PRYDE Program

PRYDE - Who May Participate

Who May Participate?

PRYDE is available to youth, ages 12-17, with at-risk behavioral, incorrigible or delinquency problems such as running away, truancy, drug & alcohol use or other illegal activity. Our services are provided to both the youth and their families provided they reside in one of the participating Orange County cities listed on the main page. The PRYDE program is voluntary; however, if the juvenile is unwilling to participate, we are still available to help parents and guardians with resources, guidance, and support.

Who may not participate?

Participants who are not appropriate for PRYDE are frequent criminal offenders, adjudicated juveniles, sexual offenders, and severe emotionally disturbed individuals.

Referrals

The PRYDE program accepts referrals from law enforcement, schools, parents and other community agencies. In order for us to initiate services we need certain information to allow us to determine suitability for participation and to provide the necessary contact information. This can be provided by calling (949) 425-1911 and speaking to a Diversion Specialist. We can provide standard referral forms to schools or other agencies upon request. The program requires parental participation and consent.

Other Pepperdine University Youth Programs

Pepperdine's Student Support Programs provide a variety of on campus counseling services to students K through 12. These services include but are not limited to: conflict intervention and mediation; gang intervention; drug, alcohol and tobacco education; individual, group and family counseling; parent education and classroom presentations.

Programs are staffed by graduate and post-graduate interns from Pepperdine's Graduate School of Education and Psychology. All interns attend weekly supervision meetings, and have received education and clinical supervision regarding conflict management, child abuse evaluation and reporting, dynamics of dysfunctional families, drug alcohol and tobacco education, depression and suicide, child development and other topics relevant to working effectively with at-risk students.

Interns are supervised by program director Robert Hohenstein, Ph.D. Dr. Hohenstein is licensed in clinical psychology, marriage and family therapy and is credentialed for pupil personnel services, K through 12. Over the past 15 years Dr. Hohenstein has directed at-risk student counseling programs in over 150 schools in Orange and Los Angeles Counties . Dr. Hohenstein is available to consult with faculty by phone and in person regarding at risk student issues including developing and implementing a crisis intervention model for each school participating in Pepperdine's ACE program.