Drug and Alcohol Education
Check school http://kitsilano.vsb.bc.ca
schedule or
publications - newsletters for information on when the current school
year's
meetings will be.
Drug and Alcohol Education
2009-10
DISCUSSION GROUP: CIHR CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE ~ LET’S TALK ABOUT
MARIJUANA AND TEENS – MARCH
11TH, 2010, JULIET’S CAFÉ, 1905 CORNWALL AVENUE, VANCOUVER
(During
spring break)
http://www.celebrateresearch.ubc.ca/2010/02/lets-talk-about-marijuana-and-teens/
Please join us for a CIHR Café Scientifique -- Let's Talk about
Marijuana and Teens: Why do more youth in British
Columbia use marijuana than anywhere else in Canada? What are the
health and social effects of frequent use? How can
we talk about these issues? Refreshments and lively discussion about
the latest research and local initiatives related to
youth marijuana use. Come and be part of the conversation!
EXPERTS:
- Joy Johnson, Professor, UBC School of Nursing
- Rebecca Haines, Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC School of Nursing
- Art Steinmann, Vancouver School Board Coordinator School-Age Children
and Youth (SACY) substance abuse
prevention program
MODERATOR:
- Ian Mulgrew, Columnist, Vancouver Sun, Author of Bud Inc: Inside
Canada's Marijuana Industry
Date: Thursday, March 11th
Place: Juliet’s Café, 1905 Cornwall Avenue
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
SPACE IS LIMITED: Please RSVP: stephanie.coen@nursing.ubc.ca
Drug and Alcohol Education
2008-9
Macleans article March 16, 2009
Q:
What’s
going
on
with
teens that makes them act, as you put it in your
new book, “crazy”?
A:
Neurologically,
their
brains
are
going through an explosion of growth,
getting ready for the great leap into adulthood. But there’s neurologic
fallout from the renovation process: emotional processing speed gets
slowed down, they’re less able to read adult emotional cues. Second,
the world is telling them to be crazy, do things that are
self-destructive. Cultural prompts, in the form of song lyrics or
scenes in movies or video clips, are telling them drugs, sex and
certain forms of violence are cool, adult and harmless. Thanks to the
efficiency of electronics, we pound them with these suggestions to a
degree we’ve never pounded on another generation of teens. A third
issue is that, as parents, we don’t really respond very well.
Responding to these contemporary problems with rules from past
generations just doesn’t work.
. . .
in partcular:
Q:
What
about
drinking?
A
I
view
alcohol
as
a drug—I know there will be hate mail—because it’s
just as dangerous as the others and maybe more so for teens. We now
have a great body of literature saying that alcohol does terrible
things to adolescent brains. It seems to attack the learning centres in
the brain, and it seems to wire in addiction much more quickly.
Research shows that if kids start drinking at 14, they have five times
the rate of addiction as someone who starts drinking at 21. Teenage
brains are soft, likely pliable, open to the addictive and neurotoxic
effects of alcohol and other drugs.
From: Mooney,
Maggie [VC] [mailto:Maggie.Mooney@vch.ca]
Sent: Sunday,
December 21, 2008 2:05 PM
To:
maggmoon12@gmail.com
Subject: Holiday
Wishes & upcoming workshops for Kits parents
Hello Kits parents,
I wanted to share an article and some upcoming workshop news with you on this Winter Solstice.All the best now and in 2009,
Maggie Mooney
Parent Engagement Facilitator
Drug and Alcohol Education
2007-8
From the E-Bulletin to Kitsilano
Staff and
Parents/Guardians for the week of June 23rd to June 27th/2008
SACY (SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROGRAM)
PARENT
STREAM AT KITSILANO DURING THE 2007 – 2008 SCHOOL YEAR:
For parents who are not familiar with SACY: We are a prevention and
health
promotion program from the Vancouver School Board and Vancouver Coastal
Health,
with the goal of getting the whole community together—parents,
students,
teachers and school administrators—to talk openly about drug- and
alcohol-related issues in our schools.
The SACY Parent Stream has been working with the Kitsilano PAC and the
Administration for two years to offer workshops and
relationship-building
activities to help connect parents to their teens, the school and the
broader
community.
April’s communication workshop—Building Bridges with Your
Teen—attracted over 20 parents. We shared parenting stories and practised communication techniques aimed
specifically at
making communication with adolescents more effective. Parents came away
from
the workshop empowered to try new things with their teens, such as:
- let him make his own mistakes, his own decisions
- appreciate more of what is going well
- try to be more respectful.
Several parents also mentioned how important it is to share experiences
with
other parents and to realize that one is not alone - hearing that every
parent
has many of the same concerns and issues as I do was very helpful.
In May, parents from Kitsilano and King George Secondary Schools came
together
to participate in a Capacity Café—an evening discussion group
between
parents and teens who do not know each other, where parents can ask
youth
questions about youth culture, about what young people are thinking and
why
they do what they do. This powerful evening ended with parents saying
things
like:
- I’ve learned that I have to keep listening
Most helpful was finding out what kids want from their parents - a real
eye-opener.
Watch for more SACY parent events in 2008 –
2009. If you’d like to be emailed about future SACY Parent
events—or to make suggestions for future workshop topics—please
email us at alexandraj.wilson@vch.ca
Have a great summer!
SACY Parent
Engagement Team: Alexandra Wilson, Marta De la Vega, Maggie Mooney
SACY - May 1, 2008
SACY - Building Bridges With
Your Teen, Apr 24, 2008 at Kits for grades 6, 7, 8 & 9
Youth Drug Prevention for Parents
http://www.drugprevention.gc.ca
Youth Alchohol
Study Health Risks 2008 January
VSB SACY
Coordinator
Steph Carros SACY parent
lead from
Vancouver Coastal Health Services
scarros@telus.net
Heather
Charlton SACY
student lead
heathercharlton@shaw.ca
Drug and Alcohol Education 2006-7
WHAT SACY IS UP TO -
a brief update on SACY activities at
Kitsilano
April
5,
2007
• Parent Engagement:
- Conducted parents workshop at Brock Elementary
- Kits parents invited to Mirror Mirror
drama performance, April 3
- Parents planning meeting, Apr 11 - developing
ideas
for mentoring new grade 8 parents in the fall etc.
- Kitsilano parents dialogue with Tupper SACY
students re
youth drug use issues, April 25 – Capacity Café style
• Youth engagement:
- Students invited to attend the play - Mirror Mirror
- SACY youth continue weekly lunch time meetings on
various
topics
- SACY youth in training during April to work with
select
feeder schools to give AOD presentation
- Kitsilano students dialogue with Tupper parents
regarding
youth drug use issues, May 9 – Capacity Café style
- Students planning and conducting weekend camping
trip in
June 15-17 Zajak Ranch; focus on
developing
leadership skills & positive choices
• Classroom drug education:
- Four teachers test new drug education lessons
developed by
CAR BC*
- Students & teacher give written feedback
regarding the
test lessons
- Teachers testing new lessons give face to face
feedback to
CAR BC staff (mid to late May)
- SACY team work with CAR BC concerning Fall ’07 plans
• Suspension Alternative Program:
- SACY team work with Kitsilano and Tupper policy cttee’s. to develop proposed new programs for
youth
who breach drug use policy
- Engage youth addiction workers & other
community
players
• Other
- Key evaluation activities to take place in May
- SACY team actively developing new funding sources
to continue
SACY at Kitsilano and add new schools next year
- Work continues with the City, Police, Federal and Prov’l govt’s. and others, in order to extend SACY
* “
Watch for more SACY updates to come…….
Questions? Want more info? See a SACY team
member or
call Art Steinmann, SACY Project Coordinator for VSB Ph.
604.790.4507
From the Kitsilano March 12, 2007
e-bulletin
Included in the information package with the second term (2006-7)
Report Cards is
a Ministry of Education booklet, 'no2meth – A parents’ guide to
crystal methamphetamine. Although the first portion of the booklet
focuses on
crystal methamphetamine, the second half contains more
generic information about substance use and provides useful suggestions
regarding talking with teens about substance use and making
healthy choices. Recent surveys have shown that the prevalence of
crystal
methamphetamine use is very low among high school
students and that alcohol and marijuana continue to be the most
commonly abused
drugs for adolescents and adults.
As you may be aware, Kitsilano is one of two
Prevention Initiative, sponsored by the VSB and Vancouver Coastal
Health. One
of the four main goals of this initiative is to strengthen
parent and family awareness, knowledge, and skills regarding the
prevention and
delay of substance use, particularly through enhancing
parent-teen relationships and communication skills. Several Kitsilano
parents
have continued to be very involved in the SACY project
throughout this school year and more parents are always welcome. For
more
information about SACY, please contact the project
coordinator, Art Steinmann at 604-876-4507 or art.steinmann@telus.net.
2007 Jan Capable_Kids_YOUTH_Grant_application
* GET PLUGGED IN! The Network for
Preventing Harmful Drug Use
On Saturday November 18th, 2006 the City of
This will be a free, fun event including music, informative workshops,
film and
claymation
screenings
produced by
To register for this event, contact David Yadlowski
at:
david.yadlowski@vancouver.ca
<mailto:david.yadlowski@vancouver.ca> or
call
604.871.6483
NOTICE PROVIDED NOV. 20,
2006 that the meeting on Nov. 22, 2006 is changed to Dec. 6, 2006 and
the
planned third meeting will be rescheduled for later.
The following include information
about
upcoming workshops Nov. 8, 22 and Dec. 6, 2006:
SACY 2006 October
Newsletter
SACY 2006 October
Workshops
poster
September 2006
Introducing SACY to Kits Parents
The Vancouver School Aged Children and Youth Substance Use
Prevention
Initiative (SACY) is being piloted in
1. To engage
2. To build and enhance social connectedness between students,
school-site
staff and professionals, youth and families, and the broader community.
3. To enhance the school’s capacity to prevent and reduce substance use
problems.
4. To increase young people’s awareness, knowledge, and skills through
consistent, age appropriate education that reflects their lived
experiences.
5. To strengthen parent/family awareness, knowledge and skills
regarding
alcohol and other drugs in order to enhance parent-teen relationships
and
communication skills. (Parent Piece)
6. To support initiatives that facilitates young people’s transition
from
elementary to secondary school.
Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Stephanie Carros. Before
joining
Vancouver Coastal Health and the SACY project this year, I was the
Program
Director at Parents Together for 12 years. (Parents Together is a
program of
the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver that offers support and
educational workshops to parents of teens). I have met thousands of
wonderful
parents who have felt overwhelmed and concerned by their pre-teen’s and
teens unhealthy choices. I have tremendous respect for parents and the
challenges they face with their adolescent children and understand that
more
than ever we need to support one another and make use of the community
resources available to us. I am excited to be at Kits this year and I
hope,
together, we can develop some real help for parents to ensure that our
youth
get they support they need to navigate through their high school years.
How can parents get involved?
While many parents feel that a child in secondary school is most
connected to
his peer group, research tells us that good parenting continues to make
a big
difference in helping kids develop in healthy ways, stay out of
trouble, and do
well in school. It is not always easy for parents to adapt their
parenting
strategies to their child’s growing maturity. Many of us need help and
support to navigate through these often challenging times.
Part of my role and responsibility as the Parent Network Lead will be
to learn
from you what information you need as parents, as your children
transition into
high school through their secondary years. I will also be offering
workshops to
parents throughout the school year. This project is preventative in
scope and
will concentrate on supporting parents of youth in Grades 7 through 10.
Our
goal is to minimize substance use and its associated difficulties, and
research
shows us that building relationships, healthy communication, family
support,
and caring school climates promote positive behaviors as well as
protect young
people from making many harmful and unhealthy choices.
In order to set project goals and identify activities for the upcoming
school
year, I am looking for interested parents to join me on The Parent
Engagement
and Education Committee. This committee will meet regularly to:
• Develop and implement a range of outreach activities to parents
• Engage parents to share stories and challenges
• Facilitate discussion with parents regarding what they need to help
build more constructive relationships with their teens
• Help with content for educational workshops and asset-building
activities
• Assess and document learning and report to larger school community
committee
You do not need any special qualifications – we need parents with
diverse
experiences, backgrounds, ideas, with an interest in supporting youth
and
parents!!!
To volunteer for the Parent Engagement and Education Committee, receive
more
information about SACY, the Parent Engagement and Education Committee,
or me:
please phone (604) 732-1287 (Home) (778) 322-1287 (Cell) or email
scarros@telus.net
Sincerely, Stephanie Carros (Parent Network Lead/ Parent Engagement and
Education)
Addiction
Services Vancouver Education Series
2006-7
http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/crystalmeth/
BC Crystal Meth Strategy
http://www.no2meth.ca/
The 'no 2 meth' site is designed to help students, parents, and
teachers
understand more about crystal methamphetamine and other substances that
put
young people at risk of not reaching their full potential.
May 2006
*Kitsilano* and *Sir Charles Tupper *secondary schools have been
selected as
pilot sites for the school year 2006-07 to test the beginnings of the
*School
Aged Children and Youth (SACY) Substance Use Prevention Project*. I
think this
is a wonderful opportunity for our students and school community.
It is intended that the SACY project will be expanded in 2007-08, and
beyond,
to include all schools in the next 3 - 5 years.
For your information please see the following one page summary of the
project.
Should you have any questions or comments please forward them to me.
The steering
committee is VSB Project co-ordinator Art
Steinman,
VCH Project Coordinator, Lu Ripley, myself
and Wayne
Shaddick. There will be sub committees for parents, students, staff and
community members that have yet to be formed.
If possible, Art would like to meet with us for half an hour or so
before the
end of the year - I will try to arrange this after marks have been
submitted.
Summary:
The Vancouver School Aged Children and Youth Substance Use Prevention
Initiative (SACY)
To enhance the prevention and early intervention infrastructure for
children
and youth that will aid in preventing and delaying substance use and
preventing
substance use problems.
Goals:
1. Engage the school and broader community in
prevention
activities and enhance connection between: students, school-site
staff
and professionals, youth and families, and the broader community.
2. Enhance schools’ capacity to prevent and reduce
substance use problems using progressive approaches.
3. Increase young peoples
awareness,
knowledge and skills through consistent, age appropriate education that
reflects their lived experiences.
4. Strengthen parent/family awareness, knowledge and
skills
to prevent, delay and intervene regarding adolescent substance use,
with focus on
enhancing parent-teen relationships and communication skills.
5. Support initiatives that assist young people’s
transition from elementary to secondary school.
Actions and Activities
During the 2006/07 school year, SACY will work within two pilot sites –
each site includes a secondary school, feeder elementary schools and
broader
community. The focus will be to trial, develop and
evaluate:
- Innovative approaches to deal with alcohol/drug incidents
- Field test new alcohol/drug classroom curriculum
- Develop and deliver education for school staff
- Engage parents and develop interaction, skill building
workshops
- Increase capacity for youth-led activities in school and
community settings
- Develop an integrative health promotion program
targeting 12-15
year olds that utilizes youth leadership and providing: dialogue
based
workshops, an integrative website and promotional materials
Partners
SACY is sponsored by Vancouver Coastal Health and Vancouver School
Board.
Collaborating partners include Vancouver Police Department, Centre for
Addiction Research BC (CARBC), City of
Contact Information
Art Steinmann, VSB Project Coordinator – 604.876.4507,
art.steinmann@telus.net
Lu Ripley, VCH Project Coordinator – 604.714.3484 ext 1-2266,
lu.ripley@vch.ca
September 2005
Free Lecture Series
Would you recognize the symptoms of drug use
in your
teenager?
What drugs are readily available on the streets and in our high schools?
How do you identify drug paraphernalia?
How do you talk to your kids about drug use?
These and many other questions will be answered in a series of six free
public
lectures (The Education Series) offered this fall by experienced drug
counselors.
Pacific Spirit Health Centre (Kerrisdale)
2110 W 43rd
604-261-6366
Friday mornings from Sept 9
Sept 16 will be lecture # 2
9:30 – 11:30 am
Raven Song
2450 Ontario Street
604-709-6400
Tuesday evenings from Sept 27
6:30 – 8:30 pm
PAC would be interested in getting feedback from anyone who attends
these
lectures
Drug talks :
the
series of 6 free lectures runs cyclically so once one series ends the
next week
it begins again. Through Sept to June
Addiction
Services
|
EDUCATION SERIES
Pacific Spirit CHC
3rd Floor,
(at
Every FRIDAY from
9:30 am – 11:30 am
* NO CHARGE and NO REGISTRATION *
For
more information call: 604 – 267 –
3970
The sessions for the education series include films, lectures and discussions dealing with alcohol and other drugs; they are for clients, potential clients, concerned family or friends, interested community members, and professionals.
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SESSION 1: |
PLEASURE TO PROBLEMS: Understanding
abuse, dependency, and development of addiction. |
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SESSION 2: |
CHEMICALS AND THE BODY: How body systems are affected by
alcohol and other drugs. |
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SESSION 3: |
TURNING IT AROUND: The recovery
process.
What is treatment? Relapse prevention. |
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SESSION 4: |
FAMILIES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE: Family
dynamics where addiction is a problem. |
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SESSION 5: |
HELPING OTHERS: What you can do if your child, or
a partner, or a friend, has a substance abuse problem. |
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SESSION 6: |
HARM REDUCTION/SOCIAL POLICY: Alcohol and
drugs in the context of our whole society. |
Education
Series
Title
Fall
2005
and Early Winter 2006
|
1. PLEASURE TO PROBLEMS |
Sep 09/05 |
Oct 21/05 |
Dec 09/05 |
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2. CHEMICALS AND THE BODY |
Sep 16/05 |
Oct 28/05 |
Jan 06/06 |
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3. RECOVERY PROCESS |
Sep 23/05 |
Nov 04/05 |
Jan 13/06 |
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4. FAMILIES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE |
Sep 30/05 |
Nov 18/05 |
Jan 20/06 |
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5. HELPING OTHERS |
Oct 07/05 |
Nov 25/05 |
Jan 27/06 |
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6. HARM REDUCTION/SOCIAL POLICY |
Oct 14/05 |
Dec 02/05 |
Feb 03/06 |
The education series is a community service of VCH
December 2004
Kitsilano students perform in Express - a theatrical performance about
life on
meth.
Seven Kitsilano students are in this show that will be performed across
the
city. Congratulations to Brigitta G.,
Jacky M., Sarah
G., Grady G., Jessica K., Virgile D. and Evie F.. All events
are open to
the pubic, free, first come first serve. Show times are:
Van Tech High, Thursday, December 2nd, 7:00 p.m., Auditorium Kitsilano
High,
Monday, December 6th, 1:55 in Auditorium (staff and students only)
Templeton
High, Monday, December 6th, 7:00 p.m. in the Studio (limited space)
Kitsilano
High, Thursday, December 9th, 7:00 p.m., Drama Studio UBC's
Freddy Wood Theatre, Saturday, December 11th, 7:30 p.m. - admission by
donation.
We are encouraging grades 9 and 10 students to attend the performance
during
school time. Parents are warned that some of the language may be
shocking
and upsetting to the students and should students wish to sit the
performance
out, they may do so.
Drugs, their
use and
associated dangers are around us no matter where we are, no matter who
we are.
On Nov. 3, 2004 Cpl. Scott Rintoul
of
the Drug Awareness Program with the RCMP provides an opportunity for
you to
learn about the latest information on chemical drugs, street drugs and
current
drug trends, including drugs of choice on our streets today.
Cpl. Rintoul
comes with an impressive background, including being an expert witness
on
cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, many other drugs and rave parties. He is also
co-author of Designer Drugs & Raves, 2nd ed., June 2001.
Being informed means being better equipped for challenges that may
arise. Plan on attending this important session.
More info: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/das/default_e.htm
This presentation is geared to adults. To
ensure we
have sufficient handouts, please register by sending an email to
***
Don't miss this
important evening. If you have ever
wondered what LSD looks like, or what the signs of amphetamine use are,
this
talk is for you. These are questions that parents need to have answers
to. Know
more than your adolescent about the drug scene,
find
out what to watch out for, and when to worry. Cpl. Scott Rintoul
of the RCMP Drug Awareness Program has all the news for parents.
Wed. Nov. 3, 2004 from 7 - 9 pm
Drama Studio
***
Web sites recommended at the Nov. 3, 2004 meeting:
http://www.adicbc.com/
http://www.marijuana-info.org
http://www.streetdrugs.org
http://www.clubdrugs.org
http://www.rcmpda.com
http://www.rcmp-fairmont.org/da
http://www.drugabuse.gov
http://www.theantidrug.com
(website
for parents)
http://www.innervisionsrecovery.com
(Residential Treatment Centre)
http://www.edgewood.bc.ca
(Residential
Treatment Centre)
healthquest@shaw.ca Dr. Ray Baker (Addiction Specialist)
http://www.wsnia.org/educator/MethPrevCookbook.htm
(Washington State Narcotics Investigators Association)
http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/fco/
(Alberta Fire Commission)
EDUCATION SERIES, Fall 2004, Presented By: West Side Addiction Services
Focus Group on Drug and Alcohol Education 2003-4
All parents were invited to attend a 2-hour discussion on school-based alcohol and drug prevention.
This
project
is
the
first step in a joint initiative between the
Family Development, the
The
purpose
is
to
help develop a curriculum for addressing this issue,
and Kits
is one of only a few
schools participating.
The meeting was Wed. May 26, 2004 7-9pm, Library
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/fourpillars/
The Four Pillars Drug Strategy is the City of
http://www.preventionsource.bc.ca/
RCMP deal.org Program
http://www.deal.org/DefaultSite/webzine/index_e.aspx?ArticleID=555
http://www.theantidrug.com/about.asp
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/
FGTA is a non-profit
advocacy society
working to improve the lives of drug users, their families and friends,
since
1999.
http://www.fromgrieftoaction.org/
From
Grief To Action 1 hour TV documentary
available on
DVD, about addicted
http://www.fromgrieftoaction.org/content/resources/videos.php#gri
Parents Forever
is a mutual support group for parents, family members and friends of
addicts.
http://www.fromgrieftoaction.org/parentsforever.html
Katy Hutchinson, the Mother
of
eleven-year old twins, Emma and Sam, resides with her family in
following the horrific murder of her husband Bob McIntosh.
In the
course of dealing with the legal issues surrounding Bob's death, she
met and married
lawyer
Michael Hutchison.
After Bob's murder on New Year's Eve 1997 Katy waited for
five
years while the RCMP worked tirelessly to obtain the evidence to
prosecute and
convict his
killers. During that period, Katy developed her
perception of the societal forces and lack of understanding
amongst
young people that created the circumstances
leading to Bob's death. She grew to recognize the need to advise
and
educate young members of the community about the risks that arise with
the
combination of
young people, alcohol, and a lack of supervision.
Katy is currently divides her time between working with
her
husband Michael in his law practice and her growing professional
speaking
career. She is happiest
when playing on the beach with her kids and their dog, Halle, and tries
to fit
in the occasional game of golf...
http://www.katyhutchisonpresents.com/
(In the fall of 2003 Katy Hutchinson presented to Kits Students at Kits
and to
Vancouver parents at Magee)
In 2006 Katy Hutchinson published her book, 'Walking After Midnight',
that
chronicles her journey from
vengeance to
forgiveness after her husband was killed in a vicious beating.
SMARTRISK is a national
non-profit
organization dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives.
http://www.smartrisk.ca/
By definition, the Stupid
Line is the
line of choice that we each have that separates smart risk from stupid
risk. By
crossing your stupid line, you’ve taken a risk that may result in
injury.
But there are five choices that can be made to keep from crossing the
Stupid
Line: Buckle Up. Drive Sober. Look First. Wear the Gear. Get Trained.
http://www.smartrisk.ca/ContentDirector.aspx?tp=1070&dd=8
No Regrets is a peer
leadership
program for Canadian high schools. It addresses the fact that injuries
kill
more Canadian teenagers than all other causes of death combined.
http://www.smartrisk.ca/ListingContributions.aspx?dd=5&sd=146
P.A.R.T.Y. was
created to educate teens to the perils of
risk-taking behaviour and the tragic
consequences
that can occur. This program is a vital component in the growing
community
effort to reduce death and injury in alcohol and risk-related
incidents.
http://www.smartrisk.ca/ContentDirector.aspx?tp=535&dd=2
<>
http://www.mcs.bc.ca/
http://www.search-institute.org/
The group has a copy of a
related
article by Kitsilano parent C. Kuhns.
The
Opinion article is 'It's time parents led the way in just saying no'
from The
The group discussed among other things, the problem of 'binge drinking', including some parents providing alcohol to other people's legally underage children.
In 2002-3 Point Grey
Secondary had a
guest speaker who was a young recovering drug addict who had written a
book
'The Agony of Ecstasy". The speaker had grown up in
Also see Links of General
Interest to
Parents
Related book:
"HOLD ONTO YOUR KIDS: Why
Parents Matter" by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté
and
Course available on DVD "MAKING SENSE OF ADOLESCENCE" by Gordon
Neufeld
http://www.gordonneufeld.com/
See also Kits PAC Teen Safety in Our Neighborhood
See also Kits PAC Bullying at School
Student Nurses for Clean Drinks,
don't get
tipped
http://www.studentnurses.4t.com
In 2004,
a
Motivational books/speaker on
AIDS
awareness
http://www.ScottFried.com
http://www.projectstitch.com
Vancouver Coastal Health web site for youth to educate youth about AIDS
Herpes
http://www.cdc.gov/std/Herpes/STDFact-Herpes.htm
Article about the Herpes problem in
Canada
A vaccine (for girls and women
ages 9 to
26) has been created that may guard females
from
4 types of human papillomavirus. Those
types may
cause 70 % of cervical cancer cases and 90 % of genital warts cases.
Info at:
http://www.gardasil.com
Book about US
university
females regarding promiscuity and binge drinking - Unhooked by Laura
Sessions Stepp
Article
in Macleans magazine Mar 23, 2007 - "When it comes to
love,
sex hurts - How serial monogamy, not the one-night stand, became the
norm on
Canadian campuses" by John Intini
http://www.preventionsource.org/
Tobacco Links:
http://www.tobaccofacts.org/
http://www.cctc.ca/
Canadian Council for Tobacco Control
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
Alchohol Links:
http://www.camh.net/
Centre for addiction and mental health
http://www.aadac.com
Alberta Alchohol and Drug Abuse Commission
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
US Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servise
Administration (SAMHSA)
Marijuana Links:
http://www.nida.nih.gov
http://www.aadac.com
Alberta Alchohol and Drug Abuse Commission
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
US Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servise
Administration (SAMHSA)
Club Drugs Links:
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/bc/programs/drug_awareness/drug_information/raves_e.htm
RCMP "E" Division Drug Awareness - British Columbia - Designer Drugs
and Raves
http://www.nida.nih.gov
US National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.aadac.com
Alberta Alchohol and Drug Abuse Commission
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
US Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servise
Administration (SAMHSA)
Methamphetamine Links:
http://www.kci.org
The Anti-Meth Site
US KOCH Crime Institute
http://www.nida.nih.gov
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
US Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servise
Administration (SAMHSA)
Cocaine and Crack Links:
http://www.acde.org
American Council for Drug Education
http://www.nida.nih.gov
http://www.aadac.com
Alberta Alchohol and Drug Abuse Commission
LSD Links:
http://www.streetdrugs.org/lsd.htm
Street Drugs (US)
http://www.nida.nih.gov
http://www.drugabuse.gov
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
US Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servise
Administration (SAMHSA)
http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/fami.html
http://www.search-institute.org
Search Institute is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission
is to
provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy
children, youth,
and communities. To accomplish this mission, the institute generates
and
communicates new knowledge, and brings together community, state, and
national
leaders.
At the heart of the institute's work is the framework of 40 Developmental Assets,
which
are
positive
experiences
and personal qualities that young people
need to
grow up healthy, caring, and responsible.
http://www.talkingwithkids.org/drugs.html
Talking with kids about drugs and alchohol
(US)
Info for elementary school students:
HEARTSMART KIDS(TM)
HeartSmart Kids(tm) are Heart and Stroke
Foundation
of B.C. & Yukon's curriculum programs. The
K-3/bc.tobaccofacts, the
newly revised 4-6 and the Aboriginal 4-6 programs focus on encouraging
children
to make heart-healthy lifestyle choices in a fun and engaging way
within the
main areas of heart facts, healthy eating, active living and being
smoke-free. As of 2007 HeartSmart
Kids Workshop
Facilitators are needed.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/edinfo/reading_room/heart.htm
http://www.watari.org/about_us.htm
Teens and Drugs: What you need to know
http://www.canadianliving.com/family/teens/teens_and_drugs_what_you_need_to_know.php
Stop your teen from binge drinking
http://www.canadianliving.com/family/teens/stop_your_teen_from_binge_drinking.php
Note: binge drinking and the danger of alcohol poisoning – many think of this danger as consuming too much alcohol too fast, it is important to be aware they are other possible scenarios for alcohol poisoning,
ie.
- 5 or 6 drinks of alcohol over the course of an evening,
- drinking alcohol while using marijuana, because the medical use of marijuana is to reduce nausea, and the body’s natural defense against alcohol poisoning is to vomit
- drinking alcohol while drinking high caffeine drinks like Red Bull, as the high caffeine combined with alcohol can affect the body’s disposition to alcohol poisoning
Children of the Street Society
http://www.childrenofthestreet.com
Note: the process of sexual exploitation of children and youth involves illegal drugs.
Children
of
the
Street
Society
is
a registered
charity and a non-profit organization consisting of members of the
community
who are making a difference in effectively preventing the growing
number
of children and youth who are sexually exploited.
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Children
of
the
Street
Society
is a Provincial Society and a Federal Charity,
concerned with the growing number of children coerced into and
exploited within the sex trade of British Columbia.
The Society’s mission is to take a proactive approach
through public awareness, education, and prevention-based workshops to
decrease the number of sexually exploited children and youth, while
also offering support to families since 1995. |
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The
Society
was
founded
when
Executive Director, Diane Sowden
lost her 13 year old daughter to the sex trade. Recognizing
that
this
vicious
cycle
can happen to any of our children in the
community, the priority of the Society has been to pro-actively launch
Prevention Based Workshops through out the Province, for children,
parents, caregivers, service providers, police, government and other
community partners. Highlights
of
our
achievements ·
Children
of
the
Street
Society
has been successful
in its endeavours to increase the Legal
Age of Protection to 16. A new law is now
passed. ·
In
2007/2008,
the
Society
conducted
over 550 workshops to more than 25,000
participants throughout the B.C. ·
Children
of
the
Street
Society’s
programs and initiatives have resulted in the
decrease of children and youth that may have otherwise been lured into
the sex trade. ·
The
Society
has
also
brought
about an increased understanding and support
for youth that need help in order to exit the sex trade. ·
The
Society
has
connected
children
and youth who have come forward with
disclosures of sexual exploitation, to the appropriate support and
intervention services. ·
We
are
here
to
help
the children and youth in our community, while also
providing support to affected families. |
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Kits PAC Special Interest
Groups