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PARENT
EDUCATION ON ADDICTIONS
AND KIDS (PEAK)
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| Parent Education on Addiction and Kids (P.E.A.K.) is a 6-week long program of information and education evenings designed to heighten awareness substance abuse, dependency, and family recovery. The series is aimed at parents and others who are concerned about a teen(s) who may be abusing alcohol and / or drugs. | |
| Having worked with chemically families in Ottawa- Carleton since 1979, the Rideauwood Teen and Parent Program has found that a strong educational base of knowledge, focused on substance abuse and family life, can often motivate families to insight and action. Foremost in the minds of most parents are " How do we know?", "Where do we go?", and "What can we do?" | |
| It is with these questions in mind that Rideauwood Teen and Parent Program has developed the P.E.A.K. Program: to urge parents to look beneath the surface of what may be happening in their family. | |
| The six week evening group series focuses on key facets of families and chemical dependency. | |
| We attempt to: | |
| . Educate families about the substance use/abuse/addiction processes, and recovery involves. | |
| Myths and facts about substance abuse and addiction are explored, as well as "normal" adolescent development. | |
| . Describe the progression of chemical abuse to dependency in teens (as opposed to adults), as | |
| well as the signs and symptoms of substance abuse and the increasing effects on the family. | |
| . Explain resistance, fear ( or "denial" ) what prevents families from seeing substance abuse? How? | |
| am I affected? How do I affect others? | |
| . Describe the behaviours that families use to show their concern and how this feels for the family | |
| members. | |
| . Provide tools to help families deal with their and distress and get support for themselves. A | |
| discussion of the usefulness of 12 step and other self help and support programs (such as Naranon and Alanon) is also pursued. | |
| . Discern the difference between constructive parenting techniques and attitudes, and | |
| nonconstructive techniques and attitudes. Normal recovery hurdles and expectations are also explored. | |
| . Provide reasonable and practical tools that enable families to intervene on substance abuse and | |
| regain control of their lives. Appropriate strategizing for each family is seen as crucial. | |
| . Provide information about the various resources that deal with substance abuse and | |
| dependency in the Ottawa-Carleton area and elsewhere. | |
| . Provide clients in developing their own personal recovery plans. | |
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