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July 2011
'News
of Hope'
We hope you are all
enjoying summer fun in
the sun (with lots of
sunscreen!), family
vacations and time to
catch up on creative
projects. We are using
this time to develop
new products including a
downloadable version of
our De-Stress
for Success® Workbook
for iPad's
and other readers
and will let you know
when it is ready to go!
We closed out the
2010-2011 school year by
providing a LEGACY
OF HOPE®
keynote and a De-Stress
for Success®
Workshop with Susie
and Dr. Ken Vanderlip
for the 23rd Annual Child
Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Conference
held at the Orange
County Department of
Education and
coordinated/sponsored by
The
Raise Foundation. It
was a delight and an honor to
contribute to our home
county and support the
many local non-profits
that give so much to our
residents in need.
Pictured above:
Pic 1 (from left) - The
Raise Foundation's
Steffanie Gapp -
conference
manager/coordinator and
Russell Brammer -
Executive Director with
Susie and Ken Vanderlip.
Pic 2 - Audience
enthusiastically
interacting during a De-Stress
for Success®
Workshop exercise.
Pic 3 - The Raise
Foundation field staff
that work tirelessly in
the community and at the
conference!
(More pictures at http://www.legacyofhope.com/adult_year2011-06-17_Child_Abuse_Conf_OC_CA.htm)
JULY NEWSLETTER
CONTENT
• Teen
Substance Use America's
No. 1 Health Problem
•
Verbal
Abuse as Real and
Destructive as Physical
Abuse
• Preschool
May Reduce Risk of Drug
and Alcohol Addiction
Later in Life, Study
Suggests
• Authorities
Say Detroit a
“Hotbed” For Opioids
Sold in Other States
Access
12 years of newsletter
articles on our
website!
Some Fall
Schedule Opportunities
Contact
us to piggyback on
Susie being in your
area. Current plans:
Sept. 20-21 - Greeley,
CO - Weld County
Prevention Program
Summit for community
Sept. 26-27 -
Bardwell, KY - schools
Sept. 28-Oct. 2 - Fort
Meyer, FL
Oct. 23 - Oct. 29 -
southeast Alberta,
Canada
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This
week the
National
Center
on
Addiction
and
Substance
Abuse at
Columbia
University
released
a report
calling
teen
substance
use the
worst
public
health
problem
in
America.
CASA’s
national
study
declares
teen
smoking,
drinking,
misusing
prescription
drugs
and
using
illegal
drugs a
public
health
problem
of
epidemic
proportions.
The
report
reviews
current
knowledge
of the
science
of
addiction
as a
complex
brain
disease
with
origins
in
adolescence,
documents
how
adolescence
is the
critical
period
for the
initiation
of
substance
use, and
reveals
the
enormous
and
costly
health
and
social
consequences
of teen
substance
use.
The
stutances
and how
the
messages
sent by
adults,
and
glamorized
by the
tobacco
and
alcohol
industries
and the
media,
normalize
substance
use and
undermine
the
health
and
futures
of our
teens.
Highlights
from the
report
include:
•90
percent
of
Americans
who meet
the
medical
criteria
for
addiction
started
smoking,
drinking,
or using
other
drugs
before
age 18.
•1 in
4
Americans
who
began
using
any
addictive
substance
before
age 18
developed
an
addiction,
compared
to 1 in
25
Americans
who
started
using at
age 21
or
older.
•75
percent
of all
high
school
students
have
used
addictive
substances
including
tobacco,
alcohol,
marijuana
or
cocaine;
1 in 5
of them
meets
the
medical
criteria
for
addiction.
•46
percent
of all
high
school
students
currently
use
addictive
substances;
1 in 3
of them
meets
the
medical
criteria
for
addiction.
“The
problem
is not
that we
don’t
know
what to
do,
it’s
that we
are
failing
to act.
It is
time to
recognize
teen
substance
use as a
preventable
public
health
problem
and
addiction
as a
treatable
medical
disease,
and to
respond
to it as
fiercely
as we
would to
any
other
public
health
epidemic
threatening
the
safety
of our
children,”
Susan
Foster,
CASA’s
Vice
President
and
Director
of
Policy
Research
and
Analysis
said in
a news
release.
LEGACY
OF HOPE
school
and
community
assemblies
are powerful messages
that "fiercely" confront
the teen
substance
abuse
problem
and "BREAK
THRU DENIAL"
in
communities
and
families. Let
us help
you on
the
front
lines of
Prevention.
Contact
us NOW
for Fall
Assemblies
and
Parent
Programs. dy
looks at
how
American
culture
increases
the risk
that
teens
will use
addictive
subs
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Verbal
Abuse as Real and
Destructive as Physical
Abuse
We
at LEGACY consider this
article to be of great
value to both adults and
teens. Homes where there
is an alcoholic or
drug-addicted parent are
renown for a great deal
of “verbal abuse.”
Verbal abuse, as shared
in the article below,
“is just as real and
just as destructive”
as physical abuse.
As
a Prevention Specialist
that talks to thousands
of children of
alcoholics/drug-addicted
parents/step-parents, it
is apparent that verbal
abuse is repeatedly the
source of severe low
self-esteem,
worthlessness and
hopelessness in teens.
It is our observation
that parental verbal
abuse contributes
significantly to teen
escapist behaviors
including alcohol and
drug-use, self-harm and
even to teen-pregnancy.
In addition, we have
observed adults
currently dealing with
an alcoholic spouse
suffer just as greatly
from verbal abuse,
leading to illnesses,
verbal release on
children, domestic
violence, and more. It
is a serious abuse issue
to be aware of.
Sue Scheff states in her
May 12th
Article for Broward
County Parenting Teens
Examiner,
”Many people are
involved in abusive
relationships that
don’t create any
physical scars or
bruises.” And yet,
“the abuse they suffer
is just as real and just
as destructive to their
well-being.”
“Verbal abuse can
damage a person
emotionally when they
must live with it in
their home on a
continuous basis.
Because it is‘just
words’ it is
often not recognized as
being abuse ,by either
the victim or those
around them. Men are
victims of this type of
abuse, just as women
are.” Teens can
be victims in dating
relationships as well as
in familial
relationships.
She states
clearly ten signs of
verbal abuse in a
relationship:
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Name
calling –Derogatory
name calling, such
as stupid, dummy,
idiot or other such
demeaning terms
should not be
considered a normal
part of a
relationship. Even
when a person is
angry, this type of
language is not
necessary and shows
an extreme lack of
respect for the
other person and
should be considered
abusive.
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Cursing
–Many
people curse when
they get upset. That
is not uncommon.
However, when the
cursing is directed
at another person
and is combined with
some of the other
signs listed here,
it can also be a
sign of verbal
abuse.
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Shouting
–Again,
raising a persons
voice in anger is
not uncommon. But if
one person in a
relationship is
continually raising
their voice in anger
towards the other
one, it may be a
sign that they use
their voice to
intimidate that
other party.
-
Put
downs –Continual
criticism, and a
refusal to
acknowledge positive
achievements, can be
another aspect of
verbal abuse.
Everyone is in need
of affirmation of
their value and
worth to those
around them, to some
degree.
-
Threats
–Being
verbally threatened
can be as
frightening as
having those threats
carried out. Verbal
abusers often will
threaten their
victims with
physical harm,
embarrassment,
restrictions on
their finances, harm
to others and
retaliation in a
variety of other
forms.
-
Blame
–Abusers
will often blame
their victims for
their actions. ‘If
you wouldn’t be so
stupid.’ ‘If you
wouldn’t have done
that.’ Every
person is
responsible for
their own choices
and actions. In an
abusive situation,
the abuser will
always find an
excuse to continue
their behavior, no
matter how much the
victim tries to
perfect their own.
-
Lack
of courtesy –Ignoring
common courtesies
within a
relationship can
also be a sign of
abuse. An abuser may
not feel it is
necessary to make
requests, but
instead gives orders
to the other person.
The manners they
display with others
may be lacking when
it comes to that
individual.
-
Low
self-esteem –There
are signs that can
be seen in the
victim, as well. A
low self-esteem is a
natural result of
abuse, in any form.
The victim often
does not see
themselves as
deserving better
treatment.
-
Timidity
–Victims
of verbal abuse will
often appear timid
and hesitant to
speak up or ask
questions. The
slightest raising of
your voice may cause
them to cower or
bring tears to their
eyes. They are used
to being intimidated
and controlled by
another person’s
voice.
-
Fear
of failure –Since
victims of abuse are
often told it is
their failures that
bring on the abuse,
they have a great
fear of failure. New
circumstances and
learning
opportunities are
often seen simply as
risks of failure,
which could lead to
the abuse they try
so desperately to
avoid.
Continue
reading on
Examiner.com Teen
dating: 10 Signs of
verbal abuse in a
relationship - Fort
Lauderdale Parenting
Teens | Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/parenting-teens-in-fort-lauderdale/teen-dating-
10-signs-of-verbal-abuse-a-relationship?CID=examiner_alerts_article#ixzz1ObrYT7x4
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OF HOPE®
- break
through
denial,
create
awareness,
spawn
HOPE!  Recent
feedback
as the
result
of our
school
assembly
and
survey:
"The
(Survey
of Hope)
surveys
(administered
after
the
LEGACY
OF HOPE®
assembly)
identified
some
issues -
the kids
were
candid
and
spoke
their
feelings,
and they
were
able to
save a
child
who was
contemplating
suicide!"
This is
no
ordinary
message
- it is
a
life-saving,
life-changing
message.
Awesome
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Assembly
- Grades
6 thru
12.
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Counselor
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Development/In-Service
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adults
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work/care
about
youth
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us at LEGACY
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Preschool
May Reduce Risk
of Drug and
Alcohol
Addiction Later
in Life
By
Join
Together Staff
| June 10, 2011
Preschool
may be an
effective tool
in the fight
against
addiction, a new
study suggests.
The study of
more than 1,500
children found
those who had
attended
preschool were
28 percent less
likely to
develop
substance abuse
problems.
Time
reports that the
study followed
the children
from age 3-4 to
age 28. The
children in the
study lived in
low-income
neighborhoods in
Chicagoand most
were African
American. Those
who attended
preschool were
less likely to
develop alcohol
and drug
problems or to
end up in jail
or prison, the
researchers
found. They were
24 percent more
likely to attend
a four-year
college, and
their incomes
were higher, the
researchers
wrote in Science.
The families of
the children
enrolled in
preschool were
actively
involved in the
program.
Preschool had
the biggest
positive effect
for boys and for
children with
the least
educated
parents.
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Authorities
Say Detroit a
“Hotbed” For Opioids
Sold in Other States
By
Join
Together Staff |
June 28, 2011
Detroit has become a
major source of
prescription painkillers
that are sold in other
states, according to
authorities. Pills
originating in Detroit
are being sold in states
as far away as Alabama
and Maine, according to
the Detroit
Free Press.
Drug runners from
Detroit are routinely
arrested in the eastern
and southern United
States, the article
notes. Authorities in
those states say the
drug runners obtain the
pills from local doctors
and pharmacists, and
sell them in other
states for about $100
per pill. OxyContin is
the drug of choice, the
article states.
U.S. Attorney Booth
Goodwin of West Virginia
told the newspaper,
“Detroit, we love your
cars. But we don’t
love your drug
dealers.”
The U.S. Attorney’s
Office in West Virginia
has handled more than a
dozen prescription drug
cases involving Detroit
defendants since the
beginning of the year.
Other states reporting
recent prescription drug
cases involving Detroit
defendants include Ohio,
Kentucky, Maine and
Michigan.
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