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Parent Information Meetings

Parent Workshops

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Parent Leaders Can Support Parent Workshops

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. One of the most effective and easily organized actions that leaders can take is to encourage and support other parents to organize parent workshops where parents can develop specific skills in identifying drug problems or responding to drug-related situations. (Note: Such workshops are different than parent information meetings which raise awareness and are also different from parent effectiveness training programs that teach more general skills such as communicating with children or developing positive parenting practices.

Parent leaders should first read our web page for parent volunteers on how to organize a parent information meeting. It includes practical advice on such workshops as well as easy reference to the materials produced in this project.

Also, check out the parent workshops offered by a variety of Canadian organizations listed in the right hand column on this page.

The research on the effect of parent information and education programs suggests that such activities can have a positive impact on parenting behaviours, which in turn, can have a positive impact on substance use by young people.

-          Response of Parents to Parent Education and Support Programs: A Review of Evaluation Research on Some Key USA Programs (Australian Institute for family Studies)

-          Parenting is Prevention Workshop on Research (White House, United States)

-          Parent Education and Support Literature Review – 2005 (Univ of Delaware)

-          Parent Education – List of reports, articles and reviews (Australian Drug Foundation)

Ten Strategies for involving Parents in Health Promotion (Canadian Association for School Health)

Barriers to Parent Involvement in Health Promotion
(Canadian Association for School Health)

Pass It on Workshop

(Parents Against Drugs)

AIMS Workshops

(UBC-Okanogan)

RCMP Workshops

(RCMP Drug Program)

Parents as Preventors

(ADES Society)

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