If a teenager in your family has a drug problem, numerous organizations in the Dallas area offer educational programs and professional treatment.
Education/Information/Referral
Circles of Concern: A coalition of parents with students in several area private schools; publishes a handbook for parents ($5), a directory of where to seek help ($2.50), and a guide for community action ($2.50); also sponsors a support group that meets once a week in the fall at Lovers Lane Methodist Church. For the booklets, include $1 postage per order: Circles of Concern, P.O. Box 515832, Dallas, Texas 75251-5832.
Dallas Challenge: 7777 Forest Lane, B108, Dallas, Texas 75230. 661-4680. (Also an Oak Cliff branch. 1304 S. Hampton Blvd. 337-2418.) Offers a six- to eight-week family education program every Wednesday evening from 7-9 p.m.; classes geared toward support, early intervention, and prevention; $50 per family; referral service provided.
Dallas Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse: 5415 Maple Avenue, Suite 316, Dallas, Texas 75235. 638-7090. Information, education, and referral agency that offers six-session family education classes; fee determined on sliding scale; bilingual with taped twenty-four-hour referral line.
Dallas Independent School District Drug Abuse Prevention Program: 5000 S. Oakland, Dallas, Texas 75215. 426-3234, ext. 310. Offers free education, prevention, intervention, and referrals for students and families in DISD only; DISD also offers another program that seeks out drug-dependent students and refers them to support groups.
Chemical Awareness Council/Park Cities: 5600 W. Lovers Lane, Suite 241. Dallas, Texas 75209. 353-2673. Offers drug and alcohol prevention information, assessment, intervention, education, and referral; six-week first offender course offered; sliding scale fees available.
Inpatient Treatment
Help Is Possible: 723 S. Peak St., Dallas, Texas 75223. 827-2870. Bob Scott, director.
Intercept Program: 2610 Texas Drive, Irving. 256-2825. Roger Walls, director.
HCA Positive Horizons: 5735 Pineland Drive, Suite 135, Dallas, Texas 75231-5302. 369-4494. Judie Harris, director.
Youth Crossing: Mesquite Community Hospital, 3500 Highway 67 East. Mesquite, Texas 75150. 686-0685. Inpatient sessions for adolescents and their families. Arlene Duck, director.
Outpatient Treatment
Attitude Changes: 13601 Preston Road, Suite 1008, Dallas, Texas 75240. 991-8608. Robert Kitts, director.
Baylor-Parkside Lodge of Dallas/Fort Worth: 5310 Harvest Hill, Suite 146, Box 113, Dallas, Texas 75230-5805. 960-8341. Dr. Cathryn Stream, director.
The New Place: 1730 N. Greenville Avenue, Richardson, Texas 75081. 783-8085. John Tartaro, director.
Southeastern Methodist Hospital Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center: 9202 Elam Road, Dallas, Texas 75217. 372-7811. (Inpatient treatment also offered.) Charlenne Townsend, director.
Texas Adolescent Substance Abuse Project: 2311 Texas Drive, Suite 108, Irving, Texas 75062. 659-1449, 257-0807. Steven R. Lessard, CADC, director.
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