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The
Danvers' "Community That Cares" brings together our community to assist
all of our
children and their families in making informed healthy decisions.
INDICATORS
OF
SUCCESS
All
students
will make informed healthy decisions around:
Internet use
Interpersonal/Personal
Relationships
RESOURCE LIST OF
WEBSITES -
UNDERAGE DRINKING
NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Anti-drug –
information for parents about alcohol and other drugs and how to keep
their
kids safe
http://www.talkingwithkids.org/alcohol.html
Children Now
and the
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/townhall
U. S.
Governmental
Agencies
http://www.abovetheinfluence.org
The National
Youth
Anti-Drug Media Campaign
http://www.outsidetheclassroom.com
Private
company with
relationships with NASPA and MADD
The
Partnership for a
Drug-Free America
Help for
family and
friends of alcoholics
Treatment
referral line
National
Institute of
Drug Abuse
Substance
Abuse and
Mental Health Services (SAMHSA)
LOCAL SUPPORT
http://www.essexcountyyouth.org/
Youth at
Risk – a
directory of youth serving agencies in the Essex County area
http://www.helpline-online.com/index.aspx
Helpline
to help people in Massachusetts find substance abuse treatment services
The
Northeast Center for
Healthy Communities, Lawrence, MA
http://www.inhalantabusetraining.org/
Training for
parents
about the dangers of inhalants
District
Attorney's
Office
CAB Health
and Recovery
Services, Danvers, MA
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health
Catholic
Charities,
Danvers, MA
http://www.medfordhealthmatters.org/yap.html
Medford
Health Matters,
Medford, MA
North Shore
Recovery
High School, Beverly, MA
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES
http://www.search-institute.org/surveys
The Search
Institute,
Minneapolis, MN
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/features/ctc/resources.aspx
U. S.
Department of
Health and Human Services
George State
University
in Atlanta and Western Kentucky Univ.
Face
Resources, Claire,
MI
National
Clearinghouse
Alcohol and Drug Information
Website for
Teachers
Website for
Youth
http://www.salis.org/resources/resources.html
Best Books and
Videos/DVDs for Parents and Teens
Regarding Alcohol and Other Drugs.
List
of the top books and videos every library
should have as recommended by the Regional Centers for Healthy
Communities.
BOOKS FOR PARENTS
Choices
& Consequences:
what to do when a teenager uses
alcohol/drugs a step-by-step system that really works
By
Dick Schaefer
Publisher:
Johnson Institute Books
Alcohol: what's a parent to believe?
By
Stephen G. Biddulph
Publisher:
Hazelden, 2003
Teens
and Alcohol
By
James D Torr
Publisher:
Greenhaven Press, 2002
Marijuana: what's a parent to believe?
By
Timmen Cermak,
Publisher:
MN: Hazelden, 2003
When
painkillers become dangerous: what everyone needs to know about
OxyContin
and other prescription drugs
By
Drew Pinsky
Publisher:
Hazelden, 2004
Ready,
Aim, Inspire: Targeting Your Teen's
Drug Crisis, with a Focus on Solutions, not Blame
By
Shelly Marshall, Michael J. Marshall
Publisher:
Day By Day 2006
Drugs
and Your Kid: How to Tell If Your Child
Has a Drug/Alcohol Problem & What to Do About It
By
Peter D., Ph.D. Rogers, Lea Goldstein
Publisher:
New Harbinger Publications 2002
Parenting
with a Purpose: A Positive Approach
for Raising Confident, Caring Youth
By
Dean Feldmeyer, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain
Publisher:
Search Institute 2006
Teens
Under the Influence: The Truth About
Kids, Alcohol, and Other Drugs- How to Recognize the Problem and What
to Do
About It
By
Katherine Ketcham
Publisher:
Ballantine Books, 2003
From
Binge to Blackout: A Mother and Son
Struggle with Teen Drinking
By
Chris Volkmann, Toren Volkmann
Publisher:
NAL Trade, 2006
Binge:
What Your College Student Won't Tell
You
By
Barrett Seaman
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons, 2005
BOOKS FOR TEENS
What Teens Need to
Succeed: Proven, Practical Ways to Shape Your Own Future
By
Peter Benson, Pamela Espeland, Judy Galbraith
Publisher:
Free Spirit Publishing, 1998
Drug
information for teens :
health tips about the physical and mental
effects of substance abuse
By
Bellenir, Karen
Publsiher:
Omnigraphics, 2002
Buzz:
A Graphic Reality Check for Teens
Dealing With Drugs and Alcohol
By
Marcus Brotherton
Publisher:
Multnomah, 2006
The
Paths We Choose
By
Sully Erna
Publisher:
Bartleby Press, 2007
The
7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens
By
Sean Covey
Publisher:
Fireside, 1998
Alcohol
101: Overview / Teens
By
Margaret Hyde
Publisher:
21st Century, 1999
A
Teen's Guide to Living Drug-Free
By
Bettie Youngs
Publisher:
Health Communications, 2003
Buzzed:
The Straight Facts about the Most Used
and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Fully Revised and Updated
Second
Edition
By
Cynthia Kuhn, Scott, Ph.D.
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company; 2 Rev Upd
edition, 2003
NON-FICTION &
MEMOIRS
Pedro
and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned by Judge Winick
The
Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
Katie.com:
my story
by Katherine Tarbox
Please
Don't Kill the Freshman by Zoe Trope
Ophelia
Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write
about Their Search for Self by Sara Shandler
The
Heart Knows Something Different:
Teenage Voices from the Foster Care System by Youth
Communication; Edited by Al Desetta
Real
Gorgeous: The Truth about Body and Beauty by Kaz Cooke
When
Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens by Bev Cobain; Edited
by Elizabeth Verdick
The
Power to Prevent Suicide: A Guide for Teens Helping Teens by Richard E. Nelson
and Judith C. Galas
In
Love and in Danger: a Teen's Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive
Relationships by Barrie Levy
Real
Boys' Voices by William S. Pollack with
Todd Shuster
Teen
Dads: Rights, Responsibilities, and Joys by Jeanne Warren
Lindsay
The
Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom by Katherine Arnoldi
The
Teenage Guy's Survival Guide by Jeremy Daldry
Wasted:
A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher
The
C-Word: Teenagers and Their Families Living with Cancer
by Elena Dorfman
Clean:
A New Generation in Recovery Speaks Out by Chris Beckman
The
How Rude! Handbook of School Manners for Teens: Civility in the
Hallowed Halls by Alex J. Packer
Seen
and Heard: Teenagers Talk About Their Lives by Mary Motely
Kalergis
Hooking
Up: A Girl's All-Out Guide to Sex and Sexuality by Amber Madison
The
Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality by Michael J. Basso
FICTION
A
Sudden Silence by Eve Bunting
The
Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppettone
My
Name is Davy, I'm an Alcoholic by Anne Snyder
Portrait
of a Teenage Alcoholic by Robin Wagner
Binge by
Charles Ferry
Shadow
Man by Cynthia Grant
We
All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
Burnt
Orange: Color Me Wasted by Melody Carlson
Out
of Focus
by Margaret Buffie
Lush by
Natasha Friend
Saint
Iggy by K.L. Going
Shock
Point
by April Henry
Burned by
Ellen Hopkins
Let's
Get Lost
by Sarra Manning
On
the Head of a Pin by Mary Beth Miller
Club
Meds by Katherine Hall Page
Dead
Connections by Charlie Price
After
Hours
by Morgan Burke
Drowned by Christopher Golden
Inexcusable by
Chris Lynch
Candy by
Kevin Brooks
Smack by Melvin Burgess
Crackback by
John Coy
Party
Girl by Lynne Ewing
Martyn
Pig by Kevin Brooks
Beauty
Queen
by Linda Glovach
That
Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton
Crank by
Ellen Hopkins
Bottled
Up by Jaye Murray
A
Door Near Here by Heather Quarles
VIDEOS/DVDS
@24/7.com
teens
talk about: Drugs
Publisher:
Channing Bete
Company, 2001
Alcohol:
True
Stories
Publisher:
Family Health
Productions
Deadly
Highs:
Reality Matters.
Publisher:
Discovery
Communications, Inc., 2003
Discovery
Channel School Volume II:
Managing Your Health Addiction
Publisher: Discovery Communications, Inc. 2002
Everyone's
NOT
Doing It!: An
Alcohol
Prevention Video
Publisher:
Hazelden,
2002
Know
the Score: The
Dangers of Performance Enhancing Drugs
Publisher:
Kisco, NY:
Human Relations Media, 2003
Overcast: A heroin prevention video
Publisher:
Hazelden
Foundation, 2000
Rushing,
Crashing, Dying:
The
Meth Epidemic
Publisher: Human Relations Media, 2006
The
Teen Files:
The Truth About Drugs
Publisher:
AIMS
Multimedia
The
Teen Files
Flipped: Drug Use and Addiction
Publisher:
AIMS Multimedia,
2002
The
Teen Files
Flipped: The Reality of Drug Use
Publisher:
AIMS
Multimedia, 2002
The
Top Ten
Myths About Alcohol and Drugs
Publisher:
Human
Relations Media, 2007
Under
the
Influence: Reality Matters
Publisher: Discovery School, 2004
I
Can't Breathe:
A Smoker's Story Pam Laffin 1969-2000
Publisher:
MA Department
of Public Health, 2001
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