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"I
slept and dreamt that life was
joy.
I awoke and saw that life was
service.
I acted and behold, service
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REACH OUT
AND ASK FOR HELP!
Featured
Resources for 2008
Bullying Info: www.bullying.org
and www.cyberbullying.org
Links
to Valuable Resources for Help, Prevention,
Info
- Treatment Centers including list of
Adolescent Treatment Facilities
- Hotlines
- Self-Help Support groups
- Great YOUTH programs
- Free Prevention Resource Materials
from the Federal Government
STAY
INFORMED AROUND THE WORLD
READ Susie's NEWS OF HOPE Newsletters
for insights from the road as Susie shares
about her travels and some of the
Real Life Heroes in our schools and communities.
FOR
TEENS - HAVE SOME FUN and GROW YOUR BRAIN
CELLS!
Visit cool WEBSITES
Sites for teens, girls, teachers, women,
questions on health, sports and
many more NEW link: www.teenadviceonline.org
JOURNALING
GUIDE FOR TEENS, CREATED BY SUSIE VANDERLIP
What's Up with Journaling
FREE
PAMPHLETS BY THE 100'S!
ORDER NOW:
FREE Pamphlets and periodicals for an entire
school!
Produced by Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
(CSAP) in Washington D.C.
Help teens by giving them TIPS FOR TEENS:
on Alcohol, Marijuana, Club Drugs, Meth,
Hallucinogens, Inhalants, Steroids and lots
more.
at http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
and search on Top 50 and/or Tips
for Teens
FOR TEACHERS
IN THE CLASSROOM!
PRINT OFF or DOWNLOAD NOW!
Questions and processes for the classroom
including Power Point presentation to facilitate
discussion following the LEGACY OF HOPE
assembly/keynote.
SPECIAL SITES
TO HELP YOUTH WITH THE SERIOUS STUFF:
- Coming Clean: How
To Talk to Your Parents About Your Drug
Use
by For Real - Maybe you've experimented,
maybe you suspect your use is becoming
a real
problem. But HOW to tell your parents?
It can be really tough, scary, fearful.
Here are the
true tips to starting that conversation
because the real shame in an addiction
problem is not
getting help before it ruins your life.
- Helping Children Cope
Effective information to help your children
understand terrorism, cope with the trauma,
process grief, overcome the fear and confusion
of the attacks on America and other disconcerting
events in life.
- The 40 Developmental Assets
Through extensive research, Search Institute
has identified the following 40 building
blocks of healthy development that help
young people grow up healthy, caring,
and responsible.
- About Club Drugs -
www.clubdrugs.org
Specially-designed Web site to alert teens,
parents and educators about
the dangers of club drugs such as ecstasy,
GHB and Rohypnol.
These drugs are often used at all night
"raves" or dance parties and
have potentially
life-threatening effects.
- About Eating Disorders
- http://pbs.org/perfectillusions/
Get the facts on eating disorders and
learn how to help a friend in need, explore
treatment options, hear personal stories,
examine the politics of eating disorders,
access educational resources and more.
- American School Counselors
Association
Early Warning/Timely Response: A Guide
to Safe Schools
- The Anti Drug Site
Parenting Skills: 21 Tips & Ideas
to Help You Make a Difference (800) 788-2800
to order by phone
GREAT READ
FOR PARENTS AND ADULTS WHO CARE!
Susie's Weekly Newspaper Column:
"It's Not Easy Being a Teen"
Strengthen your relationship with your teen.
Communicate better and be the encourager
your child really needs you to be!
TOP RESOURCE
FOR CURRENT NEWS IN PREVENTION,
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REHAB
AND RECOVERY FACILITIES
- Betty
Ford Center - Betty Ford
Center offers hope and a special place
of healing for adults and children.
- Scripps
Alcohol Treatment Center
- Scripps McDonald Center is a nationally
recognized organization dedicated to alcohol
treatment.
- Internet Directory and search engine
for treatment facilities across America:
www.sober.com
Within three clicks, find a phone number
for a local contact.
- Sobriety
High School - High school for
teens who "want to quit".
"You'll find students who want to
remain clean and sober above all.
(Students who) share a dream that they
can finish high school and learn to
enjoy life without drugs and
alcohol." "Sobriety High is
not a treatment center or a recovery
program. It is a safe place to get a
good education.' St. Paul, MN
- Augsburg
College - StepUP Program -
Provides "a high-quality liberal
arts education... provides ongoing
support to students in recovery who are
willing and able to progress toward an
academic degree ... supports students
committed to sobriety."
Minneapolis, MN
- Adolescent Treatment Facilities:
Aspen
Education Group - multiple
facilities around the United States.
For info, contact:
17777 Center Court Drive, Suite 300,
Cerritos, CA 90703 888-972-7736
Rogers
Memorial Hospital, Beth
Baus, bbaus@rogershospital.org
34700 Valley Rd,Oconomowoc,WI,53066
262-646-4411
Caron
Foundation, Missy Orlando,
morlando@caronfoundation.org
Galen Hall Road, P. O. Box 150Wernersville,PA,19565-0150
610-743-6101
Cumberland
Heights, David Blackwell,Ed.S.,
david_blackwell@cumberlandheights.org
100 Karla Court,Roswell,GA,30076 866-714-2345
Gray
Wolf Ranch, Woody Bernas,M.Div.,
woody@graywolfranch.com
P. O. Box 102,Port Townsend,WA,98368
800-571-5505
Hazelden
Mental Health Centers
11505 36th Avenue North, Plymouth,
MN 55441-2398 800-833-4497
In
Balance Ranch Academy,
J. Christopher Tompkins, Tompkins@inbalranch.com
6151 E. Grant Rd.,Tucson,AZ,85712J
520-722-9631
Provo
Canyon School, Jude Rudolph,
M. A., juderudollph@aol.com
1350 East 750 North,Orem,UT,84097
800-848-9819
Remuda,
Nourishment for Life Ranch,
Dennis Gargan, dennisgargan@remudaranch.com
One East Apache St.,Wickenburg,AZ,85390
928-684-4510
Rosecrance
Health Network, Janis
Waddell, M.S. Ed.,CSADC
3815 Harrison Ave.,Rockford,IL,61108-7631
815-387-2415
Tarzana
Treatment Centers, Chris
Cornell, Psy.D., ccornell@tarzanatc.org
4443 North 10th St. W.,Lancaster,CA,93534
661-726-2630 x4205
Temporary
Living Center (TLC),
Jacque Robinson, Jacque@tlcgirls.org
P. O. Box 44235,Eden Prairie,MN,55344
952-942-6400
Three
Spring, Inc., Raquel
Barnes. rbarnes@threesprings.com
1131 Eagletree Lane,Huntsville,AL,35801
888-758-4356
Visions-Adolescent
Treatment Centers, John
Lieberman, jlieberman@visionsteen.com
33335 Mulholland Highway,Malibu,CA,90265
866-889-3665
COUNSELING AND
INTERVENTION RESOURCES/WEBSITES
- www.readytoquit.com
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- The
Counseling Center - Central
Florida. Therapeutic and counseling
services for children, adolescents, young
adults, couples, and families with several
child friendly office locations throughout
the Central Florida community. Offer in-home
counseling as well. Call: 407-644-KIDS
(5437) for services for children and adolescents
or 407-843-4YOU (4968) for services for
adults, couples, and families. Email at
support@counselingcorner.net
- Get your loved one into treatment.
For intervention information:
http://www.interventionguide.com
- ARISE - ARISE Life Management
Skills curricula are research
based and proven perfect for today's at-risk
students. The materials are specifically
designed to counteract boredom and disruptive
behavior from easily frustrated and hard
to handle youth. ARISE offers over 250
interactive lessons and meaningful activities
that guarantee success in the classroom
or your money back. Visit: www.atrisk.org
- TEENAGERS AND MENTAL HEALTH
Information http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/Newsletter/FPN_4_15.html
SELF-HELP 12-STEP
SUPPORT GROUPS
- Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups
Headquarters (800-344-2666 meeting info;
800-356-9996 general info) www.al-anon.alateen.org
Confidential, self-help support group
for the family and friends of someone
who has a drinking problem. If someone's
drinking is bothering you, consider trying
Al-Anon meetings for adults; Alateen meetings
for teens (888-425-6666 toll-free). Excellent
books and pamphlets for understanding
the "family disease" of alcoholism.
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- listed in the white pages of your local
phone book or call 212-870-3400 www.aa.org
- Nicotine Anonymous
(800-642-0666) Support to quit smoking.
- www.Quitnet.com
- Online support and chat rooms for those
ready to quit smoking.
- Nar-Anon Family Groups, Headquarters
(310-547-5800) Confidential, self-help
support group for the family and friends
of someone with a drug problem
- Narcotics Anonymous (818-773-9999,
818-780-3851) www.social.com/health/
HOTLINES &
HELP FOR TEENS, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND
MORE
- TEEN LINE/Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center 310-855-HOPE or in California 800-TLC-TEEN.
Call day or night with any and all concerns,
hurt feelings to suicide, anger to violence
and abuse, just feeling lonely, no place
to go, using and afraid. www.teenlineonline.org
- Parent Resource Hotline
- Programs for Struggling Teens and Parents
http://parentresources.net/
- National AIDS Hotline
(800-342-AIDS, 800-342-2437), 24 hours
every day; Spanish-language line (800-344-7432)
8am-2am EST.daily
- Recovery Team Hotline
- An outreach of FEEL FREE RADIO with
Charlie Pittman (www.feelfree.com)
brought to you by the Recovery Broadcasting
Network, Copyright 1999. At this hotline,
professional counselors volunteer to be
available to handle your calls regarding
alcohol and drug problems, whether it
is your own use or someone else's use
that is bothering you. The Feel Free talk
show provides a useful, interactive, information
resource that can be heard everywhere
in our nation.
- www.readtoquit.com
- ReadyToQuit.com includes
information on addiction categories such
as nicotine, alcohol, cocaine,
methamphetamine, heroin, prescription
drugs, sex, gambling and eating
disorders.
- STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
National Hotline (1-800-227-8922),
weekdays
- To Quit Smoking, Call:
1-800-4CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
- To Stop Drinking, Call:
1-800-ALCOHOL (1-800-252-6465)
or Alcoholics Anonymous or 1-800-NCA-CALL
(1-800-622-2255)
- To Get Drug Treatment, Call:
1-800-COCAINE (1-800-262-2463) or 1-800-662-HELP
(1-800-662-4357)
- www.GrandsPlace.org
- Website to support grandparents
raising grandchildren.
Watch for an upcoming review of 52 Ways
to Protect Your Teen - a helpful guide
to grandparents as well as parents
gjiding teenagers in the home!
YOUTH PROGRAMS
that are making a difference!
PREVENTION ORGANIZATIONS
AND ASSOCIATIONS
- Alcohol-Related Injury & Violence
(ARIV) www.traumafdn.org/alcohol/ariv
- BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network
- an international association of college
and university based education programs
focusing on alcohol abuse prevention and
other related student health and safety
issues. Promotes peer education as a useful
element of campus health education and
wellness efforts. Students encourage peers
to consider, talk honestly about, and
develop responsible habits and lifestyles
regarding alcohol and related issues.
303-871-0901(See Periodicals for excellent
young adult magazine: "The Peer Educator"
www.bacchusgamma.org
- CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse (800-458-5231)
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/
- Center on Alcohol Advertising www.traumafdn.org/alcohol/ads/index.html
- Child Welfare League of America www.cwla.org
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
(CADCA) www.cadca.org
(800-54-CADCA)
An excellent resource for what other communities
are doing to address alcohol and drug
abuse. Concrete information regarding
programs that are effective around the
country as well as up to the minute status
on funding and federal legislation in
substance abuse prevention. Receive periodic
Strategizers, pamphlets with detailed
action plans and processes for community
coalition acitivities. Attend annual conference
in Washington D.C. in November to network
with other communities and federal representatives.
- Family Violence Awareness Page www.famvi.com
- Join Together www.jointogether.org
Excellent resource for concrete action
plans that include a Monthly Action Kit
with Strategies for Community Prevention
Activities, resources, and current information.
Join an online mail list providing daily
updates on what's in the news regarding
substance abuse prevention, gun control,
and violence issues.
- March of Dimes Resource Center - 888-MODIMES
Your source of information on pregnancy
and birth defects. www.modimes.org
- National Association for Children of
Alcoholics (NACoA) 1-301-468-0985 www.health.org/nacoa
- National Association of State Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Directors. www.nasadad.org
Find out what your state is doing to support
identification, referral and treatment
of alcohol and substance abuse in your
community. Connect to the officials in
your state who influence funding.
- National Black Child Development Institute
www.nbcdi.org
- National Association of Children of
Alcoholics (NACoA) www.nacoa.net
nacoa@erols.com
- Sis Wenger, Executive Director (888-554-2627)
"More than 11million children in
the United States are affected by parental
addiction, the emotional and economic
consequences are immeasurable. Further,
these children are the population at highest
risk for developing substance abuse problems
and a host of related emotional and behavioral
problems." Call them for help!
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug
Dependence, Inc (NCADD) www.ncadd.org
- National Drug Prevention League (NDPL)
www.ndpl.org
- National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
www.inhalants.org
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
www.nida.nih.gov
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
Read about OJJDP initiatives and projects
aimed at preventing and controlling juvenile
crime and improving the juvenile justice
system.
- Sexual Assault Information Page www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/saInfoPage.html
- U. S. Department of Justice's (DOJ)
Kids Page www.usdoj.gov/kidspage
Read about drug prevention, civil rights,
computer crime and hate crimes
- Web of Addictions www.well.com/user/woa
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
FOR FREE MATERIALS
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
Drug Information (NCADI) http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
Contact for catalogue of numerous free
pamphlets, posters, data, and tapes and
CSAP - Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
info. Info from the National Association
of Children of Alcoholics available as
well as conferences, grants, workplace
drug concerns, and much more: Tips
for Teens Pamphlets
- National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse
and Neglect Information 1-703-385-7565
www.calib.com/nccanch
- National Youth Network "Get Involved
in Crime Prevention" " www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/getinvolved
Youth from 12 to 20 meet regularly and
encourage young people to get involved
in preventing crime and victimization.
Network provides opportunity for you to
share ideas on how to keep your schools
and neighborhoods free of crime and violence.
- SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration - great
resource for up-to-date information, statistics
and surveys. Includes the 1998 National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse www.samhsa.gov
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