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 Juvenile Probation Parent-of-the-Year to be announced!

What last year's cake would have looked like except that Lloyd let the plastic wrap touch the icing. It still tasted good :-) ...

Seminar on Oppositional Defiant Disorder

On November 11, 2011 there will be a live workshop on Oppositional Defiant and Anger Issues in Children and Adolescents at the Embassy Suite...

Wilma Tells Us: Fred Comes on Board

They say that it gets worse before it gets better but its only getting worse. I updated Bam Bam's status last week. It feels like a dec...

Diversion and Acute Stabilization Program ~ Information Provided by Wilma

Diversion & Acute Stabilization Program The Diversion and Acute Stabilization (DAS) Program is an acute treatment facility that provides...

Mission Accomplished! Thank you PSST volunteers!.

It was a great evening. It was what a PSST meeting on the road might look like. Mr. Chip McClellan from CISP was an excellent host. We wer...

How a Child's Own Reasons For Change Can Lead to the Most Success

INTERVENE I thought that some of you might be interested in reading this article from the blog “Intervene”: Teens Only Listen to One Person...

Bam Bam is Out of Control - by Wilma

Bam Bam is Out of Control I just spent 4 days in heaven (the beach) and came back to he!!. Bam Bam was discharged from placement on July 1...

DOING NOTHING IS NOT A SOLUTION - A note from Daisy, a PSST Mom

DOING NOTHING IS NOT A SOLUTION - A note from Daisy, a PSST Mom I just wanted to share something that was said to me this morning. There was...

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED

AN INVITATION TO ALL VETERAN PSST PARENTS We were very happy to have Ken, a veteran PSST Parent, return to our Wexford Meeting and would lik...

WHEN THE JUVENILE BECOMES AN ADULT ~ by Jim

I AM 18. I AM AN ADULT. DOES ANYBODY CARE? - Jim As Cheryl and I (Jim) have walked life’s path with our teenage addict, Andy; we’ve learned ...

WE REMEMBER ~ SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

WE REMEMBER ~ SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 We remember and pray for the innocent victims of September 11, 2001. We remember and pray for the survivors...

It's a Dog's Life

It’s a Dog’s Life! In setting up rules for Andy, Jim came up with the analogy to our two dogs Zoe & Gizmo. * Zoe is older ...

Tom Workman to be guest this Saturday at PSST (Wexford)

We've been having interesting guests of late. This Saturday will be no different as Tom Workman, Director of Liberty Station Halfway Ho...

A question from Wilma

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to make it to the meetings in the last couple of months. However,I have a question for our Parents a...

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