Drug Prevention Power Hour: Empowering Leaders in Youth Drug Prevention

When your teenager is struggling with their mental health, it’s hard to know where to go. Who can I ask for help? What’s the next move? This is the problem that Jeff Zawadsky faced first hand, and when he started meeting more parents of struggling teens, Shine Together was born. Learn about a tool that can help you find resources and services in your area, see reviews, and even connect with other parents and coaches who can support you in your journey. Enjoy this episode of Party Talk, where we empower leaders in youth drug prevention with today’s guest Jeff Zawadsky!

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Jessica Fowler has worked in our space for 13 years, first in treatment and now in community prevention. She has a masters degree in professional counseling and does prevention for substance use and suicide for 2 counties in North Carolina. In this episode we talk all about her work and some new topics like photo voice projects and mental health first aid. I hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Party Talk with Jessica Fowler!

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Jeff Johnston has created an app to help assess youth mental health and give practical tools for wellness. As a husband and father, he lost his wife and son to substances and became an advocate for saving young lives through positive mental wellness. Check out this episode of Party Talk to hear more about his app and see if it’s something you can use with students in your community!

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Jake and Marco continue the conversation by diving into storytelling to get grants and funding, building positive culture at their youth programs, and training student leaders. He also talks about how their summer conference brings new students into the program every year and builds excitement for students and their parents. Enjoy!

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Most of us didn’t plan to be in the prevention field… but Marco’s story is a little different. His passion started extremely early and after 3 decades in the field, he’s the Program Director of a robust organization that has hundreds of students involved in their youth coalition. If that wasn’t enough, he’s serving on the Idaho State Legislature to advocate for education, public and behavioral health, mental health promotion, and drug and alcohol treatment and prevention. We talk about everything from bringing on a lobbyist to help you, peer-led prevention, moving from federal to state funding sources, and finding out the ROI of your prevention efforts to increase sustainability. I hope you enjoy this episode of Party Talk, where we empower leaders in youth drug prevention (that’s you)!

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Dr. Crystal Collier is a psychotherapist who works with youth and families at their most vulnerable moments. She specializes in preventing high-risk behavior in students and has even authored “The NeuroWhereabouts Guide,” a book that gives actionable talking points to share brain-based, social-emotional, prevention skills with youth. In this interview you’ll see how she correlates high risk behaviors with their effect on the brain. More importantly, she gives us some tools to help deter them in our own schools and families. Enjoy this episode of Party Talk, where we empower leaders in youth drug prevention!

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Kristina and Robert serve as a resource to coalitions in Ohio through their organization, One Eighty. In this episode of Party Talk we talk about facilitating a youth survey in the schools, getting community organizations and parents involved, building awareness, and of course engaging young people in our field. Enjoy this episode of Party Talk where we empower leaders in youth drug prevention!

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How does something from 1999 spark a prevention group that still changing lives today? Check out this episode of Party Talk where Joe Tracey shares about Youth4Youth and the WOW Coalition in Buckeye, Arizona. His students are creating campaigns, presentations and programming to impact their community and make it a better place. Get inspired with ideas that you can take to your prevention club on this episode. Enjoy!

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You guessed it! Emily White is the wife of our host Jake White and an incredible leader who has developed high school and college students for nearly 10 years. Her experience building teams for Residence Life for 7 of those has given her a unique perspective and mind-blowing insights for those trying to build a fun, impactful and effective youth prevention club for their coalition or school. Our youth prevention movement, Vive18, has benefitted from Emily's insights since the beginning and now you get to learn from her on today's special episode of Party Talk, where we empower leaders in youth drug prevention! Enjoy!

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Jake White is one of the leading youth speakers on drug prevention and alcohol education and he’s letting you behind the curtain so you can stretch your budget further! In this episode of Party Talk, he shares 10 tips and strategies that you can use to save money when hiring someone to come work with your community. This episode could be worth hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to your organization. Enjoy!

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