An education publication directed at children and youth, this 5 page guide explains what opioids are, including nick names for common drugs, and explains how using opioids can affect your body and eventually reduce your ability to enjoy the things that make you happy. The publication was prepared by theNational Institute on Drug Abuse’s Mind Matters program.
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Louie’s Story: Face to Face with the Prescription Opioid Crisis
Source: National Safety Council
This video highlights the risks of opioids from the perspective of a mother who lost her son to an overdose after he became addiction following an opioid prescription for a sports injury. The video emphasizes that many patients do not understand the risks of opioid addiction. Produced by the National Safety
The Court’s Role in Reshaping the Child Welfare System to Focus on Prevention
Source: National Judicial Opioid Task Force
Judges and judicial personnel discuss the role of the courts in improving the child welfare system by strengthening families and using trauma informed treatments in the judicial system. This is an hour long recording of a conversation between judges, officials from the Children’s Bureau, and the National Center
Behind Prescription Drug Overdose Statistics: Louie Miceli
Source: National Safety Council
Louie Miceli started using prescription opioids after a sports injury. In this video, Louie’s mother and friend speak of Louie and how his prescription eventually led to addiction, the use of heroin, and his death from overdose in 2012. Produced by the National Safety Council in 2014.
Continuing Care: A Parent’s Guide to Your Teen’s Recovery from Substance Abuse
Source: Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
This Interactive website for parents and caregivers of children and youth with substance use disorder focuses on how to support children and youth after acute treatment in the recovery or continuing care phase. A downloadable PDF version is also available.
A New Path: Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing
Source: Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing
The website for A New Path, an advocacy group of parents, citizens, individuals in recovery, community leaders and health care professionals working to educate the public, media and policy makers about addiction and expand access to treatment. The group has a focus on reducing the stigma associated with
Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
This website describes the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model Medicaid is piloting to improve behavioral health care for children and youth with the goals of improving child outcomes, reducing inpatient hospitalizations and out-of-home placements, and creating alternative funding streams for these services.
The Court’s Role in Reshaping the Child Welfare System
Source: National Judicial Opioid Task Force
This November 30, 2018 webinar from the National Judicial Opioid Task Force focuses on how judges and the judicial system can help reshape the child welfare system in the midst of the opioid epidemic by strengthening families and focusing on prevention. The webinar includes a discussion of the Family First
Trauma, Substance Use, and Justice System-Involved Youth
Source: National Judicial Opioid Task Force
This briefing paper from the National Judicial Opioid Task Force includes an overview of the concept of trauma and how it affects youth and families involved with the justice system. The paper provides facts about trauma, presents advice for judges on how to avoid retraumatization in the courtroom, and describes 10
Creating a Local or Regional Judicial Opioid Task Force
Source: National Judicial Opioid Task Force
This guide serves as a resource for judges on how to take a leadership role in their community or region in convening stakeholders to collaborate on solutions to the opioid crisis.