The primary goal of First Step Adolescent Center is to aid adolescent clients in making healthy changes in attitude, thinking and behavior. Believing addiction is a disease, we believe that the focus of the adolescent needs to be on establishing a healthy recovery lifestyle including support from various people and activities.

The goal of treatment is to increase awareness and support change. We work toward this goal through an individualized treatment program designed to meet the specific needs of the client.

A state licensed program offering adolescent specific chemical dependency outpatient treatment services to families in Washington and Yamhill Counties in Oregon.

1.    Evaluations completed within 72 hours of the initial call.

2.    Individualized treatment recommendations based on a comprehensive evaluation and information from the family and referral source.

3.    Responsiveness to communicating with the referring agent.

4.    Focusing on aiding adolescent clients toward the goal of taking individual responsibility for change with support from their family and case manager.