Parent Survival Skills Training (PSST)

Over the years we have collected/shared hard-won information, skills, and techniques a parent needs to help a teenager with a drug problem save his own life. (CLICK ON THE LOGO ABOVE to return to the home-page for this blog.)

LISTENING

"...I have a tendency to talk too much; which turns my daughter off. But that night, I vowed I would keep my mouth shut, not judge her...

Sayings that Help

We learn a lot in the PSST meetings. Often, some of the key ideas get distilled into a sentence that makes complete sense in its concisenes...

Ken wins Meritorious Service Award for Whole State of Pennsylvania!

From left to right: Judge Mulligan, Judge Clark, Supervisor Valerie Ketter, Ken, Deputy Director Juvenile Court Russell Carlino, Assistant A...

Parent of the Year Award 2008

Contratulations to Beth and Erv who were chosen Allegheny Parents of the Year! First, they had a big challenge with their son. They endured ...

Good article on relapse issues

Val found this article. It is well written and full of wisdom. Click here to read be sent to the article. The problem for us in PSST is n...

This Saturday, Oct 4th is a very special meeting!

First, it's the second try at "bring your teen with you to PSST." Second, we are trying to help Laura Condos with her evaluti...

Please help us to evaluate PSST!

Our Masters Level Student Intern, Laura Condos, is working on an evaluative instrument. You can either fill this out on paper or you can fo...

Update on all the happenings at PSST.

We had five teens and eight parents attend the experimental Teens and Parents meeting at Eastern District Probation on 9-6-08. It was the fi...

When a relapse occurs

What do we say? For example, you have just given your teen a urine screen and he fails it. What strategy to employ? There are two primary ta...

All PSST meetings cancelled for August

This is just a chance for Lloyd and Val to catch up on things. We will be back in the Fall. Have a nice rest-of-the-summer everyone! You ca...

Home Run Derby

This post was submitted by Mary C. “To let you know how far I've come, let me tell you where I've been. Not that long ago, there wer...

Sorry, our Tuesday, July 15 meeting at Gateway is cancelled.

Sorry, our Tuesday, July 15 meeting at Gateway is cancelled due to lack of interest. We are not sure that we will continue this meeting as i...

Crisis Network kicks off

Starting July 1, re:solve Crisis Network began operating its phone and mobile crisis services. By calling the re:solve Crisis Network phone ...

A chance to help.

Join Together is an excellent national advocacy group that monitors and gets involved with the problems and issues surrounding drug and alco...

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