substance abuse education
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Choices & Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs
by Dick Schaefer (Hazelden, 1987)
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Summary:
Choices & Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs is a practical, easy-to-read guidebook for helping a teenager who is using drugs. It is directed mainly at parents but adults working with teenagers (in school, church, through the legal system) will also find it helpful. Schaefer takes readers through a step-by-step system of intervention after covering many topics of interest to parents who may be concerned about their child’s alcohol and drug use. Issues include:
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the general process from alcohol/drug use to misuse to abuse to addiction;
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how that process differs for adolescents socially, emotionally, and mentally;
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the life skills adolescents are struggling to develop;
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how to tell if a teenager is using alcohol/drugs;
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and the teenager’s defense system.
Schaefer’s intervention process is logical and fairly simple. He helps parents to “disengage” from their roles as enablers, create a support system, and take care of themselves. Schaefer then goes through each step of the confrontation and intervention process (which is tailored to help adults working with teenagers at various level of drug abuse). He includes how to care for teenagers who require treatment and how to help them continue to recover.
Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?
Schaefer urges parents and caretakers to be responsible to, not responsible for, their teenagers. Instead of enabling and attempting to control the behavior of the teenager, Schaefer teaches parents to keep in control of themselves and the environment. His step-by-step process is a logical and practical guide to helping troubled teenagers, but he also makes clear that parents whose teenagers are involved with drugs must not let it control their own lives. Schaefer covers most topics of concern to parents of teenagers using alcohol and other drugs and includes actual checklists and sample contracts to use.
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Stop the Chaos  by Allen A. Tighe (Hazelden Foundation, 1999) Purchase Now! Summary: Stop the Chaos is a secular workbook geared towards adult substance abusers and their families. It contains more readings and information than other similar workbooks while providing room for exercises and personal responses. An entire chapter is devoted to the substance abuser’s family and their concerns about recovery. Certain exercises are followed by an action plan section to help individuals prepare their responses to threats to their recovery. The workbook also includes personal stories to illustrate the topics being addressed. Chapters include: - Am I an Addict or Alcoholic?
- What is Chemical Addiction?
- Am I Ready for Recovery?
- Understanding the Recovery Process
- Building a Stable Foundation for Recovery
- Identifying High-Risk Situations
- Coping with Using Urges
- Exploring Emotions
- Dealing with Emotions
- Compulsive Behavior and Isolation
- Spirituality and Recovery
- What Do I Tell Others about My Dependency?
- Relationships and Sex in Recovery
- Self-Defeating Beliefs and Behaviors
- Avoiding a Relapse to Chemical Use
- Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs
- The Importance of Self-Care
- To the Family
- A New Way to Live
Why does FASTEN recommend this resource? The author, Allen A. Tighe, has worked in the health care field for thirty-five years. With fourteen years’ experience in continuing care and relapse prevention, he currently serves as clinical supervisor of Hazelden’s continuing care program. Hazelden is one of the leading publishers on topics of drug and alcohol abuse. Although secular, this workbook provides faith-based practitioners operating recovery programs with important tools and insights. |
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Growing Up Black and Proud  by Peter Bell (Hazelden Foundation, 1998) Purchase Now!
Summary:
This workbook is aimed at preventing alcohol and drug problems by helping teens develop a strong racial identity and sense of community. Many of the topics are designed to be of special interest to the black community, including racial identity, stereotyping, integration, cultural boundaries, African-American male-female relationships, racism, and chemical dependency and the African-American community. Other topics include chemical dependency; how someone becomes chemically dependent; how chemical dependence affects friends, family, and teens; communicating; dealing with feelings; making decisions; problem solving; resolving conflicts; and dealing with peer pressure. Plentiful opportunities to record personal responses to questions are available in the workbook. Inspirational quotes from prominent blacks are scattered throughout the text. A facilitator’s guide is available for purchase and would be a helpful resource for gaining the maximum benefit from the workbook. Why does FASTEN recommend this resource? The Hazelden Foundation is a well-known and highly respected publisher of prevention/recovery materials. Growing Up Black and Proud has a good balance of readings, exercises, and personal responses. This workbook could be used as a supplement to a substance abuse prevention program in a church or community center. | | | | | |
EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS TOPIC
Youth
Youth Discipleship |
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