Parent/
Caretaker Resource Guide
How to Help Your Child Avoid
Substance Use
ADVICE FOR PARENTS OF YOUNGER TEENS (and beyond)
Drug Prevention Tips for Every Age: (Source: Partnership to End Addiction) https://drugfree.org/article/prevention-tips-for-every-age/
Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention: (Source: DEA) https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/growing-up-drug-free-2017.pdf
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Positive Parenting Tips: (Source: CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/index.html
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Prevention Tips, Middle School: (Source: Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health)
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/prevention-tips-for-your-middle-school-aged-child
Preparing Your Young Children for a Healthy, Drug-free future:
(Source: Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health)
http://files.hria.org/files/SA3568.pdf
Talking to Your Middle School-Aged Child about Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs: (Source: Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health)
http://files.hria.org/files/SA1020.pdf
Teen brain development, teen behavior and preventing drug use:
(Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
https://drugfree.org/article/teen-brain-development/
Why do teens drink and use substances, and is it "normal"?:
(Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
https://drugfree.org/article/why-do-teens-drink-and-use-substances/
Medication Misuse: What You Need to Know to Help Protect Children, Teens and Young Adults: (Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
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How to Talk to Teens About Edibles
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/well/family/weed-edibles-teens.html?smid=url-share
ADVICE FOR PARENTS OF OLDER TEENS
Drug Prevention Tips for Every Age: (Source: Partnership to End Addiction) https://drugfree.org/article/prevention-tips-for-every-age/
Prevention Tips, High School: (Source: Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health)
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/prevention-tips-for-your-high-school-aged-adolescent
Preventing Drug Use: Connecting and Talking with Your Teen:
(Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
https://drugfree.org/article/connecting-with-your-teen/
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Substance Use + Mental Health in Teens and Young Adults: (Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
https://drugfree.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Substance-Use-Mental-Health-in-Teens-and-Young-Adults.pdf
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My Child Tried Drugs. What Should I Do?: Source: Partnership to End Addiction) https://drugfree.org/my-child-tried-drugs-what-should-i-do/
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If You Discover Your Child is Using Drugs: Start Talking: (Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
https://drugfree.org/article/start-talking/
Addressing Substance Use: Set Limits & Monitor Behavior: (Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
https://drugfree.org/article/set-limits-monitor/
Active Listening: How to Stop Fighting and Start Communicating: (Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
https://drugfree.org/article/active-listening/
Use Positive Reinforcement to Help Change Behavior: (Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
https://drugfree.org/article/positive-reinforcement/
Setting Limits & Monitoring Behavior to Prevent Substance Use: (Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
https://drugfree.org/article/set-limits-monitor-your-teens-behavior/
When Your Child Sees Substance Use as an Answer, Not a Problem: (Source: Partnership to End Addiction)
https://drugfree.org/article/substance-use-as-an-answer-not-a-problem/
A Parent’s Guide to Teen Parties: (Source: American Academy of Pediatrics) https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/Pages/A-Parents-Guide-To-Teen-Parties.aspx
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Reference Books
The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide: A Neurodevelopmental Guide for Parents and Families Who Want to Prevent Youth High-Risk Behavior
by Crystal Collier PhD| October 15, 2020 "Brain-Based-Parenting"
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How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents
by Joseph A. Califano | Sep 9, 2014
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The Parent's 20 Minute Guide (Second Edition) Paperback – January 26, 2016
by The Center for Motivation and Change
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
by Frances E. Jensen and Amy Ellis Nutt | Jan 6, 2015
by Dr. John Duffy | Jan 1, 2021
Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
by Vivek H Murthy M.D. | Apr 7, 2020
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Understanding Addiction: Know Science, No Stigma
Paperback – June 19, 2021 by Dr. Charles Smith (Author), Dr. Jason Hunt (Author)
Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction
Hardcover – July 27, 2021 by Maia Szalavitz (Author)
If You Love Me: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Opioid Addiction
Hardcover – September 4, 2018 by Maureen Cavanagh (Author)
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