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APS Substance Prevention
& Intervention Program.
Empowering Aurora schools with a structured, compassionate approach to student substance use.
This toolkit offers actionable strategies, tiered support systems, and family-centered alternatives to suspension—shifting the narrative from punishment to prevention and lasting support.
Intervention Toolkit.
A tiered toolkit designed to help Aurora schools shift from punishment to support—offering proven alternatives to suspension, family engagement strategies, and resources for substance use prevention and intervention.
Vaping Education
and Cessation Support
Aurora Public Schools, in partnership with Arapahoe County Public Health and Adams County Health Department, is committed to supporting students and families through prevention, education, and intervention.
This program helps students understand the risks of nicotine use and provides hands-on tools to quit vaping. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or student, there are opportunities to get involved—through in-class presentations, prevention projects, quit day events, and one-on-one cessation support.
Resources Include:
Classroom
and club support
Interactive student
education tools
Parent
prevention seminars
Vaping quit plans and counseling
Alternative to suspension education programs
Free materials and
quit kits for schools
What You Can Do
Whether you're a teacher, parent, counselor, or community member, you play a key role in supporting youth through early intervention and recovery. This toolkit offers simple, actionable steps to help you identify warning signs, open up meaningful conversations, and connect students to the support they need.
1.
Recognize early behaviors associated with substance use
2.
Learn how to approach a student or peer with care
and confidence
3.
Access scripts, referral pathways, and resource templates
4.
Take part in creating a supportive, stigma-free environment