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FSC Manuals
Family Support
Center has published several manuals to help educators,
parents, and youth address some of the most important
challenges facing families today. In addition to our manuals,
Family Support Center also publishes a newsletter with
articles on a host of topics, from entertaining activities for
parents and youth, to family crisis management, to news and
events in participating FSC schools. To see excerpts from our
publications, see Items of
Interest. To order printed materials from Family Support
Center, call 301 718-2467.
The following
manuals are available for purchase:
A Parent's Guide
For the Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use
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Parents are the
primary educators of their children. The information in this
publication may help parents prepare their children to make
good decisions in the many difficult situations they are
likely to face during their teenage years. This publication
serves as a handy reference for parents with guidelines on
handling substance use and abuse and adolescents. Contents
of the Guide:
- Elementary, Middle and
High School Concerns
- The Adolescent Brain
- Why and Why Not
- The Negative Effects of
Substance Abuse...Help
- Signs and Symptoms...
Communication
- Parties and the Social
Scene
- Resources... Drug Chart
and Pictures
- Legal Consequences
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Meeting
the Challenge of Child Abuse
$15.00 plus postage |
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All school staff
need to understand the basic issues and procedures involved
in child abuse, neglect and sexual harassment issues. Each
incident of abuse or harassment has unique characteristics
that require a complex series of decisions and actions. This
manual provides guidelines to serve as an anchor and
reference point for those decisions and actions. The manual
provides school personnel with a practical understanding of
the laws and guidelines for implementing them. Contents of
the Manual:
- Background on Child Abuse,
Neglect, and Harassment
- Overview on Schools and
Intervention
- Definitions and Indicators
- Physical Abuse
- Neglect/Emotional
Maltreatment
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Harassment
- Abuse Indicators in
General
- Reporting Laws
- Talking to a Child about
Possible Abuse
- The School Protocol
- Communicating with Parents
- Follow-Up
- Prevention Efforts
- Continuing Issues in
Follow-Up and Prevention
- Dealing with Staff
Members' Personal Reactions
- Resources
A workshop for school staff
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Parenting
Education Resources Serving Montgomery County, Maryland
Postage only |
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This manual was
published in partnership with the Montgomery County
Department of Health and Human Services, the Montgomery
County Collaboration Council for children, Youth and
Families, the Governor's Office of Crime Control and
Prevention, and parents as the Anti-Drug. Studies show that
parents play an important role in helping to prevent problem
behaviors of adolescence such as use and abuse of alcohol,
tobacco, and other drugs, teen pregnancy, poor school
performance, violence, and juvenile delinquency. Parents can
be more effectual by becoming aware of effective strategies
and programs in order to set clear standards for their
children and furnish on-going support and guidance. Contents
of the Manual:
- Selecting Parenting
Programs
- Montgomery County
Parenting Classes & Resources
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