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Prevention Information & Links:

Mindfulness Resources for Anxiety (grades 6-12) If that link doesn't work, try this one.

List of helpful sites/resources/info for students AND parents during remote learning:
- squabbles.com/free FREE COURSE! It is our joy to provide this Conflict Resolution Course for those families quarantined at home during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
- SCORE card Get your SCORE up?
- GT's Copy of Free & Virtual sites:
- Sources of strength link and posting sources stuff to social media #sourcesofstrength
- Mindfulness Resources for Anxiety (grades 6-12)
- Specifically for parents: Nick Thompson’s podcast: Perspective for Parents - For Parents of Adolescents https://www.perspective4parents.com/
Overall PREVENTION
- https://www.rmc.org/what-we-do/substance-abuse-prevention-education/
- DCSD Counseling PODCASTS.
- Teens Under Stress -- series on CPR (Colorado Public Radio) Check it out. There are many great articles -- and you can even listen to them! Info from the site:"Teens in America are struggling. It's especially true in Colorado, where rates of mental health issues, substance abuse and suicide are rising. We investigate the causes — and possible fixes."
- DCSD Health, wellness, and prevention webpage: https://www.dcsdk12.org/cms/one.aspx?pageId=5755344
- Got Stress? Watch the "enhancing" videos for a positive approach to stress

Tobacco, nicotine, and e-cigs (formerly known as vaping)

Second chance tobacco https://www.secondchancetobacco.org/
Stanford Tobacco toolkit (free)
Catch my breath (free)

Cessation support

Smoke-free teen https://teen.smokefree.gov/
CO quitline https://www.coquitline.org/en-US/ or Connect with your personal quitting coach today. Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW
Truth initiative quit -- this is quitting https://truthinitiative.org/
The real cost https://therealcost.betobaccofree.hhs.gov/
www.tobaccofreeco.org

www.CDC.gov/tobacco

www.truthInitiative.org

www.speaknowcolorado.org

www.coyouthquitline.org

www.mylifemyquit.com

www.smokefree.gov

https://teen.smokefree.gov/

Alcohol

Substance abuse and illicit drugs

Resource	Explanation
Shift the Influence	Simulations to help parents talk to their kids AND how to talk to a friend or neighbor or family member.
National Institute of Drug Abuse - COVID19 site
The National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week,This is the link	Activities and things to do during the week. I will forward you an email from the SADD chapter in DougCo
This is the link to the NIDA teen site	Stuff on here for parents as well. There are resources and links.
SAMHSA	Lots of good stuff
Douglas County Healthy Teen Coalition	There are resources for youth and adults
Rise Above Colorado	Great eflyers/posters to use on social media
Not Prescribed	Parents and children can work through their refusal skills module together
https://www.awakenproject.org/https://www.awakenproject.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzV6d2bw2uA&feature=emb_logo	After the Teen Drug Prevention Summit was canceled I sent the Awakening Projects video from youtube to the students and parents who signed u and encouraged them to watch together..
National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week.	This is actually happening this week, National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. I just wasn't totally sure how to role it out with all the changes in remote learning this week. Maybe we can use some of this and make our own week.

Marijuana (MEI)
- https://www.speaknowcolorado.org/

Anxiety and stress mitigation

Depression and Suicide

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Call 1-800-273-8255 Available 24 hours everyday
You can ask Siri or Google to call the suicide hotline
Signs of Suicide https://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/assets/img/NDSD17/NDSD-2016-Infographic.pdf
S afe2Tell
7 Essential Steps Parents Can Take to Prevent Teen Suicide https://psychologybenefits.org/2013/09/23/prevent-teen-suicide/

Peer conflict and dominance behavior (formerly known as Bullying) BULLY-PROOFING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKjW1OIjuw
https://www.brooksgibbs.com/ Check out the videos
Two page handout with BULLY-PROOFING INFO from Brooks Gibbs
http://justinmatott.com/home#intro -- Justin Matott (author and speaker)
https://www.squabbles.com/free -- FREE conflict resolution program from Brooks GIbbs! Thanks Brooks!

Sources of Strength

https://sourcesofstrength.org/

Grit and Resilience

https://www.brooksgibbs.com/resilient-test-breakdown

School violence and safe anonymous reporting

GSA - LGBTQ

Other interesting stuff:

https://becomingunbusy.com/documentaries/
Screenagers -- https://www.screenagersmovie.com/ . https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5095798/

Safe2Tell Toolkit Middle & High Student Overview Video

Health Class stuff:

More coming soon!

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