Resources

Real Life Issues

Substance Abuse:


  • College Drinking: Changing the Culture
    http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/policies/
    This site will help parents and college bounds students and counselors access college policies and statistics on alcohol and drugs on campuses throughout the United states.
  • CSAP’s Model Programs
    http://www.samhsa.gov
    The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention lists model evidence-based programs with links to abstracts for each program, including contact personnel. Click "Prevention" and then click "SAMHSA Model Programs."
  • The Partnership for a Drug Free America
    http://www.drugfree.org/
    This is a very comprehensive and useful website for families, teachers, friends and those struggling with addiction and abuse of drugs. Other websites such as Antidrug.com and jointogether.org link to this site.
  • Drug Sense
    http://www.drugsense.org/
    This website provides up-to-date national news and information related to U.S. drug policies in order to heighten awareness of the extreme damage our current flawed and failed "War on Drugs" has caused to our nation and the world.
  • Drug Strategies
    http://www.drugstrategies.org
    Drug Strategies is a non-profit research institute that promotes effective approaches to the nation's drug problems and provides immediate supports for people seeking help with a drug problem They promote private and public initiatives that reduce the demand for drugs through prevention, treatment and law enforcement.
  • Above the Influence
    http://www.abovetheInfluence.com
    This youth-oriented site gives young people a creative platform to express their individuality. It helps to build resolve in standing up to peer pressure, bullying, and social ostracism.
  • Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems
    http://www.chestnut.org
    This site includes an exceptional link to a library of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug research sites as well as a catalogue of publications.
  • AlcoholJustice.org (formerly the Marin Institute)
    http://www.alcoholjustice.org/
    The Marin Institute works to reduce alcohol problems through broad environmental alcohol prevention campaigns and campaigns against the alcohol industry's advertising and packaging gimmicks to draw in new drinkers.
  • Minority Health Network
    http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
    This component of the Global Health Network offers Internet resources to those interested in the health of minority groups. This site includes links indexed by group, disease, and subject. Information on organizations and grants can also be found here.
  • The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
    http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
    The NIAAA supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. This site contains a variety of publications and links to other sources.
  • Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
    http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/index.html
    Phoenix House has been a leading nonprofit provider of substance abuse treatment and rehab since 1967. They have over 120 programs in 12 states in the U.S., although none in Illinois. They work with all ages and also offer services such as vocational training and arts therapy.
  • Prevention First Incorporated
    http://www.prevention.org
    Prevention First is a highly respected nonprofit training and resource organization specializing in prevention of substance abuse and related issues including violence, HIV/AIDS, pregnancy, and juvenile delinquency.
  • The Courage To Speak
    http://www.couragetospeak.org/EducationalPrograms/HighSchoolCurriculum.aspx

Violence:


  • The Children's Safety Network National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center
    http://www.edc.org/HHD/csn/
    This site contains information, publications, resources, and links on unintentional injury and violence to children and adolescents.
  • JoinTogether
    http://jointogether.org
    This website posts 100 new pages every week, features over 40,000 daily news articles, action alerts, feature stories and other searchable documents dating back nearly ten years - focus on treatment - newsletter.
  • Prevention First Incorporated
    http://www.prevention.org
    Prevention First is a highly respected nonprofit training and resource organization specializing in prevention of substance abuse and related issues including violence, HIV/AIDS, pregnancy, and juvenile delinquency.
  • Virginia Best Practices in School-Based Violence Prevention
    http://www.preventviolence.org
    This site contains an overview of youth violence prevention, a database of "best practice" programs, and a guide for selecting specific programs for your school.
  • Violence and Injury Prevention
    http://www.who.int
    The World Health Organization (WHO) provides links to a host of websites with a predominantly international focus on violence prevention. Enter "violence prevention" on search page.    ​

Bullying:

  • ​Bully Free: It Starts with Me!
    http://www.backoffbully.com
    The National Education Association's response to bullying prepares teachers to be the "one" students come to for help.
  • National Institute of Health
    http://www.nichd.nih.gov
    This site contains current news releases and information on bullying and a wide array of other topics.
Social Ostracism:
  • The Children's Safety Network
    National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center
    http://www.edc.org/HHD/csn/
    This site contains information, publications, resources, and links on unintentional injury and violence to children and adolescents.
  • JoinTogether
    National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center
    http://jointogether.org
    This website posts 100 new pages every week, features over 40,000 daily news articles, action alerts, feature stories and other searchable documents dating back nearly ten years.
  • National Crime Prevention Council
    National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center
    http://www.ncpc.org
    This site provides resources to prevention educators to create safer and more caring communities by addressing the causes of crime and violence and reducing the opportunity for crime to occur.

HIV/AIDS Resources:

  • AIDS Foundation of Chicago
    http://aidschicago.org
    It is the largest coalition of Chicago area AIDS service organizations, and provides information on AIDS-related education and programs for HIV affected persons and referrals.
  • AIDSVu
    http://www.aidsvu.org
    AIDSVu is an interactive online map illustrating the prevalence of HIV in the United States, with national, state and local map views. The state and county level data on AIDSvu come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national HIV surveillance database.
  • American Red Cross
    http://www.chicagoredcross.org
    The American Red Cross provides prevention education, curriculum resources and trains educators to become and HIV instructor.
  • The Body
    http://www.thebody.com
    This website provides AIDS and HIV information resources.
  • Centers for Disease Control, Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
    http://www.cdc.gov/hiv
    This website provides a wealth of information on youth with HIV/AIDS.
  • City of Chicago
    http://www.CityofChicago.org/health
    Type "HIV Surveillance" in the search field to access the City's most up to date and archived HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports from the Office of HIV/AIDS Surveillance.
  • JoinTogether
    http://jointogether.org
    This website posts 100 new pages every week, features over 40,000 daily news articles, action alerts, feature stories and other searchable documents dating back nearly ten years - focus on treatment - newsletter.
  • HealthyPeople.gov
    http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020
    Healthy People provides science-based, 10 year national health goals for improving the health of all Americans. It provides interactive and searchable data bases for teacher and student research.
  • Prevention First Incorporated
    http://www.prevention.org
    Prevention First is an Illinois based respected nonprofit training and resource organization specializing in prevention of substance abuse and related issues including violence, HIV/AIDS, pregnancy, and juvenile delinquency.    ​