Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention

Find a Therapist
Click here

Practitioner > Continuing Education > Online > Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention

Growing Up Drug Free:
A Parent's Guide to Prevention

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments - Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: How This Book Will Help You
Chapter 2: Laying The Groundwork
Chapter 3: Talking With Your Children Effectively
Chapter 4: Your Child's Perspective
- Why a child uses drugs
- What our culture tells children about drugs
Chapter 5: How To Teach Your Child About Drugs
- Preschoolers
- Kindergarten through third grade (5 — 8 years old)
- Grades four through six (9 — 11 years old)
- Grades seven through nine (12 — 14 years old)
- Grades ten through twelve (15 — 17 years old)
- Questions children frequently ask about drugs
- When your child enters middle school or junior high
- Drug Myth vs. Reality
- Medical marijuana update
- Tobacco and teens: a bad combination
- Five sons — many lessons
Chapter 6: What To Do If You Think Your Child Might Be Using Drugs
Chapter 7: Getting Involved And Staying Involved
Chapter 8: Where To Get Information And Help

Source: US Department of Education - 1998

Find a
Treatment Center
Click here

Additional Information

Effective
Parenting

Fostering
Responsibility

Fostering
Confidence

Alcohol
and Teens

Alcohol
and Families

Adolescent
Substance Abuse

Fathers and
Discipline