L.A. CADA focuses efforts in providing treatment and support services to residents throughout Los Angeles County.
L.A. CADA maintains long-lasting effective community partnerships integrating services within El Rancho Unified School District and surrounding schools in the Santa Fe Springs and Whittier areas.
Our skilled counselors and clinicians are trained to work both with youth (ages 12-17) and young adults (ages 18-20). It is our responsibility to assume a client-centered approach focusing on the specific needs of each individual patient.
At L.A. CADA, we are aware that substance use is the primary symptom to the underlying problems of a teenagers life; therefore, our patients receive an individualized treatment plan addressing their personal needs and goals.
In attending individual and group counseling session, our patients receive the tools necessary to reconcile and heal from the patterns of addiction. “No Shame. No Blame. No Judgement.”
A free 6-week alcohol and drug awareness education and prevention group that seeks to reduce abuse as well as preventing HIV and Viral Hepatitis among youth & young adults ages 13-24 years.
Program Details:
Location: 10210 Orr and Day Ed. Suite B Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Contact: (562) 348-0083
Historias Para Jovenes Project Director
John-Carlos Fabian — Email: jfabian@lacada.com
Community Education and Awareness; this body is here with a mission to reduce and prevent underage drinking, marijuana use, and prescription drug misuse. Giving us the ability to provide workshops and education to parents, community partners, and our community on ways to enhance our efforts to prevention.
Program Goals:
Location: 10210 Orr and day Rd. Suite B Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Phone: (562) 348-0083
Monica Soto — Phone: (562) 348-0083 ext. 213. Email: msoto@lacada.com
Lawrence Fernandez — Phone: (562) 348-0083 ext. 211. Email: lfernandez@lacada.com
• Unpredictable mood swings
• Change in eating and sleeping patterns
• Hanging with a new group of friends
• Negative change in school performance
• Deterioration of family relationships
• Loss of interest in hobbies or sports
• Breaking curfew and lying about whereabouts
• Talk to them about your suspicions without accusations and judgment
• Listen to your teen
• Contact a substance abuse agency for help
• Threaten to kick them out of the house unless they stop using
• Blame others for your teen’s substance abuse
• Patronize or preach to your teen
• Don’t SHAME or BLAME your teen for their substance abuse
LA County Health & Human Services 2-1-1
Life-Threatening Emergencies 9-1-1
Trans Lifeline 877-565-8860
For the first time, there is a hotline in the US that is staffed entirely by transgender people, to serve transgender people. Everyone in the trans community needs to be spreading this around. Loves could be saved.
https://www.translifeline.org
LA County Substance Abuse Treatment Center (800) 564-6600
The Parents Toll-Free Helpline 1-855-DRUGFREE (1-855-378-4373)
Monday – Friday, 7: 00 am – 3:00 pm Pacific time, in English and Spanish
Didi Hirsch’s 24-hour Suicide Crisis Line (877) 727-4747
Toll-free in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial Counties
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255
TEEN LINE 310-855-HOPE (4673) or text “TEEN” to 839863
A confidential telephone helpline for teenaged callers. It operates every evening from 6:00pm to 10:00pm PST and is toll-free from anywhere in California.
http://teenlineonline.org/
Shatter the Myths
https://teens.drugabuse.gov/node/37059
Facts for teens
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/marijuana-facts-teens/letter-to-teens
Drugs and the Brain
https://teens.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/nida-mindmatters-drugs-and-brain.pdf
Teen Alcoholics Anonymous
http://www.aa.org/lang/en/catalog.cfm?origpage=15&product=94
Students Against Destructive Decisions
http://www.sadd.org/
Empowering Parents for Tips, Advice, and Help
https://www.empoweringparents.com/
How to help your child make good choices
https://childmind.org/article/parents-know-teens-drinking-drugs/
Answering Your child’s questions about alcohol
http://www.cascobaycan.org/cbcwp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/answering-tough-questions_0.pdf
Drug Guide for Parents
http://cascobaycan.org/PDF/resources/drugandalcohol/Drug%20Gide%20for%20Parents.pdf
Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD)
http://www.madd.org/
Time to Get Help: Support for Parents of a Child Struggling with Drugs and Alcohol
http://timetogethelp.drugfree.org/learn/helpline
Commonly Abused Drugs (En Espanol)
https://www.drugabuse.gov/es/informacion-sobre-drogas/sustancias-de-abuso-habitual
Family Check Up (Positive Parenting Prevents Drug Abuse)
https://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/familycheckup_spanish_final_092016.pdf
Shatter the Myths
https://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/shattermyth_spanish_508.pdf
Facts for teens
https://d14rmgtrwzf5a.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/2000-hechos-sobre-la-marihuana-para-adolescentes_1.pdf
Drugs and the Brain
https://teens.drugabuse.gov/teachers/mind-matters-espanol/drogas-y-el-cerebro
LA County Substance Use Prevention & Control
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/sapc/
Map of LA County residential and non-residential youth treatment centers http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/sapc/resources/YouthTreatmentMap.pdf
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): The Science of Drug Abuse & Addiction
http://www.drugabuse.gov/
For teens http://teens.drugabuse.gov/
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration: Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
http://www.samhsa.gov/prevention/
The Partnership at Drug Free.org
http://www.drugfree.org/
President’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/1is2many/take-action/teens
