CANNABIS SUPPORTS

ALCOHOL SUPPORTS

OPIOID SUPPORTS

VAPING RESOURCES

COPING SKILLS & DEVELOPMENT

One way to help your child from a young age prevent future substance use is helping them develop healthy coping strategies. Exploring, practicing, modeling, and utilizing these skills in their daily life helps prepare them for utilization in their future. Practicing and using healthy coping skills now can help improve your child’s brain functioning and reduce  their risk of not only addiction to substances, but improve their mental health.

Below is a brief list and links of healthy strategies you can help develop in your child.

MTV How We Cope

Social Media and Substance Use: Understanding a Teens World 

Webster Health and Education Network: 12 Things You Can do to Prevent Addiction

Natural High Parent Resources

SAMSHA Talk They Hear You

Center for Parent and Teen Communication

Refusal Skills

Building Resilience

Cultivate Hope

The Power of Relationships

Virtual Calming Room – Sounds and Music

Virtual Calming Room – Guided Meditation

Virtual Calming Room Visual Relaxation

Virtual Calming Room Mindfulness

Virtual Calming Room Live Animal Cameras

Virtual Calming Room Virtual Tours

Virtual Calming Room Puzzles and Games

Virtual Calming Room Coloring and Creativity

Virtual Calming Room Exercise

Virtual Calming Room Yoga

Virtual Calming Room Healthy Cooking

Virtual Calming Room Helpful Smartphone Apps

Virtual Calming Room Hotlines and Text lines