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about prevention activities happening
here in our community -
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our calendar of events!
Connecticut:
2-1-1:
Toll free, Multilingual, Confidential, 24 hours a day
www.211ct.org
National Info Lines:
Parents
Toll-Free Helpline
Speak to a Parent Specialist about your
teen's substance abuse problem
Ph: 1-855-Drug Free
(1-855-378-4373)
M-F
10 am-8 pm ET
Are you looking for
a treatment center?
Call the
Treatment Center Locator Hotline: 1-800-662-4357 Toll Free Line.
Open 24 hrs. They will assist you with locating treatment
facilities in your area.
3. Visit:
www.dasis3.samhsa.gov/
to locate a treatment center.
Archives:
Youth Networking Newsletter (2012)
Youth Networking Newsletter (2011)
Youth
Networking Newsletter (2010)
Power of Parents
(2010)
Alcohol Awareness Publication (April 2009)
Youth
Networking Newsletter (2009)
Youth
Networking Newsletter (2008) |
What's New?
Announcements
Studies
indicate that the easiest place for teens to get alcohol
is at home. Building on that idea, New Canaan has used
the campaign created by FACE "The easiest place for
kids to get beer is right next to the milk. This
included strategically placing fridges in public areas
in New Canaan.
In response to this campaign, a teen sent
in this powerful response to the campaign to New Canaan
Cares. Please click
here to read.
April is National Alcohol
Awareness Month
Throughout
the month, communities in lower Fairfield County are
increasing awareness about alcohol through parent
forums, youth driven activities, alcohol awareness
displays and articles in the local media.
Please
click on calendar for a listing of these events.
LFCRAC
congratulates all of these communities on their
efforts.
A
Series of Articles from Members of the LFCRAC in Honor
of Alcohol Awareness:
The will be appearing
in the local Patches; they are also attached below.
Article #1: Click
here for
"Calling All Parents: Be the Number One Force in your
Child's Life".
Article #2: Click
here for "A few questions can make a big
difference"
Power of
Parents (below)
Resources
Attention
Clinicians:
LFCRAC SBIRT Committee has created a resource guide of
youth and adult behavioral health services in
Lower Fairfield County and surrounding areas.
Click here to download the entire guide. It is
divided into a number of sections as noted in the table
of contents on the second page.
"Parent's
Guide to the Teen Brain:
Scientists are beginning to
learn that it takes a brain about 25 years to fully
develop, and that a huge burst of development happens
during adolescence. That burst can explain a lot
of unpredictable--and sometimes risky--teen behavior."
To watch a short video on the adolescent brain
click here. Compliments of
www.drugfree.org.
Marijuana:
Answering the Tough Questions
A Guide for
Parents and Concerned Adults
(click on here for
a two page FAQ)
Parents of
Teens' Friends Can Influence Substance Use
The parents of teenagers' friends can
have as much effect on teens' decisions about substance
use as their own parents, a new study suggests.
Source: Join Together May
10th
Parents - For more
information, please click on the Power of Parents
brochures and inserts below; compliments of LFCRAC
Prevention Partnership Committee.
 
What's
Not So
New But Good To Review?
 Search
Institute's 40 Developmental Assets
40 common sense
positive experiences and qualities that help influence choices young
people make and help them become caring, responsible adults.
(Click
here to visit the Search Institute website for more information.).
LFCRAC offers
presentations on "How to Be an Asset Builder" and "How to Share
the Asset Message". For more information, contact Ingrid
at
RAC@liberationprograms.org.
The
Partnership at DrugFree.org Offers PACT 360:
A community
program that educates parents on why teens use drugs and
alcohol, what you can do to protect them, how to
communicate with them, monitor their activities, spot
drug/alcohol use, and what you should do when you find
it.
(click here
for more information)
Great You Tube Video
(click to follow link)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/01/11/toronto-viral-video-doctor-health.html
A
Message in a Bottle
(click
on image below to read the article)
An article about youth substance use in Fairfield County.
(Source:Greenwich Magazine Feb 2010.)
Read
About What Youth in Our Region are Doing to Keep Their Peers Safe!
(click
on Newsletter to open)
"What parents may not realize is that children say parental
disapproval of underage drinking is the key reason they
have chosen not to drink."
Source: Charles Curie, former Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) administrator, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
(Click on
the brochure below to download
the entire document.)
Collaborating to support healthy communities...
The Lower Fairfield
County Regional Action Council (LFCRAC) is a collaborative of dedicated
representatives from a variety of sectors in lower Fairfield County.
Our mission is to serve our communities by being a catalyst for
regional collaborations in order to strengthen local efforts to
reduce substance misuse from youth through older adults, and including
persons living with mental illness in
Greenwich, Stamford, Darien and New Canaan communities.
 History...
The Lower Fairfield County
Regional Action Council (LFCRAC) is one of 13 Connecticut Regional Action Councils (RACS)
created by the state Legislature in 1989. RACs are a collaborative
venue to support local efforts to address substance abuse and misuse
across the lifespan.
Support involves identifying the gaps in services along the
continuum which includes prevention, intervention, treatment and
aftercare and then developing the resources to address these gaps.
RACs are neutral conveners and
catalysts for collaborations to address the gaps, and they are also
a place where members of different sectors and communities can share
their knowledge, resources and other assets to address and prevent
substance abuse.
For an overview of LFCRAC,
including information on projects and initiatives, please
contact us or
see our brochure.
What
we can do for you...
 In
addition to facilitating regional collaborations to support local
efforts, LFCRAC can also assist individual communities or groups
with the following:
l
Connecting to prevention and treatment services and resources
l
Organizing presentations and training
l Data collection (through surveys, focus groups, analysis of
secondary
data)
l Organization and presentation of data
l Identifying best practices in prevention and treatment
l Program evaluation
l Strategic planning
l Legislative advocacy
l Accessing research reports
We look forward to
hearing from you!
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