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Educator

• BACK ON TRAC: Treatment, Responsibility & Accountability on Campus
• Connect with Kids
  
• Early Intervention: Are Schools Doing Their Part?
• GenerationRx Outreach Program
  
• Guidelines for School Health Programs to Prevent Tobacco Use and Addiction
• Manatee County Schools Substance Abuse Family Education (SAFE) Program
• Parents and Teachers (NIDA for Teens)
• Prodigy: Transforming Young Lives
  
• Recovery Schools
• Registries of Programs Effective in Reducing Youth Risk Behaviors
• Resources for Teachers (NIDA)
• School Connectedness: Strategies for Increasing Protective Factors Among Youth (CDC)
• Seven Strategies for Community Change
• Supporting Youth in Recovery

Health Professional

• Ala-Anon Resources for Professionals
• Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner’s Guide
• American Society of Addiction Medicine
• Balancing Pain Management and Prescription Opioid Abuse
• CRAFFT Screening Tool
• Introduction to Mutual Support Groups for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers
• NIDAMED: Medical and Health Professionals
• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
  
• Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing
  
• Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People
• Project Lazarus
  
• Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Screening Tools
  
• Screening for Drug Use in General Medical Settings
• Smoking Cessation Program Materials
• ‘Stages of Change’ Approach to Helping Patients Change Behavior
• Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Pediatricians
• Tobacco's Toll: Implications for the Pediatrician

Parent

• Addiction-Proof Your Child
• Betty Ford Children’s Program (for 7 to 12-year-olds who have been hurt by addiction)
• Building Resilience in Children
• Child'Space
• Families of Youth with Substance Use Disorders: A National Dialogue
• Family Partnership Center
  
• Helping Your Child Deal with Stress
• Lying and Dishonesty
• Manatee County Schools Substance Abuse Family Education (SAFE) Program
• Parents: The Anti-Drug
• Parents and Teachers (NIDA for Teens)
• Parents Guide to the Teen Brain
• Parents Who Host, Lose The Most
• Partnership at Drugfree.org
• Redirecting Children's Behavior
  
• Resources for Parents (NIDA)
• Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Know What To Ask
• Tips for Parents on Bullying
• Tips for Parents on Keeping Children Drug-Free
• Whole Child
  

Researcher

• A scientist in drug policy in Washington, DC
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute Bibliographies on Substance Abuse
• Assessing Community Coalitions
  
• Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse
• National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
• Prescription Drug Abuse: What is Being Done to Address This New Drug Epidemic? Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources
• Therapeutic Use, Abuse, and Nonmedical Use of Opioids: A Ten-Year Perspective
• Treatment Research Institute
• Where to Find Nationwide Trends and Statistics

Veterans

• Give An Hour
  
• Manatee County Veterans Services
• Safe Helpline: 877-995-5247. Available 24 hrs/7days a week worldwide. Sexual assault support for the DOD community, operated independently and anonymously by RAINN.
• VA Hotline for Questions on VA Health Care and Benefits for Women Veterans: 1-855-VA-WOMEN.

Youth

• Above the Influence
• Betty Ford Young Adult Treatment
• Check Yourself
• Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-96-ABUSE (1-800-962-2873)
• Covenant House (homeless kids): 800-999-9999
• Girls and Boys Town:  800-448-3000
• Manatee Youth Commission
• National Bullying Prevention Center
• National Resource Center for Youth Development
• NIDA for Teens
• Nightlife Center
• Recovery Schools

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Books

• 7 Tools to Beat Addiction
• A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting
• Addict in the Family*
• Addiction Proof Your Child
• America Anonymous- Eight Addicts in Search of a Life
• Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction*
• Before it’s Too Late: Why Some Kids Get Into Trouble*
• Book List of Children’s Mental Health Topics
• Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life*
• Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin*
• Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption
• Codependency No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself*
• Emotional Blackmail*
• Everything Changes
• Free Range Kids: How To Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children
• Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening
• I’ll Quit Tomorrow
• Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth About Addiction Treatment-and How to Get Help That Works
• No More Letting Go
• Stay Close: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction
• The Heart of Addiction
• The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids*
• The Recovery Book*
• Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines*
• When Enough is Enough: Comprehensive Guide to Successful Intervention
  

* Available through Manatee Public Library

Data

• 2012 Attitude Tracking Study: Teens and Parents
  
• Florida Community Health and Wellness Dashboard
• State Estimates of Underage Alcohol Use and Self-Purchase of Alcohol: 2008 to 2010
• Trends & Statistics, including Costs of Substance Abuse (NIDA)

DVD List

• Addiction Project (HBO)*
• My Name Is Bill W (founder of AA)*
• When Love Is Not Enough (founder of Alanon)
• Clean & Sober
• Acts of Worship
• Down to the Bone*
• Never Get Outta the Boat
• Permanent Midnight
• Candy
• Trainspotting*
• Requiem for a Dream*
• Days of Wine & Roses*
• Owning Mahoney - Gambling*
• Unguarded
  

* Available through Manatee Public Library

Helplines

• Child Abuse Hotline: 800-962-2873)
• Compulsive Gambling: 888-236-4848
• Covenant House (homeless kids): 800-999-9999
• Domestic Violence: 941-755-6805
• Girls and Boys Town: 800-448-3000
• Parent Specialist:  855-378-4373 Mon - Fri, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm EST
• Suicide Prevention: 800-273-8225
• Veterans Crisis Line: 800- 273-8255

Legislation

• 911 Good Samaritan Act
  
• Follow Florida House and/or Senate Bills
  

Local Agencies

• Women's Resource Center of Manatee

Policies, Standards, and Strategies

• National Drug Control Strategy (2013)

Websites

• 211 of Manasota
• Alanon (District 12)
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Sarasota-Manatee)
• Betty Ford Center
• Drug-free Workplace
• Evaluating Web-Based Health Resources
• Families Against Addictive Drug Abuse (FAADA)
• Florida Alcohol & Drug Abuse Association (FADAA)
• Florida Coalition Alliance
• Florida Dept of Children and Families (FDCF)
• Florida Substance Abuse Response Guide (SARG) Useful Links
• Healthy Start
• Hope for the Family
  
• Intervention Strategies
• Manatee County Schools Substance Abuse Family Education (SAFE) Program
• Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training
• Naranon (Florida)
• Narcotics Anonymous (Suncoast Area)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Parents: The Anti-Drug
• Partnership at Drugfree.org 
• Reclaiming Futures
  
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Tobacco-free Florida
• Veterans Services (Manatee County)

YouTube

• Candy-flavored Tobacco Targets Youth-SWAT
• Tobacco-Free Night at McKechnie
  

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Addiction

• Addictscience.com
  
• American Society of Addiction Medicine
• HBO: Addiction
• Institute for Research, Education, and Training in Addictions (IRETA)
• National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers
• The Science of Addiction

Alcohol  

• Alcohol Policy Information System
  
• National Institute on  Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
• Mayo Clinic
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Anger

• Anger Management Workbook

Bullying

• The Best Defense Against Bullying: Arming Your Kids With Stories
  
• The Bully Vaccine: How to Innoculate Yourself Against Obnoxious People 

Marijuana

• NIDA
• Parents the Anti-Drug
• Partnership at Drugfree.org
• Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)
  

Mental Health

• Coastal Behavioral Healthcare
  
• Emotional Wellbeing (Women's Resource Center)
• Family Foundations Counseling (Anna Maria Island Community Center)
• Mental Health First Aid
  

Opioids and/or Pain Management

• Anatomy of an Epidemic: The Opioid Movie
• Best Advice for People Taking Opioid Medication
• Cautious, Evidence-Based Opioid Prescribing
• Cleveland Clinic: Section of Pain Medicine
• Collaborative Opioid Prescribing Education
• Hard Cases: The Traps of Treating Pain
• Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Chronic Non-cancer Pain
• Long-Term Opioid Therapy Reconsidered: High Dose Opioid Therapy
• Long-term Opioid Treatment of Nonmalignant Pain: A Believer Loses His Faith 
• Pain Medicine Provider Toolkit
• Redefining Pain: UW Takes a New View of Chronic Pain
• The Doctor's Dilemma: opiate analgesics and chronic pain
  

Prescription Drugs

• Born Drug-free Florida
  
• GenerationRx Outreach Program
  
• Trends in prescription drug abuse
• Parents: The Anti-Drug
• Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Guide
  
• Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: An Assessment of the Evidence for Best Practices
• Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic (CDC Grand Rounds)
• Beware of counterfeit prescription drugs
• The Medicine Abuse Project
  
• National Drug Control Policy and Prescription Drug Abuse: Facts and Fallacies
• Rx Availability & Access (webcast)
• Script Your Future
• State Legislative Strategies Governing Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion
  
• WakeUp!

Prevention 

• How can I keep my child from using drugs?
• Addiction-Proof Your Child

Recovery

• Al-Anon
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Narcotics Anonymous
• Renew Everyday: A website providing guidance, knowledge, fellowship and inspiration for individuals in recovery, those transitioning from treatment and their families.
• Bring Your Life Into Balance: Free toolkit to handle stress, identify thoughts and habits that interfere with your ability to understand yourself, connect to others, and manage your emotions.
• Weekly Meditations
• What are Recovery Support Services?
• How to Recognize and Set Healthy Boundaries
  • http://www.bettyfordcenter.org/recovery/programs/lines-in-the-sand.php
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mzW0tjOS7Q

Tobacco

• Candy-flavored Tobacco Targets Youth-SWAT
• Electronic Cigarettes
• Guide to Quitting Smoking
• Hookahs
  
• Smokeless Tobacco
  
• Smoking and Tobacco Use
• Tobacco: The Smoking Gun
• Tobacco Litigation: History & Recent Developments
• Tobacco's Toll: Implications for the Pediatrician
• The Easy Way to Stop Smoking

Treatment

• Brief Intervention and Treatment for Elders (BRITE) Program
  
• Coastal Behavioral Healthcare: 941-364-9355
• Comprehensive MedPsych Systems: 941-363-0878
• Envision Counseling Services, Assessment and Referral: 941-567-6207
• Executive Recovery Program (Lakewood Ranch Medical Center)
• First Step: 941-366-5333
• Hanley Center: 866-442-6539
• Manatee Glens: 941-782-4617
• Pregnant/Post-partum Women
  
• Rehab Reviews
  
• Treating prescription drug addiction
• Treatment for Sexual Addiction
  
• Twelve Oaks (free assessments): Bradenton: 855-332-8595
• Veterans treatment programs

Wellness

• Healthfinder: Find out which preventive services (screenings, shots) you may need.
• Healthy Eating
  
• Healthy Lifestyle (Mayo Clinic)
• Livestrong
  
• Meditation: Free Guided Meditations
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• National Wellness Institute
  
• Nutrition (Harvard)
• Preventative Screening Recommendations
• Strategies for Good Mental Health Wellness
• Stress Inventory Tools
• Top 10 Reasons to Try Yoga 
• 20 Exercise Tips
  

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