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Parent Leaders Can Advocate for School/Agency and Government Policies and Programs

Parent leaders, including those who are active in official and voluntary parent organizations can have a tremendous impact on school programs as well as in helping other parents. Advocating for effective policies and programs from schools, other agencies and governments is one of the actions that parent leaders can undertake.

Government policies often tend to place prevention at the lower end of their priority list when responding to substance abuse. You can check out your provincial/territorial policy by clicking on one of these links: Canada, Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

 

There are a couple of excellent policy development kits that apply to school boards and other agencies. Check these out here:

-            Kit on Developing School Policies on Drugs and Gambling (AADAC)

-            When Drugs Come to School (NS Ministry of Health)

Here are several Canadian and International resources that relate to policies and programs from a variety of agencies:

-          Parents Helping Parents: A Guide for Action  (SAMHSA-CSAP)

-          Communities That Care Planning System (SAMHSA-CSAP) (Complete kit, including a Guidebook, Youth Survey, Strategies, Effective Programs List,

-          A Compendium of Resources to Support Municipal Drug Strategies 
Federation of Canadian Municipalities

-          Framework for Developing a Model Municipal Drug Strategy
Federation of Canadian Municipalities

-          Municipal Drug Strategy: Sustaining Community Based Initiatives
Federation of Canadian Municipalities

-          Illicit Drug Policies: Selected Laws from the 50 States (SAMHSA-CSAP)

How to Develop and Implement School Health Policy
(Australian Community Health Foundation)

School Health Policies

(Canadian Association for School Health)

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