Pajaro Valley Prevention and

Student Assistance

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335 East Lake Avenue, Watsonville, CA 95076, USA

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Restorative Justice Programs: Restorative justice programs emphasize repairing the harm caused by student misbehavior and/or crime. These strength based and goal aligned programs are

Pajaro Valley and Student Assistance, Inc. offers a wide range of education programs and training opportunities for parents, teachers and community members. Parenting Workshops

PVPSA has advocated for healthy communities since our inception. We work in conjunction with City and County policy makers to consider, define, and implement

While most approaches to juvenile justice concentrate on punishing or treating delinquent youths, the restorative justice process seeks to repair the harm by involving

Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance (PVPSA) is a nonprofit agency dedicated to providing education, training, counseling and prevention services to students, families and staff in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.

By helping prevent criminal behavior, gang involvement, truancy, and drug, alcohol and tobacco use, PVPSA improves the quality of life in our community and its schools.

Pajaro Valley Prevention & Student Assistance 335 E. Lake, Ave., Watsonville, CA 95076 Phone: (831) 728-6445 Fax: (831) 761-6011Our friendly bilingual staff will assist you.

Counseling Center 240 E. Lake Ave., Watsonville, CA 95076 Phone: (831) [email protected]

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Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Do not treat opiod addiction

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/behavioral therapy
  • Dialectical behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach
  • Trauma-related counseling
  • Rational emotive behavioral therapy

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking not permitted

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

  • Outpatient
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State mental health department
  • State department of health

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Medicaid
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

Language Services

  • Spanish

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Adolescents
  • Persons who have experienced trauma
  • Transitional age young adults

Ancillary Services

  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • Marital/couples counseling offered
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Contingency management/motivational incentive
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/adolescents
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Pajaro Valley Prevention and

    335 East Lake Avenue, Watsonville, CA 95076

Rehabilitation Process