Prevention Programs for Middle School

6th Grade: Slick Tracy( copyright Hazelden Foundation)
The Slick Tracy Home Team Program is an alcohol prevention program designed for 6th grade students and their parents. Using comic books with activities, the program is implemented in a series of 4 to 6 classroom sessions, each 35 to 45 minutes long. Students complete homework exercises with their families.
Session topics include:
· Facts and Myths about Alcohol
· Truth in Advertising about Alcohol
· Types of Peer Pressure
· The Party and Consequences of Drinking

The central story, activities, and tips for parents make this curriculum an easy and fun way for families to discuss the serious issues surrounding alcohol.

The Slick Tracy Poster Fair is the final component of the program, which brings families and community members together to view the students’ completed poster projects

Active Parenting of Teens (copyright Hazelden Foundation)
Active Parenting of Teens, a program designed for parents of children ages 13-18, was completely revised in 2008 to help parents meet the challenges of raising teens in today’s turbulent society. Sessions address topics including:
· Teens and technology (the Internet, social networking sites, etc.)
· The latest in teen drug use prevention (including prescription drugs)
· Teen bullying: how to spot it, how to handle it
· Special stepfamily considerations
· How brain development affects teen behavior and decision-making
· Improved discipline and communication
· Updated teen sexuality issues

Through this program, you will learn the skills you need to effectively communicate with your teen, encourage better behavior, use positive discipline techniques, and teach responsibility.

The program includes a 250-page Parent’s Guide, which offers examples and activities so you can practice your new skills at home. Active Parenting of Teens is typically presented in six 2-hour sessions with a group of 10 to 20 parents.

Video vignettes will get great reactions from parents!
You may see yourself in the entertaining video sketches featuring parents and teens grappling with common issues. Presented with humor and empathy, each scene that presents a problem also offers a solution.

Session I: The Active Parent
· Teens today
· Styles of parenting
· Control vs. influence
· Mutual respect
· The method of choice Session IV: Building Courage,
Redirecting Information
· The Think-Feel-Do Cycle
· Courage and self-esteem
· Five goals of teen behavior
· Eliminating power struggles

Session II: Winning Cooperation
· Who owns the problem?
· Active communication with teens
· The key of encouragement Session V: Drugs, Sexuality and Violence
· Reducing the risks
· Overview of the issues
· Prevention strategies 1-4 (focus on sexuality)

Session III: Responsibility and Discipline
· Logical consequences and more
· Problem-solving with FLAC Session VI: Drugs, Sexuality and Violence
· Prevention strategies 5-10 (focus on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs)

Roots & Wings Parenting Program (Spanish only)
(copyright Hazelden Foundation)

"Roots & Wings®" is based on thirty years of ongoing research, which has identified:

• Factors that place children at risk for alcohol and other drug abuse
  Factors that protect children from chemical abuse and other risky behavior
• "Roots & Wings®" teaches a parent how to influence their children in positive ways.
  
  It offers ideas on how to prevent problems and protect children from potential danger. It helps parents learn ways to enhance their children’s resiliency so they can withstand and bounce back from problems they face.

Upcoming Parenting Classes

FREE Parenting Classes
Active Parenting of Teens
copyright Hazelden Foundation
Roots & Wings Parenting Program
copyright Hazelden Foundation
Beasley Middle School
Facilitator: Gloria Williams 326-9502
Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 pm
9/22, 9/29,10/06, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27


*C.H. Price Middle School
Facilitators:
Ronda Harris 684-3445
Luz Garcia 684-2340
Monday, 6:30-8:30 pm
9/21, 9/28,10/05, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26

Jenkins Middle School
Facilitators:
Lisa Preston (352)219-2410
Tangie Archer 546-6220
Monday, 6:30-8:30 pm
9/21, 9/28,10/05, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26

*Miller Intermediate School
Facilitators:
Gwen George (407)415-0082
Miriam Guerrero 559-4119
Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 pm
9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/06, 10/13, 10/20

*Crescent City Jr-Sr High School
Facilitators:
Dina Sullivan 698-2902
Lucy Robles 698-4710
Thursday, 6:00-8:00 pm
9/24, 10/01,10/08, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29

* Classes are offered in English and Spanish.
For more information contact:

Luz Guerrero
Prevention Coordinator
200 S. 7th Street
Palatka, FL 32177
(386)559-4119

lguerrero@hanleycenter.org