuse treatment options, health effects, risks and penalties associated with use of illicit drugs and alcohol, see www.cccti.edu/ConsumerInfo/DrugAlcoholRisks.htm.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): CCC&TI recognizes that employees experiencing personal or family problems, which interfere with their job performance, have a right and a responsibility to seek professional assistance for these problems. As a result of this concern for staff and faculty, the College has established an Employee Assistance Program to provide screening and referral services to employees and their families. This service is confidential, professional and at no cost to the employee for the first five visits per fiscal year. Additional visits may be covered under the employee’s medical insurance. Counseling and psychological services include, but are not limited to: individual, marital and family counseling; financial or legal problems; sleep difficulties; psychoeducational assessments; emotional troubles; drug and/or alcohol abuse.
