Resources for Parents
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR VHS PARENTS:
ATTENTION PARENTS: ALIVE at 25 Program
Driving Safety Program To Be Presented Once More in SEPTEMBER!
TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR 9/4 at 7:00 PM
LAST CHANCE to fulfill 2008-09 Parking Permit Requirement
This program’s focus goes well beyond drinking and driving, identifying numerous common risk factors that cause fatalities and injuries in teens who are new drivers.
Both North and Voorhees have made a parent’s attendance a requirement for those whose child will applying for a parking permit for 2008-09.
This presentation is intended to encourage parents to take a more active supervisory role with the new drivers in their families.
STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND THIS PRESENTATION
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A
recent
Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey
survey found that
few New
Jersey parents reported being very knowledgeable about specific drugs,
including:
Steroids 37%
Ecstasy 27%
Methamphetamines 35%
Inhalants 36%
The same survey also found that while 83% of New Jersey parents feel that their opinions are very important when it comes to their child’s decision whether or not to use drugs, less than a third (30%) responded in kind when asked if their children's friends are as important in the decision to use drugs and alcohol. This fact is particularly alarming considering there is an abundance of studies linking peer influence to substance abuse.
Translation: It is very likely your child knows more about drugs and alcohol than you do and their greatest source of information is their friends.
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NEW RESOURCE FOR PARENTS:
The NJ State Parent Information and Resource Center
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The Sober Times Parents' Pages:
The Student Assistance Newsletter for VHS parents!
2007-08 ISSUES
2006-07 BACK ISSUES AVAILABLE
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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
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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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
Teeneagers 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
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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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