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August
2011 Start
of the School Year 'News
of Hope'
This
school year, we
celebrate the 20th
Anniversary for LEGACY
OF HOPE®
in schools across the US
and Canada. Susie
has shared LEGACY
OF HOPE® with
well over a million
youth and adults in 48
states and several
countries over the
last 20 years.
Equally important are
the 30,000 teens
who have met with Susie
and peers after
assemblies. These
teens have found real
HOPE, identifying with
Susie, with peers and
learning that abuse
and/or neglect in
their homes is not
their fault; They
now have choices!
Much reward has come
from meeting and working
with some of the most
compassionate, sincere,
conscious and caring
people on the planet -
school counselors,
teachers,
administrators, law
enforcement officers,
therapists,
psychologists, substance
abuse counselors,
parents - YOU!
Thank You for the heart
and soul you give to
youth and families.
May you always be
blessed for your gift of HOPE through
your own sphere of
influence!
HOWEVER, our work is not
done!
Our country is finally
awakening to the
reality that substance
abuse is as serious a
health issue in America
as obesity. It's taken a
long time for our
society to see this.
This is an opportune
time to invest in
PREVENTION, EDUCATION,
and teaching HEALTHY
EMOTIONAL COPING SKILLS.
Make this the year to
commit to messages that
create awareness and
HOPE, instill
character and teach
esteem-building skills.
Pictured
above:
Our products have
expanded! See
below. . . MUST-SEE
website www.StoryofChester.com
(and
don't miss the Demo
Video link!)
AUGUST "New
School Year"
NEWSLETTER CONTENT
•
Drug Abuse Equal
to Childhood
Obesity as Top Youth
Health Concern
• Childswork.com
hires Susie as new
blogger on youth issues:
http://childswork.com/blog/2011/08/middle-school-%e2%80%93-an-important-time-to-teach
empathy-and-compassion/
•
How
well is your Child
Developing Socially and
Emotionally?
• Concerns
about College
Youth:
*
Study Shows Significant
Blackout Concerns
re:College Drinkers
* Emphasizing
Downside of Drinking
Doesn’t Persuade
College Students
Access
13 years of newsletter
articles on our website!
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October,
2011:
Sept.
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National
Poll
Shows:
Drug
Abuse
Ties
Childhood
Obesity
as
Top
Health
Concern
Aug
18,
2011
This
week,
the
University
of
Michigan
C.S.
Mott
Children’s
Hospital
released
the
results
of
its
5th
annual
national
poll,
in
which
Americans
rated
drug
abuse
and
childhood
obesity
as
the
top
health
concerns
for
our
nation’s
youth.
“With
drug
use
increasing
by
9
percent
in
one
year,
it’s
only
natural
that
Americans
are
now
waking
up
to
the
fact
that
this
is
a
major
public
health
concern
that
requires
our
immediate
attention.
We’ve
always
believed
that
substance
abuse
can
and
does
have
a
major
impact
on
children
and
youth,
but
this
new
survey
confirms
that
it’s
now
on
the
radar
screen
of
average
Americans,
said
CADCA
Chairman
and
CEO,
Gen.
Arthur
T.
Dean,
in
a
media
statement.
“This
shift
in
perception
is
consistent
with
the
findings
of
various
national
surveys
showing
a
rise
in
overall
drug
use
among
those
12
and
older,
and
in
marijuana
use
among
12-
to
17-year-olds.
I
hope
this
sends
a
message
to
our
nation’s
lawmakers
that
preventing
and
reducing
drug
abuse
must
continue
to
be
a
top
national
priority.”
The
poll
asked
adults
to
rate
23
different
health
concerns
for
kids
in
our
communities,
ranging
from
drug
abuse,
alcohol
abuse
and
smoking
to
bullying,
internet
safety
and
teen
pregnancy.
One-third
of
adults
(33
percent)
rated
drug
abuse
as
“a
big
problem”
for
kids,
making
it
the
number
one
health
concern
along
with
childhood
obesity.
Among
the
other
concerns
that
ranked
in
the
top
ten
were
smoking
and
tobacco
use
(25
percent),
teen
pregnancy
(24
percent)
and
alcohol
abuse
(20
percent).
Your
parents
are
concerned.
Don't
wait
for
a
traumatic
incident
with
students
from
alcohol
or
drug
abuse.
Be
proactive
and
provide
powerful
prevention
awareness
that
creates
parental,
administrative,
and
community
support
for
programs
in
YOUR
SCHOOL
or
DISTRICT.
Let
us
help
-
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us
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BUTTERFLY
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Life
Science available
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schools/districts
to
celebrate
our
20th
Anniversary year!
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us immediately!
800-707-1977
susie@legacyofhope.com
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How
well
is
your
Child
Developing
Socially
and
Emotionally?
Ever
wonder
if
your
child
or
student
is
developing
socially
and
emotionally
as
expected
for
their
age?
Here
is
an
excellent
website
and
set
of
free
downloadable
pamphlets
to
guide
parents
in
what
is
a
reasonable
expectation
from
birth
through
high
school.
It
can
help
to
know
when
your
child
needs
extra
help
and
when
to
let
them
be
as
they
are.
Check
out
the
online
pamphlets
below
as
well
as
other
resources
at:
http://casel.org/in-schools/tools-for-families/
Life
Education
Committee
of
Kankakeeand
IroquoisCounties(2008). Snapshots
of
your
child’s
social
and
emotional
well-being.
Pamphlets
cover
different
age
ranges/grades
and
provide
parents
with
information
on
what
to
expect
from
children
socially
and
emotionally
at
different
developmental
stages,
and
some
basic
ways
to
promote
social
and
emotional
well-being
in
their
children.
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- it is
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* School
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thru 12 & meeting
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assemblies.
*
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In-Service
*
Educational
Parent
Awareness/Community
Ed
Program
*
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Keynote
-
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*
Community
Anti-Drug
Coalition
Events -
hits to
the core
of the
issues
Contact
us at LEGACY
OF HOPE®to
help...
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Study
Shows
Significant
Blackout
Concerns
re:College
Drinkers
Jul
21, 2011
CADCA - http://www.cadca.org/resources/detail/study-recommends-better-screening-college-drinkers-alcohol-induced-blackouts
New
research from
Northwestern
University
Medicine shows
that 50 percent
of college
drinkers report
at least one
alcohol-induced
memory blackout
in the past year
during a
drinking binge.
Despite being
fully conscious
during such
blackouts,
students could
not recall
specific events,
such as how they
got to a bar,
party or their
own front door.
The study found
college drinkers
who reported
alcohol-induced
memory loss are
at a higher risk
of
alcohol-related
injuries in the
next 24 months
"The study
offers a major
warning to
student
drinkers: if you
blackout, you
need to cut back
on your drinking
because the next
time it happens
you could be
driving a car or
walking on a
bridge and
something bad
could happen … This
study shows that
these blackouts
are strong
predictors of
future
alcohol-related
injuries,"
Michael Fleming,
M.D., co-author
of the study.
Male students in
the study
reported
drinking at
least 50
alcoholic drinks
and female
students at
least 40
alcoholic drinks
in the past 28
days. The men
drank more than
five drinks and
the women drank
more than four
during
heavy-drinking
episodes.
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Emphasizing
Downside
of
Drinking
Doesn’t
Persuade
College
Students,
Experts
Say
By
Join
Together
Staff
| August
22, 2011
Trying
to
convince
college
students
not to
drink by
emphasizing
the
downside
of
excessive
drinking
is
ineffective,
say
researchers
who
recently
presented
their
findings
at the
American
Psychological
Association
Annual
Meeting.
When
researchers
used
Breathalyzers
to show
college
students
their
blood
alcohol
content,
it had
the
opposite
of the
intended
effect,
encouraging
them to
drink
more,
said E.
Scott
Geller,
Director
of the
Center
for
Applied
Behavior
Systems
at
Virginia
Tech.
“We
thought
if we
could
demonstrate
to
students
that
their
performance
deteriorated
under
alcohol,
they
would be
convinced
that
their
alcohol
consumption
has put
them at
risk,”
Geller
told USA
Today.
“Knowing
that one
is
impaired,
physically
and even
emotionally,
did not
seem to
reduce
alcohol
consumption.”
According
to Laina
Bay-Cheng
of the
University
at
Buffalo-State
University
of New
York,
who also
presented
a study
at the
meeting,
students
told her
that
alcohol
is
appealing
because
they see
it as
“liquid
courage.”
Drinking
gives
students
an
excuse
to do
things
they
normally
wouldn’t,
she
says.
Close
to 40
percent
of
college
students
in the
United
States
engage
in binge
drinking
and that
number
has
remained
virtually
unchanged
for
decades.
Almost
2,000
college
students
in the
U.S. die
each
year
from
alcohol-related
injuries.
An
estimated
600,000
students
are
injured
while
under
the
influence,
according
to the
National
Institute
on
Alcohol
Abuse
and
Alcoholism.
LEGACY
Note:
Perhaps
the most
difficult
age
group to
impact
with
alcohol
prevention is
college-aged
youth.
There
are
those
that
don't
drink,
but a
large
proportion
are
enmeshed
in a
culture
of
"partying."
Many
college
students
appear
to feel
entitled
to drink
to
whatever
degree
they
choose
since
they are
now free
to make
their
own
decisions
without
the
scrutiny
of
parents.
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