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.)

Parents should know what teens know about sneaking out.

wikiHow coaches teenagers on how to sneak out of the house . If parents knew what teenagers know and what they think before they actually sn...

Sally, Rocco, and Cisco: To Be Continued.

Cisco walked in the door at 6:15AM. He thought he would make it back before we woke up. He was wrong. We told him this was a violation of ...

Learning To "Un-learn" by Rocco

Try this little exercise. First fold your hands loosely. Relax. Notice how comfortable you feel. Next move all of your fingers down one. Not...

ADHD

Posted for a parent named Linda As a parent of an ADHD child, I have always been a bit confused by the diagnostic label since my son could f...

Relapse Takes Mom for a Ride on an Emotional Roller Coaster.

Hi, This is Sally. I have finally found a few minutes when my mind is clear enough to explain about Cisco's relapse. Cicso had 90 days c...

STILL SURVIVING By Valerie Ketter

The Drug and Alcohol Unit continues to provide a unique support for parents who have teenagers that they suspect are using drugs and alcohol...

Grand Opening New Wexford Location was Today!

Nice turn out of about 8 parents, Kathie Tagmyer our resident Family Therapist, and Valerie Ketter, Supervisor of the Court's D&A U...

Parent of the Year!

Greg and Debby gave a gracious combined speech last night as they accepted the Allegheny County Court Parent-of-the-Year award. Debby read t...

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 ...

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