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.)

Allegheny County Parent-of-the-Year Award to be anounced this Saturday!

For the fourth year in a row the Allegheny County Parent-of-the-Year Award will go to a member of PSST. Come to the Eastern District Meetin...

Update from Sally

From : Sally To : Lloyd Subject : Blending your different parenting styles to help your child who is close to a relapse. Date : Saturday, S...

Two websites about huffing and sniffing inhalents

Lloyd, I found these two websites useful in my search for more information about the dangers of inhalant abuse. I thought you may want to p...

New Wexford Meeting Place!

Trinity Lutheran Churc h at 2500 Brandt School Road has agreed to sponsor our Second Saturday of each month PSST meeting. This provides us w...

Sally finds the right tools to get the job done.

Cisco was moved into the shorter session at Gateway - this change started today. Betty from Gateway said part of the reason this happened is...

Thank you for empowering us at this weeks PSST-by Sally

Dear LLoyd and Val and Kathy and Cathy, The Parental Survival Skills Training session was so helpful today. It has energized and refreshed ...

Yelling

Yelling is counter-productive. Not only is it not an effective way to discipline your teenager, but it causes resentments. Causing resentme...

Stepping Down- written by Veronica

I’ve stepped down, so that I could step up. When my friends and colleagues hear that I’ve requested a demotion at work that’s what I tell th...

When Your Child Is Using Heroin: Help for Parents

Kurash warns parents that, if their child is stealing from them, that child has an addiction which has progressed significantly. “At that po...

Coffee House Nation goes to Steeler Game

Special Thanks to The Steelers , and PSST parents Mary, Beth and Erv for making this outing and the tail-gating a big success. This is our t...

Message from PSST parent.

With the permission of the parent we are reprinting this recent email. We now can reveal that this comment is from "Sally." Hi Ll...

Take the Marijuana and Health Risks Quiz

Research shows that today’s pot is addictive and causes harm to developing brains and lungs. To learn more about the health risks associate...

Feeding the Enemy

Your teenager has a drug problem and is away in rehab. You still want to have your teenager's friends over the house. It feels very wron...

Two Books That May Help

A book review by Linda Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff 2008 Tweak: Growing Up on Metham...

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