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.)

Let's count the things to be thankful about.

Your teenager may not be doing as well as you'd hoped he would be doing by now. Or, perhaps even when it appears that your teenager has ...

Ever wonder what those pills are that you found in your teenagers bookbag?

Ever find pills at home and wonder what your teenager is taking? Look up the pills yourself on Drugs.com . This is a way to look up the very...

Candyland Post #2

In my first research on this term (see below) it appears that I missed a common reference to Candyland meaning trips with Salvia Divinorum ....

Candyland

Candyland: "Many users suck on lollipops (or pacifiers) to block the teethgrinding that E can cause." E being Ecstasy- the drug ...

Sally, Rocco, & Cisco: the story continues...

I can still hear the deep, male voice of the stranger on the phone and his words echo in my mind. "We have your son, he is at Auberle, ...

Some scenarios from our Wexford PSST and...

...let's look for the agreeing statements in each scenario. Some of this is the way it happened at PSST and some of it is just inspired ...

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...

View web version

Powered by Blogger.