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Environmental strategies -- changing community norms Check out http://www.udetc.org/documents/strategies.pdf and http://www.prevnet.org/spfsig/common/pdf/environmental_strategies.pdf for more on environmental strategies. Youth
Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Results Click here for the April 2008 underage drinking town meeting report Powerpoint presentation "Update on Youth Assets Measures" by David Murphey on assets and risk behaviors Click here for webcasts from the The Road to Recovery 2008 series. Click here for the Strategic Prevention Framework Powerpoint Join Together's Blueprint for the States: Policies to Improve the Way States Organize and Deliver Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Vermont Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs (ADAP) Outcome
Based Planning:
What is FASD? FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) is an umbrella term describing the range of effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects may include physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities with possible lifelong implications. Each year in the U.S., as many as 40,000 babies are born with an FASD. The cost to the nation for FAS alone is about $6 billion a year. Visit the FASD Center for more information and resources. Web
resources: Click here to learn about Risk and Protective Factors Concerned about high-risk drinking? Watch HAZE (Clicking here takes you to the Gordie Foundation website.) Northwestern Vermont recovery resources--links and tips. Click here. Check out these guidelines for speakers from the Vermont Department of Health Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs (ADAP). The Community Toolbox: A great community development resource. Resiliency
in Action www.resiliency.com Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Prevention
Information Network (NPIN) www.cdcnpin.org Eye
on the Field www.nattc.org/news Field.html is an electronic
magazine featuring hot topics in substance abuse treatment which
provide useful tools for practitioners and administrators. Receive
Weekly Headlines About Improving Access to Treatment in Your Community
- www.jointogether.org/sa/action/dt/news/
Addiction
Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC) - this nationwide
multidisciplinary resource for addiction-related information funded
by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, Center
for Substance Abuse Treatment www.nattc.org Prevention Model Programs - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Center for Substance abuse Prevention (CSAP) host this site as a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in preventing substance abuse. http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov
Research
briefs “Lives Saved in 2007 by Restraint Use and Minimum Drinking Age Laws” Click here for the pdf. The fact sheet is also available on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811049.PDF. Click here for the SAMHSA/NSDUH report showing a link between depressive symptoms and inhalant use. Grants: Local
classes & support groups: Research:
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