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.)

No Meetings Until 2009

The meeting between Christmas and New Years is cancelled. The next meeting is Jan 3, 2009. Type rest of the post here

Is every moment a teachable moment? - The Mom Song

One of the topics we talked about in group on Saturday was reminding our kids. How it drives them crazy and how it makes us insane. Take t...

Holiday Party Alert: December 20th 9:00 AM Eastern Dist Office

Please help us celebrate the Holidays at the Eastern District Office on December 20th at 8:30 AM. Bring food if you like but if not that...

Worry

Is there a magic cutoff period when Offspring become accountable for their own Actions? Is there a wonderful moment when Parents can bec...

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...

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