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Drugs and Teen Use        What Schools Can Do         What Parents Can Do         What Parent Volunteers Can Do        What Parent Leaders Can Do

Parents, individually, as volunteers and as school/community leaders can have a profound impact on the use of substances by young people.  There are and has been a wide variety of information, education and support materials for parents in the addictions field.  However, their dissemination, availability and on-going access to parents is problematic in several areas of Canada. This project is using long established parent organizations recognized by schools to address this lack of coordination by gathering and disseminating the available resources in a cohesive, collaborative manner. This project will:

§         gather and publicize high quality resources for parents

§         present these resources to parent leaders at existing national and provincial/territorial workshops

§         organize and support presentations to parent organizations at the school board level and local school parent committees.

In each province and territory, parent leaders are approaching their addictions agencies, parent groups, public health and education organizations and others to identify local resources for parents. These resources, along with national and international materials and models will be described in a tool kit that includes a web component.

As a result, thousands of parents as well as educators, public health and community leaders will be more aware of the many excellent resources that they can use to prevent substance abuse among children and youth.

For more information, contact Donna Norris at the CHSF office. 

Identifying Substances