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Web Resources

These links will take you to the resource pages of Forum coalitions:

bullet Positive youth development

bullet Early childhood

bullet Media literacy

bullet Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use prevention and intervention

bullet Adolescent pregnancy prevention and resources for teen parents

bullet Coalition-building and strategic planning

 

  

Parents

Statistics

ParentsEmpowered.org

Terrific website w/ up-to-date research on prevention and parenting

 

SAMHSA’s Family Guide

Tips on successful parenting strategies at various ages and stages.

 

Parenting Teens Online

An interactive, monthly e-magazine for parents of teenagers

 

MVParents.com 

Search Institute's research-based resource for parents with tips, ideas, and strategies for raising smart, strong, responsible kids

 

Common Sense:  Strategies for Raising Alcohol- and Drug-Free Children

National PTA website for parents

 

Parents:  The Anti-Drug

Drug info, signs of use, tips for parents.

 

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

For parents of kids 3-17.  The hard-copy, available through the Forum, has a useful, simple section on specific drugs and their effects.

 

Keeping Your Kids Drug-Free

A how-to guide from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National PTA.

 

2006 MT Prevention Needs Assessment 
County-by-county and state data about risk behaviors and risk and protective factors.  (The data can usually be found on pp. 18-19 of the County or State profiles.)

2007 MT Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Montana Kids Count
Annie E. Casey Foundation site tracks state-by-state and national indicators of child well-being (including birth weight, teen birth rate, mortality rates, poverty rates, dropout rates, etc).

Child Trends DataBank 
Tracks national indicators of child and youth well-being (including multiple indicators of social and emotional development; income, assets, and work; education and skills; demographics; and relationships).

 

Other Resources

Connect For Kids

"Information and tools to help visitors learn about issues affecting children, families, and communities and to take action to improve policies and programs, and, ultimately, the fabric of our nation as a whole." CFK is managed by the Forum for Youth Investment.

KidsHealth.org

Stop Bullying Now Toolkit

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

Institute for Community Peace

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 
 
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