Portions of this information have been reprinted with permission from OSA Maine Office of Substance Abuse, “Your Teen and Alcohol-Do You Really Know?” funded through the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention.  Local statistics were compiled through the 2004 Michigan Alcohol and Other Drugs School Survey.  The survey was conducted through The Kercher Center for Social Research at Western Michigan University. Other local data was compiled from the 2003 Community Readiness Survey: One Size Does Not Fit All, Results from Western Upper Peninsula, Michigan. This survey was prepared by the Minnesota Institute of Public Health and funded by the Western Upper Peninsula Substance Abuse Coordinating Agency.

Strengthening Families Program
For Middle School Students & their Parents
January 12 - February 23, 2006
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Parenting Wisely Program
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• Copper Country Alcohol Facts
• Monitoring
• Talking With Your Teen
• Signs To Watch For
• Impacts of Alcohol On Your Teen
• Self-Assessment
• Michigan Law
• Assets
• Recognizing Mental Health Problems in Children (PDF Format)
• Children's Depression Checklist (PDF Format)
• Youth, Depression & Substance Use (PDF Format)
• Signs of Depression Checklist (PDF Format)
• Child and Adolescent Suicide (PDF Format)