SAMHSA Resources to Celebrate April, National Alcohol Awareness Month

This is a guest post by Lisa Frederiksen, author of Loved One In Treatment? Now What!

April is National Alcohol Awareness Month. SAMHSA — sponsor of this annual celebration — provides a wide-variety of materials that can be used to enhance your organization’s efforts. They are grouped by category and listed and linked below — thank you SAMHSA!

You may place your order online or by telephone at 1-877-SAMHSA-7 (726-4727), listing the materials you are requesting, the quantity desired, and your contact and shipping information.

Alcohol Material for Families and Educators

1.       What is Substance Abuse Treatment? A Booklet for Families http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA08-4126

2.       Surgeon General’s Call To Action To Prevent And Reduce Underage Drinking A Guide to Action for Educatorshttp://store.samhsa.gov/product/SGCTA-ED-07

3.       Faces of Change: Do I Have a Problem with Alcohol or Drugs? http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA08-4174

4.       2008 Town Hall Meetings: Mobilizing Communities to Prevent and Reduce Underage Alcohol Use Evaluation Report http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA09-4448

5.       Alcohol and Drug Addiction Happens in the Best of Families http://store.samhsa.gov/product/PHD1112

6.       Reach Out Now Kit: Poster/Teaching Guide with Bonus pages; Help Prevent Underage Alcohol Use Grades 5-6  http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA09-4406

7.       Too Smart to Start: Ready, Set, Listen Game DVD http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA09-4469

8.       Too Smart to Start: Ready, Set, Listen Game DVD Spanish Version http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA09-4470

9.       2008 Town Hall Meetings: Mobilizing Communities to Prevent and Reduce Underage Alcohol Use http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA09-4447

Alcohol Material for Teens

1.    Above the Influence posters http://store.samhsa.gov/product/ATI-3POS08

2.    It Feels So Bad http://store.samhsa.gov/product/PHD1111

3.    Underage Drinking: Myths vs. Facts http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA08-4299

4.    Stop IMPAIRED Driving, Useful youth resources and youth programs

Alcohol Material for Older Adults

1.    Aging, Medicines, and Alcohol (Based on TIP 26, Substance Abuse Among Older Adults) http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA08-3619

2.    Older Adults and Substance Use Disorders: A Guide to Recovery from Misuse, Dependency and Addiction Problems http://store.samhsa.gov/product/PHD1079

Alcohol Related Statistics

1.    NSDUH Report: Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use among American Indian or Alaska Native Youths (September 24, 2004) http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SR040

2.    Results from the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings (H-36) http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA09-4434

3.    NSDUH Report: Mother’s Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Among Youths (May 13, 2005) http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SR069

4.    NSDUH Report: Substance Use During Pregnancy: 2002 and 2003 Update (June 2, 2005) http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SR072

5.    The TEDS Report July 31,2008 Frequency of Use among Alcohol-Only Treatment Admissions:2006 http://store.samhsa.gov/product/TEDS08-0731

6.    The NSDUH Report January 5,2007: Substance Use in the 15 Largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 2002-2005 http://store.samhsa.gov/product/NSDUH07-0105

7.    Results from the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): National Findings http://store.samhsa.gov/product/BKOAS33

8.    State Estimates of Substance Use From 2004-2005 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (H-31) http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA07-4235

9.    The TEDS Report November 5, 2009: Female Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions aged 12 to 17 http://store.samhsa.gov/product/TEDS09-1105

FASD Material

1.    Partnership to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Public Education Program Manual http://store.samhsa.gov/product/MS957

2.    What You Need to Know: The Physical Effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA07-4255

3.    What You Need to Know: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Among Native Americans http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA06-4245

4.    What You Need to Know: FASD and Juvenile Justice: How Professionals Can Make A Difference http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA06-4240

5.    Alcohol Can Harm the Way Your Baby Learns and Behaves http://store.samhsa.gov/product/AV245

6.    What You Need to Know: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders By The Numbers http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA06-4236

7.    My Sibling Has a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Can I Catch it? http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA06-4247

8.    What You Need to Know: Effects of Alcohol On Women http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA06-4244

9.    What Do I Do? Helping Your Kids Understand Their Sibling’s Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA06-4246

10. What You Need to Know: Adopting and Fostering Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA07-4254

11. What You Need to Know: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: When Your Child Faces the Juvenile Justice System http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA06-4241

12. What You Need to Know: Preventing FASD: Healthy Women, Healthy Babies http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA07-4253

13. What You Need to Know: Effects of Alcohol on a Fetus http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA07-4275

14. What You Need to Know: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and the Criminal Justice System http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA06-4238

15. Be the Best Mom You Can Be (brochure) http://store.samhsa.gov/product/PH408

Lisa Frederiksen is a researcher, author, speaker and consultant. Her website is Breaking the Cycles.

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