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ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE SERVICES
Lynn Parsons, Editor
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES
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Tete. (913) 296-3925, KANS-A-N 561-3925
2700 West Sixth Street, Topeka, Kansas
66606
January 31, 1982
STATEWIDE PREVENTION NETWORK CONFERENCE, APRIL 19-20, 1982
Following the central theme "Encouraging Family Systems Toward Wellness," the
third annual conference will focus on parents/families and the Channel One
program. It will be held at the Holiday Inn West Holidome at 60.5 Fairlawn,
Topeka. Keynote speaker will be Chuck Dull of the Family Health Aid
Association for Lutherans, Appleton, Wisconsin. Instead of merely" talking
at" his audience, Chuck will involve participants in an experiential workshop,
"Identification of Wellness Characteristics in Families."
Other speakers/workshop leaders will include: Dr. Fred Streit, J?red Streit
Associates, Highland Park, New Jersey, who will deliver a luncheon address and
lead a small group session, "De-Energizing IHotl Family Issues Toward
Wellnessll; Vonneva Pettigrew, Parents and Youth Against Drug and Alcohol
Abuse, Washington, D.C., who will lead a small group session, "Parents
Organizing for Well ness," and deliver an address at the evening banquet; and
Tom Adams, PYRAMID, Lafayette, California, who will deliver the closing
address and meet with the Channel One young people. A conference feature will
be program showcases of parent programs which will include IIKids and Drugs,"
Ross Ramsey, Alcoholism Foundation of Manitoba; IIBuilding Bridges, Not Walls,"
V.C. League, Awareness House Training and Development Systems, Oakland,
California; Fred Streit I s IIFamily Prevention Workshops"; IIFamilieH... .Walking
Together,1I Tom Adams; and IIparents Are Responsible (PAR).II
Running concurrently, the young people involved in the eight ChannHl One sites
across the State will have their own mini-conference. During Tuesday
morningls general session, all participants will have an opportunity to hear
from the young people about what they are doing.
Monday night, the Kansas NAPP chapter is sponsoring a dance, fe:aturing the
winning NAB in the recent statewide competition. Other featured events will
be a Re-Creation Break, and a mile fun run Tuesday morning for the hardy.
The conference fee is $35, and CEUls for teachers, social workers, and
alcohol/drug counselors will be applied for. This yearls conference promises
to offer some new and interesting things. Look for }our brochure in the mail.
WHY BOTHER WITH PREVENTION?
There are probably as many reasons for prevention as there are techniques.
Following are just a few.
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Prevention can improve our general quality of life by promoting the health
and growth of individuals and by strengthening our communities and the
organizations or institutions in them. Keeping healthy pec)ple healthy
ease.s the burdens on costly treatment facilities. This is a community
responsibility.
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Prevention programs cost less for the whole community since they save
individuals, families, friends and workers~from the pain, suffering, lost
time and permanent problems that accompany chemical abuse, youth problems,
illness, etc. They can also result in financial savings. :~or example,
the average cost of one episode of alcoholism treatment at a county health
care center is approximately $4,210 (4 days of detoxification, 45
inpatient days, 15 outpatient visits), and it may not alwaY:3 be totally
successful. Prevention programs often reach many people at a cost of
$1-$5 per person. Only a few successes can realize large savings in
future treatment expenses. By decreasing or stabilizing the number of
people who develop problems, long range monetary savings can be realized,
to say nothing of the personal pain and difficulty that ~'il1 also be
prevented.
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Prevention work gives us the opportunity to take charge of and improve our
own lives. It enables us to chz.~"'6e '-He Cu..¿iti,:,"!s T,.¡hich a,'-' ~"~f',;'. to 1.!~
as individuals, families, and as communities. The end result is to expand
the opportunities we all have for more rewarding and useful live:s.
4)
Prevention work can be fun! Working with people who are not in a crisis
(Le., needing treatment) gives you time to be creative, experimental and
to share your knowledge and skills. Brainstorm new ideas. Try out new
ideas. Try new approaches. Find out what works.
(from What You Can Do., Wisconsin Clearinghouse,
Madison~i~nsin 53704, $1.50 per copy.)
1954 E.
Washington Ave.,
IIFAMILY WORKSHOPS" - TRAINING IN MAY
SRS/ ADAS, through the Southwest Regional Support Center, is sponsoring a.
training conference May 12-14 to enable people to lead and train others to
lead IIFamily Workshops.1I The "Family Workshop" is made up of six sessions.
These sessions cover perceptions, growth and development, love, peer groups,
discipline, and the single parent family. These research-basèd sessions DO
NOT try to tell parents how to raise their children. In fact, individual
family problems are not brought out, discussed, or identified. Sessions are
designed to be conducted by community people who have received special
training from a master trainer. They are not therapists; nor are they placed
in such a situation.
Fred Streit of Fred Streit Associates in Highland Park, New Jersey, developer
of IIFamily Workshops, II will come to Topeka to train master trainers in
Kansas. There will be a small .fee assessed t.o cover course matHrials. For
further information or to pre-enroll, contact Cynthia Galyardt at ADAS.
GOODBYE ATHA, HELLO LUCINDA :""'~'
Atha Webster/Gay, former ADAS School-:8ásedt Prevention Consultant, has le£t- us---
to take a position as Substance Abuse Coordinator for USD 1/500. Those who
wish to contact her may do so at Alcott Cùrriculum Center, 1809 Bunker, Kansas
City, Kansas 66102, (913) 342-1608. Welre sorry to see her go, but wish her
luck in her new position.
Lucinda Herman, former ADAS Treatment Consultant, has crossed ,over tò the
Prevention Division to take the position of Parent/Family P1:;evention
Consultant. This is a new position, giving us greater capability than before
to work with the parent/family target population. Local agencies and
community gro~ps may contact Lucinda at ADAS for technical assistance in this
area. Welcome, Lucinda!
QUEST TRAINING IN COLBY
A Quest training event has been scheduled for March 19-21 at the Colby
Community College. The fee is $210 per person; food and lodging are an
additional expense and are the responsibility of each participant. A minimum
of 20 participants is required. To enroll, contact (as soon as possible)
Andrew O'Donovan, Northwest Kansas Drug/Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program, P.O.
Box 100, Colby 67701, (913)462-6lll. /
MAINTAINING HEALTH IN OLD AGE
This is the title of a workshop to be presented March 15 in Room 201 of the
Health Science Building of Wichita State University. It I s the: last in a
. series of Consumer Workshops sponsored by Lutheran Social Services and the
Wichita State University Gerontology Center, and is geared primarily for older
adults themselves and their family members, although professioaals working
with older adults could benefit as well. The workshop includes general
background on health and aging, knowledge about normal and abnorméLl aging, how
to access and practice good nutrition,exercises for older persons, and do IS
and doni ts of medication utilization. The fee is a mere $5 per person. To
register, contact Dorothye Abels, Wichita State University, Campus Box 91,
Wichita 57208, (316)689-3440.
REGIONAL PARENTS CONFERENCE IN DALLAS, TEXAS
March 24, 25 and 26 are the dates for the parents conference to be held for
the nine stat~s of the Southwest region (which includes Kansas). This is one
of four such conferences to be sponsored by the National Institute on Drug
Abuse. Dr. Lorne ,A. Phillips, Commissioner of ADAS, is on the national
planning committee.
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. . H¡,.se of these conferences is to further substance abuse prevention
efforts by assisting local parents and state agencies in working c(1o?~ratively
together. Each state will have four designated parent representatives and
four prcfe~sion&l servicp providers, but any additional parents who might like
to attend are welcome also. Workshops by parent groups from various states
will include such topics as how to organize, what to do after you've
organized, how to access the legislative process, how to overcome-apathy in a
community, facts about drugs, and the various types of prevention activities
parent's groups have been involved in.
Non-delegate conference participants will be responsible for their own
expenses, but there will be no fee for the conference itself. Further
specifics have yet to be worked out at this writing. For further information
contact Donna Bradbury, 1110 Crowley, Wichita 67216, (316)524-3349.
NIAAA PREVENTION EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
The 1982 Alcohol Abuse Prevention Campaign is a major public education project
being conducted at the national, state, and local levels. The I:ampaign is
being sponsored by the Division of Prevention, National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). It is divided into three components, each aimed
at a specific target audience and a potential drinking problem:
1) Youth - The danger of drinking and driving, and how to avoid drinking
problems.
Pregnant Women - The risks of drinking during pregnancy.
Adult Women - How to avoid drinking problems and how to refuse unwanted
drinks.
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To increase public awareness of the problems associated with alcl:>hol abuse,
the campaign has been designed to combine a mass media strategy with a local
prevention strategy.
The campaign was launchëd at the nltional level the week of January 25. In---
Kansas at the state level the adultwomenls component will be launched March 1
- April 30; pregnant women, May 1 - August 31; and youth, September 1 -
December 30.
For ideas on how you or your group can participate at the local level, contact
Judy Whitworth at ADAS for the name of the, local compaign coordinator in your
area. (There are local coordinators in every part of the State.)
PREVENTION TRAINING FROM ADAS
Managers of K~nsas prevention programs will participate in "Prevention
Managementll February 23-26 in Topeka. PPM is a course developed
National Drug Abuse Center for Training and Resource Development.
Program
by the
"Positive Self-Concept Development,1I one
developed by SRS/ ADAS Prevention staff,
staff of the Youth Center at Beloit.
Orientation to Prevention," II Alcohol
Development,1I and IIWorking With Schools.1I
of five prevention training packages
will be offered March 2 and 3 for
The other four packages are IIBasic
and Drug Information,tl II Community
For further information and/or to schedule one Or more of these for your
agency or group, contact Lynn Parsons at ADAS. (No training fee is charged.)
NEW CHANNEL ONE SITES SELECTED
Dodge City, Junction City, St. Francis, and the Plainview Area of Wichita were
designated in November as Kansas Channel One sites. Channel One teams from
each new site attended an Orientation in Topeka ~n November 18, conducted by
Tom Adams, National Channel One Project Director, PYRAMID, Lafayette,
California.
The new team members are: Dodge Ci ty -- Doris Friesen, Local Prevention
Coordinator, and Rod Torrey, Nature's Cornet', Private Sector F.acilitator;
Junction City Lemoine Davis, Humane Di~ensional, Inc., LPC, and Dan
Skinner, Prudential Insurance, PSF; St Francis -- Andrew O'Donovanil Northwest
Kansas Drug-Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program (Colby), LPC, and Harvey J.
Stewart, Farmer, PSF; Plainview Area of Wichita -- :Dill Jones, ].¡i.~-ðIDerica
All-Indian Center, LPC, and Calvin Chisholm, Tri-State Construction Company,
PSF.
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THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
The Governorls Conference on Black Parents and Substance Abuse was held
November 6 and 7 at Washburn University, Topeka. Kansas is the first State to
host such a conference, and the response from participants was enthusiastic.
It started out as a simple workshop for perhaps 50 people. Under the
inspiration of Lucinda Herman, Conference Coordinator, it grew into a
Governorls Conference for 125. So many registrations came in that it became
necessary to move the conference to Washburn University's largest facility,
for 200 persons, and still some registrations could not be accepted.
Co~ference activities began with a ~anquet on Friday night, attendeçi by
Governor and Mrs. John Carlin, Dr. John L. Green, Washburn Univetsity
President, and Dr. Lorne A. Phillips, Commissioner of ADAS, aml:>ng others.
Main speakers and workshop presenters were: L.C. Smith, Southwest Regional
Support Center, Kansas City, Missouri; V.C. League, National Association of
Prevention Professionals, Oakland, California; Dr. E. Thomas Copeland, Topeka
State Hospital, Topeka, Kansas; Dr. Jacob Gordon, Center for Public Affairs,
The University of' Kansas, Lawrence; and Peter Bell, Minnesota Institute on
Black Chemical Abuse, Minneapolis. In addition, conference participants had
an opportunity to interact with a panel of Kansas legislators -- Senator Billy
McCray, Representative J.B. Littlejohn, and Representative Theo Cribbs.
It is hoped that the energy generated will make this just the first step in
achieving the overall goal of the conference:~ "Parents Pulling Together.1I
NINTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: MID-AMERICA CONGRESS ON AGING .
Titled" Aging: Partners in- Progress Through Productivity,1I the conference :will
be held April 14-16 at J:he Chase Park! Plqza Hotel in St. Louis, Missòuri;---
Participants will bë able to choose from workshops, idea roundtables, debates,
presidential theme lectures, conversations with national figure:s, plenary-
sessions, and a film festival -- addressing the full range of issues of
concern to older citizens and the people who serve them. To receive a
brochure and registration form, contact Mid-America Congress on Aging,. 701
North 7, Room 510, Kansas City, 66101, (9l3)371-2000, Ext. 428.
NAPP NEWS
At a December 17 meeting at the Ramada Inn in Topeka, the Kansas Chapter of
the National Association of Prevention Professionals elected Janet Baker of
Leawood as Pr~sident; Kent Sisson, Winfield, Vice-President; Jim Scheurich,
Lawrence, Secretary; Anne Nioce, 'Topeka, Treasurer.
For those wishing to join NAPP for the first time, or to renew their existing
memberships, the new fiscal year for NAPP starts March 1, 1982, at which time
dues for the following year should be paid. The individual membership fee is
$40, $5 of which will be rebated to that person's state chapter. To request a
membership application, contact Kent Sisson, Cowley County Model Community
Prevention System Program, 920 Millington, Winfield q7156, (3l6)221-2860.
The fifth annual NAPP Convention will be held in Santa Fe, New ]l1exico this
year, from June 28 to July 2. Members will be receiving brochures.
Non-members interested in receiving a brochure should contact the National
Association of Prevention Professionals, P.O. Box 9993, Mills College Station,
Oakland, California 84613.
NEW'RESOURCES FROM THE NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR ALCOHOL INFORMATION
1) On the Sidelines: An Adult Leader Guide for Youth Alcohol Projects is
intended, to assist adult leaders in supporting teenagers in ciurying out
alcohol projects. The booklet provides an overview on how to motivate and
support youth groups, and offers many practical suggestions for dealing
with attitudes, beliefs, and values related to alcohol as well as
presenting alcohol information. It also lists alcohol resources and.
training opportunities for both adults and teenagers.
On the Sidelines is intended for adults who work with youth but are not
experienced in- sponsoring alcohol projects. Such users includ4a teachers,
voluntary group leaders, church group leaders, and leaders of youth groups
in community agencies. It is designed as a companion piece to Is Beer A
Four-Letter Word?, an idea book of alcohol abuse prevention projects for
teenagers.
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Both books, although specifically addressing the issue, of alcohol
use/ abuse, c(\T'l1-ein information and ideas that may be adapted to a wide
raTJ¡!E' of subjects. Single copies are available free from the National
Cl,earinghouse for Alcohol Information, P.o. Box 2345, Rockville:, Maryland
20852, (301)468-2600.
2)
~ectrum: Alcohol Problem Prevention for Women by Women is a guidebook to
planning' and implementing community prevention projec ts designed for
women's voluntary groups. It presents practical guidelines, ideas for 48
prevention proj ects, profiles of three outstanding preventio[l programs,
and an annotated list of resources to aid in prevention program planning.
In addition, an overview of the research on women I s alcohol use and
related problems, and an explanation of the role of alcohol abuse
prevention efforts in reducing or avoiding these problems are provided.
Single copies are available from NCALI (see above for address and phone
numbe r ) .
NEW PUBLICATION FROM WISCONSIN CLEARINGHOUSE
You Asked For It: Information on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Teens was written
by the staff and colleagues of the Clearinghouse. This illustrate¿ booklet is
a complete information piece for teenagers or those who work with young
people. Basic drug facts (especially on alcohol and marijuana) are given
along with information on the current issues like: drugs and school, driving,
fertility/sexuality, and how to deal with friends or family who are creating
problems. A current resource and reading list is included also.
The single copy price is $.70. To order your copy, send $1.25 (includes
shipping and handling) to Wisconsin Clearinghouse, 1954 E. Washington Ave.,
Madison, Wisconsin 53704-5291. All orders under $5.00 must be prepaid.
Other orders can be prepaid or accompanied by a purchase order.
LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE WITH THE JOY OF HgALTH
This is the title of the free catalogue from The Conscious Living Foundation.
It lists cassette tapes, books, and other equipment such as finger
thermometers that may be purchased for use in Stress Management, Biofeedback,
Relaxation, and Guided Imagery. There are materials for children as well as
adults. The catalogue also contains information on consultation and workshops
available from the Foundation. Call or write The Conscious Living Foundation,
P.O. Box 513, Manhattan 66502, (913)539-2449.
PUBLICATION BY DR. H. STEPHEN GLENN
The many Kans{lns who have heard and delighted in the oral presentations of Dr.
Glenn will also be delighted to learn of the existence of Strengthening the
Family. This 27-page booklet contains much of the same material that his
audiences have requested to see in written form, under the chapter headings of
"Roles of the Family, II "Four Principles, II "The Significant Seven,'1' "Families
in Transition," and "Strengthening the Family." There is also a bibliography
of recommended additional reading.
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The booklet may be purchased for $2.50 per copy by writing to Potomac Press,
Suite 1006, 7l01 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Marylanp 20814.
AND BY THE WAY....
Dr. Glenn will be returning to Kansas again as one of the featured speakers at
the Governor's Conference on Education for Parenthood, to be held March 18,
19, and 20 at Wichita State University. Other featured speakers are: Don
Dinkmeyer, Ph.D., co-author of the Systematic Training for Effective Parenting
(STEP) Program; and Dorothy Corkille Briggs¡ author of Your Childls
Self-Esteem. Lucinda Herman, ADAS, will lead a workshop on IIDeveloping and
Maintaining Parent Support Groups.1I For a brochure and registr.:ition form
write Junior League of Wichita, 6402 E. 12th, Wichita 67206, or call
(316)689-3498.
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