A “Talk. They Hear You.” guide on student assistance resources available for school leaders and administrators and tips on how they can use these resources in their schools.
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A guide for community leaders to use when planning events on underage drinking and substance use prevention for parents and caregivers, educators, and other adult role models. The guide offers best practices and sample materials for planning successful events.
A guide for community leaders to use when working with the media to promote underage drinking and substance use prevention resources for parents and caregivers, educators, and other adult role models. The guide offers best practices and sample materials for engaging the media.
This guide highlights steps taken by the Frostburg State University community to reduce underage and high-risk drinking among the student population and discusses how these strategies were implemented.
This guide shows how HBCUs, as well as other institutions that primarily serve students from a distinct background, region, or culture, can create prevention strategies to meet the unique needs of those students.
“Talk. They Hear You.” is a free mobile app that helps you prepare for one of the most important conversations you may ever have with your children about underage drinking. The app provides parents and caregivers of children and teens ages 9 to 15 with the tools and information they need to start talking with their children early about the dangers of alcohol. It includes a suite of materials that helps reinforce the underage drinking prevention campaign's messages.
With “Talk. They hear You.”, parents and caregivers can:
- Practice bringing up the topic of alcohol using avatars in an interactive simulation
- Learn the questions to ask
- Get ideas for keeping the conversation going
For more information, email SAMHSA at samhsainfo@samhsa.hhs.gov
This manual offers guidance and tools for identifying mental illness or substance use issues early in children and adolescents in various setting, such as in schools, the juvenile justice and child welfare system, and when receiving primary care.