The Dave Horger Report

Check out our program mentioned twice on The Dave Horger Report:

Dave Horger Report Oct. 27, 2011 - Radio segment about the Wood County prescription take-back that aired on the Dave Horger Report Oct. 27, 2011
Dave Horger Report 10/21/11 - Radio segment about Red Ribbon Week Kickoff that aired on the Dave Horger Report Oct. 21, 2011

Vote for our Teen Institute PSA!!

You can now show your support for Wood County Teen Institute by voting for our Public Service Announcement! 

On Saturday, Sept. 24, 63 Wood County students attended the Teen Institute annual leadership retreat and learned about public service announcements (PSA) and then produced their own to enter into an Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) PSA contest.

One of the seven PSAs that were produced - affectionately known in the office as "The Shufflin' Video" - was entered into the ODADAS PSA contest.

 You can now vote for that video on the ODADAS Facebook page. Simply scroll down until you find the video titled "Entry for the Youth PSA Contest submitted by the Wood County TI," and "Like" the video. If you do that, you have voted!! You don't even have to have a Facebook account to vote!

Share this information with your friends and tell them to vote as well.

The contest winner - a.k.a. the PSA with the most "likes" - will be announced and recognized at the 2011 Ohio Prevention and Education Conference (OPEC), which will be held Nov. 15-17 in Dublin, OH. If chosen, our group will work with the ODADAS Office of Communications to potentially have the winning PSA aired in their local market. It also will be featured on the ODADAS Web site, Facebook and YouTube pages.

Now get out there and vote!! Thanks for your support.

Retreat leads to creation of public service announcements

Wood County Teen Institute members at the Sept. 24 retreat at Splash Bay in Maumee, OH

Teens often express their concern and worry regarding peers and drug abuse. Recent statistics tell us that one in five teens abuse prescription drugs.

On Saturday, Sept. 24, Wood County teens took action to make a difference. Sixty-three Wood County students attended the Teen Institute annual leadership retreat and learned about public service announcements (PSA) and then produced their own to enter into an Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) PSA contest.

Schools that were represented at the retreat included Bowling Green, Eastwood, Elmwood, Lake, North Baltimore, Otsego, Penta, Perrysburg and Rossford. Students also were introduced to prevention strategies that will be useful for the 2011-2012 school year. 

The students left the retreat energized, creative, and compelled to be role models and agents of change.Seven PSAs were created during the retreat. The winning video from those seven can be seen online at http://youtu.be/PwjSaOWeH0o

Once all of the video have been submitted statewide, we all will have an opportunity to vote for our favorite video. We will post details on how to vote on our Twitter account at http://twitter.com/#!/WCESCPrevention

The winner will be announced and recognized at the 2011 Ohio Prevention and Education Conference (OPEC), which will be held Nov. 15-17 in Dublin, OH. If chosen, our group will work with the ODADAS Office of Communications to potentially have the winning PSA aired in their local market. It also will be featured on the ODADAS Web site, Facebook and YouTube pages.

Play groups and The Incredible Years class offered

Parenting can be tough. So can being a kid.

The Children's Resource Center, Bowling Green, is offering The Incredible Years training beginning in September.

At the Incredible Years parent training, parents of children ages 3 to 8 will learn how to:

• Increase children's self-esteem and self-confidence. 
• Strengthen children's social skills 
• Discipline effectively 
• Boost academic success.

Also beginning in September, CRC will offer Parent-Child play groups.

These events will occur Thursday mornings Sept. 1 through Oct. 20, from 10-11:30 a.m. at CRC. It is intended for children ages 18 months to 4 years, and for their parents/guardians.

There, participants will:

• Make friends with other families
• Share experiences and ideas
• Learn how your child grows and develops
• Enjoy activities and play that is designed to promote your child's development
• Nutritious snacks will be provided

For more information, or to register for either program, contact Kristin Nagel at Children's Resource Center at (419) 352-7588 or 1-888-466-KIDS.

Parent Project starts Sept. 20

Most of us in the field, working with high-risk youth know that parent involvement is the key to behavior change with difficult, behaviorally disordered adolescents. Yet, effectively educating parents in basic behavioral strategies is time consuming and repetitive. The Parent Project® is a parent training program designed for parents of strong-willed adolescents (those sometimes referred to as oppositional defiant, or conduct disorder). Since 2003, nearly 250 parents have attended Parent Project in Wood County and they report that there is important information for all  parents of teens.   

Topics include reducing family conflict and arguing, improving school performance and attendance, identifying and intervening with alcohol and other drug abuse, interceding with negative peer associations (including inappropriate dating relationships up to and including frank gang involvement) and helping parents to set effective applicable limits. Many parents attending Parent Project® have had difficulty identifying appropriate limits and enforcing consequences consistently. Parents who attend the Parent Project® are more likely to see their child’s attendance at school improve, and to require less school-based disciplinary resources as parents find powerful interventions at home with which to bring about change in their children. The motto of the Parent Project® is “Parents are the answer … when they have the tools they need.”

Presented in an educational format, parents are trained for a low fee of $20 for the accompanying 180-page workbook “A Parents’ Guide to Changing Destructive Adolescent Behavior.” There is no cost for the training itself. If the entire course is completed and the parent has attended all of the required sessions, the $20 fee will be refunded. Parents attend 18 hours of instruction for a cost of less than one session of private counseling.

The next session will be held Tuesday evenings from Sept. 20 through Nov. 22 at the Wood County Educational Service Center, 1867 N. Research Dr., Bowling Green. The first two classes will run from 6 to 9 p.m. The remainder of the classes run from at 6 to 8 p.m.

For more information or to register, contact Lorrie Lewandowski, Wood County Educational Service Center, 1867 N. Research Dr., Bowling Green, OH, 43402. Phone: 419-354-9010, ext. 113. E-mail: llewandowski@wcesc.org.

 

You also can find more information and register by visiting www.parentproject.com and click on “find a class in your area” in the top right-hand corner.

The local Parent Project program was featured in a radio news segment that was broadcast Jan. 27, 2010 on the Morning Show hosted by Dave Horger on WBGU 88.1 FM. Listen to the segment on BG Gizmo by clicking here.

Registration will be limited to the first 30 people responding.

Wood County youth gather join others for statewide leadership training

Fifteen Wood County High School Students representing gathered at Kenyon College in Gambier, OH last week with teens from across Ohio. The training, held July 17-21, was part of Ohio Teen Institute, a leadership training program that focuses on development of resistance skills to peer pressure and drug and alcohol abuse.

Student leaders in Wood County meet several times per year to be trained, to train others in these leadership strategies, and to show them ways to have a good time without bringing drugs and alcohol into the picture. Each summer, key student leaders gather at Kenyon College to re-energize, learn more, and prepare for the upcoming year.

Surveys returned by Wood County students after the retreat reported the training made them a better leader.

The majority of students also reported that they would use what they learned to help recruit new members to Teen Institute and help spread the group’s message in their schools.

Students who attended were:

Bowling Green:

Emily Drake

Eastwood:

Carli Kehres

Lake:

Kandie King

Karris Pugh

Daniel Ingle

Breanna Reardon

Amber Studyvin

North Baltimore:

Becka Adkins

Ashley Baisden

Ashlee Quantic

Tessa Reinman

Northwood:

Andrea Howard

Penta:

Jeremy TenEyck

Dustin Bolton

Perrysburg:

Ali Kopp

Additionally, the following students were chosen to serve as youth staff at the Teen Institute event:

Bridget Cushard (Bowling Green High School graduate)
Kaylyn Haynes (Lake High School)

Jeanine Lindquist, a prevention specialist with the Wood County Educational Service Center’s School & Community-Based ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug) Prevention Program served as adult staff at the state retreat.

Registration fees for participants were paid by ODADAS (Ohio Department of Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services) and by the Wood County Educational Service Center through a grant from the Wood County ADAMHS (Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services) Board.

Lots of online changes and updates

Hi all!!!

We recently underwent some major updates and changes in our online presence.

Find all of our links at about.me/WCESCPrevention.

Also, we have temporarily moved the School and Community-Based ATOD Prevention main site to http://wcescprevention.freehostingcloud.com/index.html#

The most exciting part is that the 2011/2012 Wood County Prevention Coalition Resource Guide is finally (FINALLY!!!!) online. This year's guide marks a huge step forward for the coalition. Not only can you download the PDF version of the guide, but you can also search out what you need in the interactive online version. Be sure to check it out at http://wcescprevention.freehostingcloud.com/Resources11-12.html.

If you prefer a printed version, please call Lorrie Lewandowski or Greg Van Vorhis at the Wood County Educational Service Center at (419) 354-9010.

If you have any ideas on how we might be able to improve our online presence even more, please let us know!!