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Minnesota Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant

Have you heard anyone talk about the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grante (SPF SIG)?  Learn more about what this is, what the steps involved are, and what's going on in Minnesota regarding the SPF

Minnesota ATOD Prevention Coalitions

Minnesota is home to a number of coalitions that work to reduce and prevent alcohol and other drug use throughout the state.  This page includes a list of grantees along with their websites. 

Big Changes - A Critical Time in Youth Development

Moorhead, MN
May 3, 2012
12:00pm to 3:45pm

By attending this half-day conference you will experience two powerful presentations and walk away with a better understanding of how to help youth cope with significant changes.

Growing Up in the Digital World - Is it Time to Upgrade your Processor?

Duluth MN
March 6, 2012
8:00am - 3:30pm

By attending this conference you will develop a better understanding of how you should approach youth growing up in the digital age and how to guide them down the never explored path of exploding technological advances.

Teaching Self-Regulation May be the Best Way to Influence Drug-Taking Decisions by Kids

February 7, 2012

Acknowledging that ongoing brain development during adolescence is linked to self-regulation is an important perspective for youth-serving professionals and parents as they address teenage substance use/dependence – including prescription drug diversion.

Curriculum in a Box: Alcohol (5 DVDs and workbooks)

Video Rental--Not for Purchase

Contains the following items: Dangers of Alcohol PowerPoint; Confronting Drunk Driving DVD (26min); Everything You Need to Know About Alcohol in 22 Minutes DVD (22min); No Safe Amount: Women, Alcohol, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome DVD (18min); Straight Talk: The Truth About Alcohol and Sex DVD (18min); and Too Much: The Extreme Dangers of Binge Drinking DVD (26min). A teacher's resource book is also included.

2010, DVD

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The Partnership for a Drug-Free America 2008 PSAs

Video Rental--Not for Purchase

This disc contains eleven English PSAs and five Spanish PSAs.  Each clip ranges in length between 20 and 30 seconds.  The topics covered included methamphetamine, youth, and parenting.

2008, DVD

Video rentals are subject to availability.  To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634

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The Partnership for a Drug-Free America 2009 PSAs

Video Rental--Not for Purchase

This disc contains 19 English PSAs and seven Spanish PSAs.  Each PSA ranges in length between 15 and 30 seconds.  The PSAs focus on parenting resource messages, youth, steroids, and methamphetamine.

2009, DVD

Video rentals are subject to availability.  To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634

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See It, Say It - With Facilitator Guide

Video Rental--Not for Purchase

What To Say: A Lesson (For School Staff)
The host creates a “lesson” for school staff with three dramatizations: a maintenance worker, teacher and coach using the six-step process to talk with and listen to students whose behavior concerns them. This is a real learning opportunity for school staff. (11:09)

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Power of Parents: Special Topics - Helping Your Teen Be a Good Decision Maker

Webinar
May 9, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST

Looking for more information on topics discussed in MADD's Power of Parents, It's Your Influence workshop? Each month this webinar session will offer a closer look at underage drinking prevention topics such as adolescent brain development, parenting styles, the 21 minimum drinking age, and more.

Power of Parents: Special Topics - Having the Conversation About Alcohol

Webinar
March 14, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST

Looking for more information on topics discussed in MADD's Power of Parents, It's Your Influence® workshop? Each month the Minnesota State Office will be hosting this webinar session to offer a closer look at underage drinking prevention topics such as adolescent brain development, parenting styles, the 21 minimum drinking age, and more.

Program Sharing 2011

October 27, 2011 - October 28, 2011

Program Sharing is Minnesota's premier conference showcasing effective prevention programs, practices and strategies around the issues of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and related violence (ATOD).

Developing Youth/Adult Partnerships

Webinar
September 22, 2011
3-4:30 p.m. EST.

This workshop will provide an overview of the benefits to and pathways for youth engagement in community change through strong youth/adult partnerships. Effective strategies to promote and support meaningful involvement of youth in community problem solving will also be explored.

Culture Clash – What's Essential To Know About Hmong Youth

St. Paul, MN
September 9, 2011
1:00 to 3:00

This training opportunity will utilize story telling as a means to explain historical information and provide the context for what Hmong people now face. In addition, demographic data and best practices for helping Hmong youth will be provided.

How Can I Help Somone with a Drug & Alcohol Problem? Addiction and Recovery in Faith Communities

St Paul, MN
September 16, 2011
10:00 - 3:00 PM

This workshop is part of a series of forums to support members of faith communities in creating and delivering addiction recovery support.

Your Kids Need a Role Model Not A Drinking Buddy

Adults need to talk with each other about alcohol use and agree upon community norms for low-risk decisions about whether, when, where and how much alcohol consumption is acceptable. This poster (1 in a series of 5) will help convey those messages. (13x19)

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Helping to Keep America's Youth 'Above the Influence'

Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2011. This fact sheet highlights the ATI Campaign which provides resources to keep youth drug free.

Guide to Science-Based Prevention Best Practices #1: Science-Based Substance Abuse Prevention A Guide

This guide covers principles of effective substance abuse prevention applied to individuals, families, peers, schools, communities, and the society/enviroment as a whole. (35 pp, CSAP, 2001)

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