October 2022: National Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Month

October is National Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Month

The Mountain Plains PTTC has put together the following resources specific for substance use prevention among youth: 

A Proclamation on Nation Youth Substance Use Prevention Month 2022, The White House Briefing Room - Presidential Actions, September 2022. 

SAMHSA Resources:

"Talk. They Hear You." 

This Substance Use Prevention Campaign helps parents and caregivers start talking to their children early about the dangers of alcohol and other drugs. 

• Talk. They Hear You. Mobile App
• Talk. They Hear You. Parent Resources
• Talk. They Hear You. Partner Resources
• 5 Conversation Goals: Talking with Teens About Alcohol and Other Drugs

Youth Substance Use Prevention

Other National Resources:

Red Ribbon Week

National Drug Take back Day- October 29

• Use this link to find your nearest collection site!

TTC Resources:

PTTC Network Coordinating Office

• Training and Technical Assistance Focused on Children and Youth (Prevention Resources), May 2021

Great Lakes PTTC:

• Girl and Women: Substance Misuse Trends and Prevention Strategies, August 2022
• Preventions Role in Harm Reduction,  February 2022
• Overdose Disparities Series: Community-informed Strategies for Addressing Non-Fatal and Fatal Overdose within Black/African American Populations, May 2021
• The Color of Drinking: How Alcohol Culture Affects College Students of Color, May 2021
• Vaping: Evidence-based Prevention Efforts to Address Vaping Among Youth, July 2021

Southeast PTTC

• Webinar: Partnering with Your Neighborhood Pharmacist to Prevent Opioid Use Harms, September 2022

Pacific Southwest PTTC

• What Does NOT Work in Prevention, August 2022

Northeast and Caribbean PTTC

• Communication in Prevention - Developing Trauma Informed & Culturally Appropriate Messaging, August 2022
• Parents and Caregivers: Powerful Partners in Prevention, May 2022

National American Indian and Alaska Native PTTC 

• Handouts for Prevention of Teen Substance Abuse, June 2021
• Prevention of Teen Substance Abuse, June 2021

Mountain Plains PTTC

• Informing Prevention (Adolescents) Webinar Series, March 2019
• Social Media Video - Effects of Substances on the Teen Brain, April 2022
• Using Adolescent Development to Inform Prevention Practice: Brain and Behavior (e-learning course), August 2022

Central East PTTC

• LGBTQ Youth Tobacco Prevention: COVID-19 and Lung Vulnerability, December 2020. 

New England PTTC

• Resource Page: October is National Youth Substance Use Prevention Month, October 2021

National Hispanic and Latino PTTC 

• Fact Sheet: Prevention Tools for Latino Families During COVID-19, May 2020