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Webinar

Opioids, Drug-Related Emergencies, and Substance Abuse Prevention Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Department of Education, 2020

This recorded webinar provides an overview of opioids and school safety. It includes information on adolescent substance use, school-based prevention and intervention methods, how schools can plan for opioid overdoses and other drug-related emergencies, and resources to help prevent and reduce youth drug and substance use.

Guidance

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

Department of Education, and Department of Justice, 2021

This guide offers information that can help parents raise children who understand the risks of substance use. It includes an overview of substance use among children, youth, and young adults; risk factors and protective factors; suggestions for how to talk to young people about drugs; and tips on what to do if parents suspect their child is using substances.

Report

The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Substance Abuse and Related Behavioral Health Problems

Department of Health and Human Services

This report provides an overview to parents, teachers, and health practitioners on the role of adverse childhood responses in substance use and related behavioral health problems.

Podcast

#REMSontheAir Podcast: Opioids, Drug-Related Emergencies, and Substance Abuse Prevention Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Department of Education, 2020

This podcast episode discusses the integration of Opioid Overdose Prevention Annexes into school emergency operations plans. It describes school-based prevention and intervention methods and provides an overview of the presence of opioids in schools.

Program

Know2Protect

Department of Homeland Security

This campaign educates and empowers young people, parents, and trusted adults on ways to prevent and combat exploitation and abuse both on and offline; explains how to report incidents of these crimes; and offers support resources for victims and survivors of online child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Guidance

Guidance To States And School Systems On Addressing Mental Health And Substance Use Issues In Schools

Department of Health and Human Services, July 2019

This guidance provides the public, including states, schools, and school systems, with information about addressing mental health and substance use issues in schools.

Webpage

Bullying Prevention: Resources for Families and Educators

Third Party

This webpage provides resources for families and educators on bullying prevention. It includes resources to help schools and communities prevent bullying and cyberbullying; identify and address bullying behaviors; respond to bullying and youth suicide; and create safe and supportive schools that are free from bullying, discrimination, harassment, aggression, violence, and abuse.

Fact Sheet

Talking with Your Teen About Vaping

Department of Health and Human Services, 2020

This brochure details the risks associated with vaping and the importance of having conversations with children and adolescents to help them avoid substance use.

Guidance

Keeping Youth Drug Free

Department of Health and Human Services, 2020

This guide offers advice for parents on how to prevent youth substance use. It includes facts about substances and tips for establishing and maintaining good communication with children and adolescents.

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: Study of State Policies to Prohibit Aiding and Abetting Sexual Misconduct in Schools

Department of Education, 2022

This fact sheet provides an overview of the laws and policies that states have enacted to prohibit aiding and abetting sexual misconduct in schools. It also includes examples of laws from states that could help to implement prohibitions on aiding and abetting sexual abuse and misconduct in schools.