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15th annual Teach-In for Pinellas County Schools November 19, 2008
The15th annual Progress Energy Great American Teach-In Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Pinellas County Schools, is the contribution of the thousands of volunteers who visit the schools that day to share a piece of their lives with students.
Progress Energy Florida has sponsored the Teach-In in Pinellas since the inaugural year, providing printed materials, promotional activities and enthusiastic support. The Teach-In introduces students to career options they might never have considered, hobbies they might never have discovered and activities they might never have experienced. Students learn from professionals, trades people, parents, community members and other students. The annual event benefits the students and the volunteers alike.
In addition to elementary, middle and high schools, there also are dropout-prevention programs, exceptional education schools and an alternative school that would love to have more speakers. Prospective participants unable to attend during traditional school hours might consider the technical education centers or community schools.
Brochures with registration forms are available in all schools and at the administration building in Largo. Online is possible by visiting www.pcsb.org Registration forms may be returned to any Pinellas County public school or mailed to Kay Masters, Pinellas County Schools, P.O. Box 2942, Largo, FL 33779-2942. The registration deadline is Nov. 12.
Those wishing more information may call the Teach-In coordinator at any public school or Kay Masters, 588-6000, ext. 1951, or e-mail mastersk@pcsb.org.
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Street Alert
Easy Access:
The Abuse of Legal Drugs
A Free, Public Domain Satellite TV/Webcast Program
Thursday, 20 November 2008; 1:00-2:00 PM ET
12:00-1:00 PM CT; 11:00 AM-12:00 PM MT;
10:00-11:00 AM PT
Some of the biggest drug threats out there are right in your own home. While use of illicit drugs is declining, abuse of prescription and over-the-counter medications is on the rise. They're easy to get and unfortunately, simple for people to share. Any kind of prescription drug can be abused, and interactions and overdoses can be deadly.
During this hour-long CADCA-TV broadcast called Easy Access: The Abuse of Legal Drugs, learn what one community is doing to help fight the problem of prescription drug abuse using a school curriculum and other tools. Also, hear what people representing the pharmaceutical and over-the-counter industries are saying about what the companies they represent are doing to combat the problem of prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn what one community is doing to help fight the problem of prescription drug abuse
- Hear what people representing the pharmaceutical and over-the-counter industries are saying
- Find out what kinds of drugs are being abuse and who is abusing them
- See how you can take simple steps to protect the people you care about
Target Audience: Primary target audiences for this program will include CADCA Coalition leaders, concerned parents, law enforcement officials, drug prevention specialists, Drug-Free Communities Act grantees, administrators, school drug counselors, high school athletic officials, treatment providers, drug court members, policy makers, business leaders, coalition volunteers, drug demand reduction coordinators, criminal justice professionals, members of the religious community and other community partners who may be interested. This program is also suitable for Public Access television distribution.
Availability: This no cost, commercial-free, public domain broadcast will be available on C-Band Analog satellite TV downlinks still found at many schools, libraries, hospitals, colleges and other organizations. (These are those 1st generation, big, ugly satellite dishes) Other private and public satellite networks may also carry the program, check with your satellite provider. (Note: This program will not be available on small digital dish networks such as DirecTV or Dish systems.) A live and achieved webcast version of the program will be also available for those without satellite access.
Registration: All new and returning sites must register for this program to receive the necessary satellite coordinates (C-Band analog only –NO KU) and/or Webcast Instructions and Site Materials/References (as available.) Sites may register at:
Easy Access Program Registration or http://www.dlnets.com/MCTFT2nd.htm
or by calling Ed Kronholm’s Office, the Satellite/Webcast Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.
This broadcast is produced in partnership between theMultijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training Program(MCTFT)at St. Petersburg College and theCommunity Anti-Drug Coalitions of America(CADCA).
Just the Facts
The LiveFree! Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Pinellas County and Operation PAR Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center staff are facilitating a Last Drink Survey with youth who are admitted at the Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center. The surveys are being conducted from 3:00 to 11:00 pm Monday-Thursday and 7:00 am to 3:00 pm Sunday-Saturday. The purpose of the Last Drink Survey is to bridge existing gaps in data collection and expand LiveFree!’s knowledge of how youth are gaining access to alcohol along with the correlation between alcohol and youth related crimes. With data collected, coalition and community members will work together to discover avenues to reduce youth crime influenced by alcohol. Below are results from two of the questions from the survey:
Question: Where was the last place you had or purchased a drink?
Question: Has someone 21 or older ever purchased alcohol for you?
Youth Surveyed at PJAC Reported Someone 21 or Over Had Purchased Them Alcohol
Parenting Tips
Look forward to the upcoming BE THE WALL campaign geared towards parents in your community! Be the Wall is a statewide social marketing campaign sponsored by the Florida Governor’s Office of Drug Control, Florida Department of Children and Families and the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant.
Check out www.BetheWall.org for more information.
Clearinghouse Corner
Get
the latest and greatest info about drug use on top of what LiveFree!
provides from the following resources:
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
Builds
and strengthens the capacity of community coalitions to create safe,
healthy and drug-free communities.
Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center
The Marin Institute
An
alcohol industry watchdog and a resource for solutions to community
alcohol problems.
Juvenile Welfare Board
Provides technical assistance and information to JWB funded agencies,
JWB staff, and all Pinellas County residents.
LiveFree! Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Pinellas County
Substance Abuse &
Mental Health Services Administration
Navigating the Teen Years
A Parent’s Handbook For Raising Healthy Teens
The
Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking
Florida Higher
Education
Alliance for Substance
Abuse Prevention
Sexual Violence Prevention Program
Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free
Make a Difference- Talk to your Child about
Alcohol
pamphlet
Parents- The Anti Drug
Tips for Parents on Keeping Children Drug Free
pamphlet
Family Guide: Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug Free
STOP
Underage Drinking
portal of government resources website
Tampa Alcohol Coalition
Hillsborough County Anti Drug Alliance
College Drinking- Changing the Culture
2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc.
JWB Children Services Council of Pinellas County
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