Purpose: To educate and increase offender’s awareness of the dangers and consequences of the use of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine, as well as prevent the destructive effects on their environment.

Content: This program consists of 6 hours of educational training on substance abuse. Attendees will learn how these mood-altering substances affect the body and mind as well as the legal and social consequences of drug use.

Recommended: Open container, possession of marijuana, attempted possession of marijuana, purchase, or possession of alcohol by a minor, underage drinking.

Day/Time: By appointment only

Purpose: To help offenders and participants develop socially acceptable behavior and methods for controlling emotions and to assist them through a process that focuses their attention on their psychological abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse when they respond to anger or stress in a violent aggressive way. This class also helps offenders and participants to develop their social awareness and learn how to develop new method on how to control their destructive emotions and physical self-control of outburst.

Content: This program consists of 6 hours of educational training on anger control and techniques on controlling anger. Attendees will learn how to identify the triggers and emotions that escalate into behaviors of anger.

Recommend: Disturbing the peace, fistic encounter, simple battery, simple assault, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and damage to property.

Day/Time: By appointment only

Purpose: To encourage participants to develop critical thinking skills that will lead to pro-social behavior and reduce the frequency of anti-social behavior.

Content: CEDMS is a 6-hour educational program that offers the opportunity to:

Recommended: Theft of goods or services, Trespassing, Solicitation, Public urination, Disturbing the peace, Violation of noise ordinance, Alcohol/drug related offenses, public littering, Vandalism, resisting arrest, interfering with police officers, making false calls to 911, Illegal use of a movable, Refusal to leave an inhabited dwelling or entry of an inhabited dwelling, Computer fraud, etc.

Day: By appointment only

Purpose: To help probation officers develop a treatment plan for drug abusers, enhance the supervision of offenders, and provide information to judges when they are sentencing individuals found to be abusing legal and illegal substances. There are many reasons for court-ordered drug and alcohol testing. Attorneys often negotiate for drug testing in divorce or child custody cases. Child protective agencies often require a drug test for the benefit of a child to be placed with parents. DUI and DWI Programs often require drug and alcohol testing including possibly EtG alcohol testing with urine or with hair. Judge’s order drug screening and drug testing for many different reasons.

At Mayo Behavioral Health Services, we work with the legal system, correction agencies, individuals and attorneys for court-ordered drug and alcohol testing. If you have a question about the type of drug test you need, give us a call at (225) 256-0110. Our knowledgeable staff can help you schedule the correct drug test for your next court visit.

Content: Offenders on supervised probation may be placed on a random screening regiment at the request of the judge or probation officer. The results are available within 15 minutes following the screening.