Helping schools become where students turn first.
Robert "Bob" Faghan, MLADC · Founder, Live Free Adolescent Recovery
Most schools already notice when a student is struggling — the hard part is what happens next. I build the frameworks, tools, and training that turn informal awareness into a clearer, safer, and more reliable adult response.
The Where Students Turn First resource ladder
Four resources, one path: understand the problem, diagnose your building, learn the framework, install the system. Start anywhere — each one stands alone.
The Prevention Paradox
What crisis mode quietly costs our schools — and how to break the cycle. A 7-page white paper for leadership teams.
Free download → Self-assessmentThe Readiness Review 2 · DiagnoseThe Readiness Review
A 25-item team self-assessment: find out where your identification-and-response process is reliable — and where it runs on goodwill.
$12 → Implementation guideWhere Students Turn First 3 · LearnThe Toolkit
The 12-page practical implementation guide — built for planning conversations, readiness reviews, orientation, and implementation meetings.
$19 → Editable Word templatesTemplates Pack 4 · InstallImplementation Templates Pack
Six editable Word documents — the flow map, capture form, agendas, and protocols that make the system real.
$39 →Best value: The Complete System
All three paid guides — the Readiness Review, the Toolkit, and the Templates Pack — in one download. $70 of tools for $55.
Live trainings — delivered to your school or agency
Booked directly, delivered on-site or virtual by Bob Faghan, MA, MLADC. Each listing is a free booking request — checkout sends the request and Bob follows up to schedule. PO/invoice friendly.
Relational Infrastructure Training
The four components of relational infrastructure, applied to your building.
Free booking request → Live trainingWhere Influence Lives 90 minutes · IntroductionWhere Influence Lives
The front-door session for full staffs and PD days.
Free booking request → Live trainingClosing the Awareness–Response Gap 3 hours · Schools & agenciesClosing the Awareness–Response Gap
For schools and youth-serving agencies.
Free booking request → Live trainingGrowing Our Own 3 hours · Workforce pipelineGrowing Our Own
The peer workforce pipeline: credential ladder + partnership infrastructure.
Free booking request → CertificationSchool-Based Peer Recovery Model™ Licensed · 6-hour or 3-hourSchool-Based Peer Recovery Model™ Trainer Certification
Licensed trainer certification, delivered in-service — full 6-hour or condensed 3-hour format.
Free booking request →Books
Available in print and ebook, from Amazon and Lulu.
Where Students Turn First
Rethinking peer influence, early intervention, and the architecture of school support.
Buy on Amazon → PaperbackWhere Students Turn First Paperback · LuluWhere Students Turn First — paperback edition
The same book, direct from Lulu.
Buy from Lulu → Ebook101 Quotes for New College Students Ebook · Amazon101 Quotes for New College Students
A pocket companion for students starting the next chapter.
Buy on Amazon →Written from inside the building
Robert "Bob" Faghan, MLADC, is the founder of Live Free Adolescent Recovery and the developer of the School Based Peer Recovery Model™ — a Master Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in New Hampshire and Maine with more than 27 years of clinical experience.
Bob works where the problems actually live — inside schools — serving as a contracted clinical provider at Dover High School and partnering with districts across New Hampshire.
- His peer recovery model became a pilot program for Anthem/Blue Cross NH
- Collaborator with the UNH Center for Disabilities on youth peer support
- Presenter at regional, national, and international conferences
- Author of Where Students Turn First: Rethinking Peer Influence, Early Intervention, and the Architecture of School Support (2026)
More at livefreerecovery.com
Where Students Turn First: Rethinking Peer Influence, Early Intervention, and the Architecture of School Support
The full framework behind every resource on this page — why students turn where they turn, and how schools can build the relational architecture that catches needs early.
Partner with Live Free: the QR Support Pathway
A visible front door. A defined staff response. A closed loop. A customized, school-controlled pathway that helps students reach the right adult — with year-round human support behind it. For public, charter, private, and alternative schools serving grades 6–12.
- LEVEL 1Supported Access & Family Navigation$2,175 · renews $1,350
- LEVEL 2Enhanced MLADC & Peer Support$3,250 · renews $2,400
- LEVEL 3Comprehensive ImplementationCustom-scoped
Founding-schools offer: discounted first-year pricing for the first three New Hampshire schools to sign at Level 1 or Level 2.
Start a discovery conversation: 603-702-2461 · bfaghan@livefreerecovery.com — or download the full partnership catalog free.
See it working — free demo
Scan with your phone (or visit the link) for the district & staff demo.
Family Navigation Membership — for schools & districts
A separate, simple service: your school or district joins once, then sends any family in need our way — education, resource navigation, and next-step planning with an MLADC, all year, with no referral limit. Includes a family-facing introduction packet your counselors can hand out.
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