Parent Survival Skills Training (PSST)

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Defiance: The Tie For Third Place- Part II

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Defiance and intimidation- tactics that work because we become afraid. As parents we must face our fear first before we can effectively face...

UPDATE: The Three Most Effective Ways that Teens Manipulate. A new Tie for Third Place!

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Once again, I had the opportunity to ask a room full of teens struggling with drug and alcohol problems to help identify the Three Most Effe...

Losing Your Teenager and Gaining an Adult - Part 6 of 6 Written by Lori (Orginally posted 3-10-08)

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I am a mother in a Middle-America, double income family that consists of my husband of 30 years, my daughter age 27 and my son age 21. I gr...

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Losing Your Teenager and Gaining an Adult - Part 5 of 6 Written by Lori (Orginally posted 3-4-08)

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I am a mother in a Middle-America, double income family that consists of my husband of 30 years, my daughter age 27 and my son age 21. I gr...

Active Listening Poem- author unkown

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When I ask you to listen to me, and you start giving me advice, you have not done what I asked. When I ask that you listen to me, and you be...

Getting hard-to-wake-up teen up in the morning.

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Consistency is the key to waking up teenager in the morning. Yes, we all feel that teens should take the responsibility to wake themselves...

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Meeting at Alliance Office for 2-28-09 cancelled.

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Sorry. Do to a situation beyond our control we must cancell this meeting. We will be back at this location on 3-14-09. We will meet at the...

Losing Your Teenager and Gaining an Adult - Part 4 of 6 Written by Lori (reprinted from 2-26-08)

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I am a mother in a Middle-America, double income family that consists of my husband of 30 years, my daughter age 27 and my son age 21. I gre...

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Transfer of Power from PO to Parent

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Is it possible for the Parent to benefit from the power that the PO has? Can the parent actually become more powerful by allying themselves...

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Role-plays from 2-7-09 Part-Three. "Mom, you're a fake!"

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As I mentioned in Part-One and in Part-Two the role-plays we did in group were designed to heighten awareness. Therefore, when I played eac...

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Defiance: The Tie For Third Place- Part II

UPDATE: The Three Most Effective Ways that Teens Manipulate. A new Tie for Third Place!

Meeting at Alliance Office for 4-11-09 cancelled because it is Easter Weekend.

“Vigil of Hope” Wednesday, June 3,2009

Meeting at Eastern Probation on April 4th is another special meeting.

Reducing Risk - Understanding th Adolescent Brain

Losing Your Teenager and Gaining an Adult - Part 6 of 6 Written by Lori (Orginally posted 3-10-08)

Losing Your Teenager and Gaining an Adult - Part 5 of 6 Written by Lori (Orginally posted 3-4-08)

Active Listening Poem- author unkown

Getting hard-to-wake-up teen up in the morning.

Meeting at Alliance Office for 2-28-09 cancelled.

Losing Your Teenager and Gaining an Adult - Part 4 of 6 Written by Lori (reprinted from 2-26-08)

Transfer of Power from PO to Parent

Role-plays from 2-7-09 Part-Three. "Mom, you're a fake!"