The following is a list of related resources and links that may be useful.
Publications
For Children and Adolescents:
My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease
by Claudia Black (available from Hazelden)
What’s Drunk, MAMA - available from Al-Anon Family Services
For Adult Children of Alcoholics and Addicts:
It Won't Happen to Me
by Claudia Black (available from Hazelden)
For Parents:
Choices and Consequences
by Dick Shaefer (available from Hazelden)
Parenting for Prevention : Raising a Child to Say No to Alcohol and Other Drugs
by David J. Wilmes
Power of Parents -- Talking with Teens About Alcohol
available from MADD, madd.org
Student Assistance
Commonwealth Student Assistance Program
www.sap.state.pa.us
Mental Health
Suicide Prevention Hotline -- Philadelphia
215.686.4420
Suicide Prevention Hotline -- National
1.800.784.2433
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
www.afsp.org
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org
The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness
www.nami.org
Internet Safety
Google Online Safety Tools
www.google.com/goodtoknow/familysafety
Safeteens -- Smart Social Media Strategies
www.safeteens.com
www.connectsafely.org
Alcohol and Other Drug Information
National Institute on Drug Abuse
www.nida.nih.gov
PA Liquor Control Board
www.lcb.state.pa.us
Marijuana
www.marijuana-info.org
Club drugs
www.clubdrugs.org
Steriods
www.Steriods.drugabuse.gov
Smoking
www.smoking.drugabuse.gov
HIV and Drugs
www.hiv.drugabuse.gov
Bullying Prevention
Comprehensive information for educators, kids, teens and parents
www.stopbullying.gov
Resources for Parents
Parents360 Rx Action Toolkit
pact360.org/programs/parents360rx
MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
madd.org
Tips for parents on talking to teens about drug and alcohol issues
www.straighttalkforparents.org
Resources for Families
Al Anon Family Services
For adults who are affected by someone else's drinking problem. Al Anon also sponsors al-ateen groups for adolescents who have a family member whose drinking presents a problem.
Online interactive resources (virtual meetings,etc):
ola-is.org
Local Phone Number (Philadelphia) 215.222.5244
To find a meeting in Pennsylvania: pa-al-anon.org
National Association for Children of Alcoholics
Information and materials for young people and their families with a section just for young peoplenacoa.org
Resiliency Sources
National Network for Family Resiliency
www.nnfr.org
Resiliency in Action
www.resiliency.com
Search Institute
www.search-institute.org
Emergency and Crisis Information
Nova (National Office for Victims Assistance)
www.try-nova.org
Federal Emergency Management Agency
www.fema.org
PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency
www.pccd.state.pa.us
Center for Safe Schools
www.center-school.org