| MARILYN G. BELMONTE Founder and Executive Director Healthy Outcomes, Inc. |
| DRUG ABUSE RECOGNITION & PREVENTION Has Become HEALTHY OUTCOMES, INC. |
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| Marilyn Grifoni Belmonte Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Phone: 781-572-1478 Email: Marilyn@DrugAbuseRecognition.com |
| Healthy Outcomes, Inc. is a charitable organization committed to bringing youth substance abuse prevention to your community at minimal or no charge through parent workshops, student education, professional trainings, and coalition-building consultation. New Website and More Information will be coming soon! |
| RESULTS OF SAMHSA's SERVICE TO SCIENCE SPONSORED EVALUATION OF APPLAUDD Over the past couple decades, research proved that parental monitoring, parent involvement, parent-teen conversations and other parenting skills could dramatically reduce teen substance abuse. Yet most parents were unaware of the body of research that might motivate them to become more pro-active in prevention. The goal of APPLAUDD is to increase parent confidence in dealing with drug and alcohol use through primary prevention and secondary prevention. The program is designed to increase primary prevention by empowering parents to be more proactive to prevent teen substance abuse through (1) parent-teen conversations, (2) setting strict rules and (3) enforcing those rules. APPLAUDD also aims to increase secondary prevention by preparing parents to deal with current teen drug use and underage drinking through (1) early recognition of symptoms of substance abuse, (2) early intervention, and (3) increasing the ability to locate resources for intervention and treatment. KEY FINDINGS- Parent Confidence Increases and Parenting Skills Improve Please contact us for a full copy of our report. |
