SAP provides resources for students that are experiencing problems that interfere with their ability to achieve, academic, personal/social, and career success. SAP is a student assistance program that is implemented to help with:
- substance abuse
- mental and physical health issues
- eating disorders
- grief and loss
- family concerns
- anxiety/stress
- peer relationships
- self harm behaviors
- depression
The Souderton Area School District has instituted SAP teams district wide consisting of professional staff who have received specialized training in identification and referral of "at-risk" students. SAP teams seek to promote healthy, safe, and substance-free lifestyles by connecting these students and their families with appropriate school-based or community resources. Although the SAP team promotes healthy lifestyles by connecting potential at-risk youth with school-based or community resources it is not a treatment program. Parental consent and active participation are both very necessary for the SAP process to be effective.