PREVENTION CONNECTIONS

A Family Guidance Center of Warren County New Jersey Program

Preventing drug use before it begins is the most cost-effective, common-sense approach to promoting safe and healthy communities.

Resources for Middle Schools

PreVenture

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PreVenture is an evidence-based program that uses personality targeted interventions to promote skill development and delay youth substance use. It uses personality-focused interventions to promote mental health and delay substance use among teens.

A workshop designed to help at-risk youth ages 12-17 to develop healthy coping skills by providing a bridge between youth and mental wellbeing. PreVenture workshops are designed to promote mental well-being by helping adolescents learn adaptive coping skills, how to set long-term goals and how to channel their personality towards achieving their goals.

Over the Counter Medications

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Johnson & Johnson’s Over-the-Counter Medicine Safety Guide-Building Health Literacy in the Community.  

Specific lessons for Grades 5 & 6: All over-the-counter medicines carry a Drug Facts label. These lessons teach students how to use the Drug Facts label as a guide to safe medicine use, as well as how to store and dispose of medicine safely. Six units with activities that support health, STEM, and language arts (informational text) standards.

Specific lessons for Grades 7 & 8: All over-the-counter medicines carry a Drug Facts label. These lessons teach students how to use the Drug Facts label as a guide to safe medicine use, as well as how to store and dispose of medicine safely. Six units with activities that support health, STEM, and language arts (informational text) standards.

School Nurse Resources: Medicine safety podcasts produced by the National Association of School Nurses and links to additional outreach tools for helping students and their families avoid medicine mistakes.

Family Resources: A household guide to OTC medicine safety, plus at-home activities to help make responsible medicine use a priority for the whole family. Family resources are available in English and Spanish.

Tackling Opioids through Prevention for Athletes (TOPS)

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This program is intended to help guide and raise awareness of opioid use and misuse among young student athletes and provide evidence-based recommendations and information, as well as encouragement to change policies that will strengthen schools, athletic departments and community-based athletic programs.

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Youth Tobacco Action Group (YTAG)

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This comprehensive program focuses on the risks associated with ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery systems), other non-cigarette tobacco products and tobacco products among youth using a youth engagement model.

This project is funded by the New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Community Health Services, Community Health and Wellness Unit, Office of Tobacco Control and Nutrition and Fitness.

For more information visit https://www.tobaccofreenj.com/ytag-membership

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Don’t Get Vaped In

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Don’t Get Vaped In is intended to educate youth on the risk of using e-cigarettes and vape pens. Don’t Get Vaped In is a statewide campaign funded through the New Jersey Department of Health.

For more information visit https://www.dontgetvapedin.com

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Above the Influence

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Every teen’s life is filled with pressure…some of it good, some of it bad. The goal of this organization is to help teens stand up to negative pressures or influences. The more aware kids are of the influences around them, the better prepared they will be to face them, including the pressure to use drugs and alcohol. Above the Influence isn’t telling kids how to live their lives; it gives them another perspective and the latest facts.

Interested in having an Above the Influence campaign at your school?
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