Resources for Parents
Resources for Parents
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Youth Suicide Prevention
Click below to watch
"Not My Kid" - What Every Parent Should Know
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NEW THIS YEAR:
The Hazelden Foundation's Lifelines Curriculum
A comprehensive curriculum for our school's administrators, staff, parents and students!
Voorhees has been given the distinction of being the pilot school nationally for this program.
For more information on the Hazelden Foundation, one of the country' premier mental health treatment and publishing organizations, click on:
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Depression, Suicidal Ideation More Likely in Adolescents
With Late vs Earlier Set Bedtimes
January 1, 2010 — Adolescents whose parents mandate bedtimes of midnight or
later are 24% more likely to be depressed and 20% more likely to express
suicidal ideation than adolescents whose parents set bedtimes of 10 pm or
earlier, according to a study in the January 1 issue of
Sleep.
These findings suggest that earlier parentally set bedtimes may help protect
adolescents from depression by ensuring they get enough sleep. James Gangwisch,
PhD, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, and multicenter
colleagues found that the average amount of sleep reported by 15,659 adolescents
involved in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health)
was 7 hours and 53 minutes — considerably less than the 9 or more hours
recommended for adolescents by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
However, adolescents whose parents had set a bedtime of 10 pm or earlier slept
33 minutes more, on average, than those with a bedtime of 11 pm, and 40 minutes
more on average than adolescents with a parental bedtime of midnight or later.
Adolescents who reported getting on average 5 or fewer hours of sleep per night
were also 71% more likely to be depressed and 48% more likely to think about
committing suicide than adolescents who reported getting 8 hours of sleep a
night.
"Short sleep duration could be either a symptom of depression or it could be
causative of depression, so we tried to get at this question by looking at
parentally mandated bedtimes because if you leave it up to a child as to when
they go to bed, an argument could be made that [lack of] sleep is simply a
symptom of depression," Dr. Gangwisch told
Medscape Neurology.
"And our study lends support to the idea that lack of sleep could be causative
for depression."
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/714477
Source: Sleep. 2010;33(1):97-106.
Cause for Concern: National Study Shows Reversal in Decade-Long Declines in Teen
Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol - reported today by the Partnership for a Drug-Free
America.
According to this new Partnership survey the number of teens in grades 9 - 12
who reported drinking alcohol (in the past month) was up 11 percent over last
year.
25 percent of teens reported smoking marijuana - up from 19 percent of teens.
Also, more teens said being "high" feels good and more reported their friends
usually get "high" at parties.
Source: Words Can Work
[info@wordscanwork.com]
ALIVE at 25
Upcoming Mandatory Parents' Trainings:
Make up sessions for those parents who missed
Alive at 25 are scheduled roughly on a monthly basis by Jeff Hunt, the SAC.
The next session, Thursday March 18th at 2:30
will be in the Guidance office.
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The spring Alive at 25 presentations for parents will be scheduled for the following dates:
Thursday 5/13 at 7:00 PM
Tuesday 5/25 at 2:30, and
Wednesday 6/2 at 7:00 PM
In the VHS auditorium
And another powerful resource on teen driving safety
you might show your kids:
http://www.journeysafe.com/presentation
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MARCH IS PROBLEM GAMBLING AWARENESS MONTH
For information about teen gambling click here: www.npgaw.org
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PRICE REDUCED!!!
Resources:
http://teendriver.nsc.org/parents.aspx
http://www.aliveat25.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=17
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NEW WEBSITE for
Hunterdon County SAFE HOMES Coalition:
http://safehomes.hunterdonprevention.org/
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Early Intervention Can Reduce Marijuana Use Initiation Among Youth
Read the article in the new Parents' Pages
News Flash:
Click above to read the article
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Local Alcohol Factoid
Alcohol is the 1st drug of choice for Hunterdon County youth. In 2006-2007, surveys were conducted using the American Drug Abuse Survey (ADAS). Three out of the five High Schools have previously used the ADAS survey. The report represents 3068 students surveyed. See results in charts 1-4. As seen in chart# 1 and chart #3, 11th and 12th graders had used alcohol and been drunk well above and/ or close to the national average. Additionally, the New Jersey State Police Uniform Crime Report indicates in Hunterdon County, “Driving Under the Influence” is the second highest reason for juvenile arrests in 2007. “Liquor law” arrests also remain high in 2007 as well in Hunterdon County per this report.
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source: hunterdonprevention.com
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NEW RESOURCES FOR PARENTS:
http://timetoact.drugfree.org/
The NJ State Parent Information and Resource Center
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The Sober Times Parents' Pages:
The Student Assistance Newsletter for VHS parents!
2009-10 Issues
2008-09 Issues
General Information
www.adolescent-substance-abuse.com/signs-drug-use.html
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
(formerly Women's Crisis Services)
NCADD National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey
Hunterdon Prevention Resources
www.state.nj.us/lps/gang-signs-bro.pdf
http://www.nida.nih.gov/parent-teacher.html
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Teen Depression/Suicide
www.suicidology.org
teendepression.org/articles.html
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NIMH · Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Inhalents
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/newsroom/rep/inhalant.aspx
www.drugfree.org/Parent/Resources/Cough_Medicine_Abuse
The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
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Sign up here:
http://www.hunterdonsafehomes.org/signup/schoolselect.htm
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Prescription Drug Use
• More than 2.5 million Americans aged 12 and older began nonmedical use of prescription drugs in 2008 -- outnumbering first-time users of marijuana by 300,000.
Source:
Hunterdon Prevention Resources
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Do you know what they're talking about?
Click here for a Drug Slang Dictionary
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Drug Testing
http://www.testcountry.com/index.asp?aff=NiMu
http://nickscape.net/drugtest.htm
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Stop the Choking Game! and Deadly Games Children Play have joined together to provide a larger coverage of information and more accurate statistics accross our countries and the world. Along with the amalgination of the two sites we have also formed Stop the Choking Game! Association.
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Kids with Cancer
Sloan-Kettering - For Teens Only
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Internet Safety Information
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/family/default.mspx
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Self-Injurious Behavior - "Cutting"
www.prponline.net/School/SAJ/Articles/understanding_self_injurious_behavior.htm
http://www.crpsib.com/whatissi.asp
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Eating Disorders
Teenagers with Eating Disorders - AACAP Facts For Families
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DWI INFO
Download a free brochure on the latest NJ drunk driving law from:
http://www.drugfreenj.org/images/dui_brochure_alt.pdf
to view the Simple Plan video "Untitled" click here.
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Are you still Smoking?
There are two main ways that children of smokers are affected. The first is environmental tobacco smoke. Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is an important -- and preventable -- cause of illness in infants and children. The second is that research shows that if parents smoke, children are more likely to smoke.
Be a good example to your kids. Quit.
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