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Ideas For School Staff

Review Prevention Research

Review Treatment & Rehabilitation Research

Improve Instruction

Identify, Counsel, Refer Students

Create Safe, Caring Schools

Improve Student Engagement

Involve Parents

 School Staff Can Involve their Parents

This series of web pages describes how schools and school staff can work with parents to prevent substance abuse. This page describes steps that schools can take to ensure that the parents in their school are as informed, involved, supported, educated and empowered in their child’s instruction and in school life. Research shows that schools with involved parents are more likely to be successful at retaining students in school, thereby reducing the potential harmful uses of substances among students.

Go to these resources for more information on best practices:

-                    A New Wave of Evidence (National Center for Family & Community)

-                    A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement (Southwest Educational Development Laboratory)

-                    Concepts and Models of Family Involvement (Harvard Family Research Project)

-                    Getting the Facts About Parent Participation in the School (Fédération des comités de parents)

Family Strategies (SAMHSA)

Research Review and Rationale for Parent Involvement in Health Promotion through Schools
(Canadian Association for School Health)

Barriers to Parent Involvement
(Canadian Association for School Health)

Ten Strategies for Parent Involvement in School Health Promotion

(Canadian Association for School Health)

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