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Montana Expands Parenting Site for Those Parenting Infants All the Way to Teens

Contact:  Jon Ebelt, Public Information Officer, DPHHS, (406) 444-0936 Chuck Council, Communications Specialist, DPHHS, (406) 444-4391 Officials with the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) announced today the expansion of ParentingMontana.org, a website created specifically for parents and those in a parenting role  The expansion includes new resources that provide practical tools to support …

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More About PAX Tools Community Training

By: Kate Paolucci, PAX Tools Manager from the PAXIS Institute PAX Tools™ is a collection of trauma-informed, evidence-based behavioral strategies for families and communities to  promote the development of self-regulation of the children in their lives. Adults who participate in PAX Tools  Community Workshops receive the strategies and materials they need to effectively use PAX …

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There’s Always Something to be Thankful For

By Sara Mahoney As 2020 draws to an end and we find ourselves going into the holiday season, it’s often a time for reflection and being thankful. This year, it may seem a little harder to find the silver lining, but I promise you, it’s there. For example, as we look at how prevention efforts …

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NHTSA 2021 Campaign Calendar

Sober Life Hi-Line Kickoff

Mary Miller, Toole County Prevention Specialists attended the Regional Meeting in Havre for the North Central District.  At that meeting, Thomas Rasburg, Alliance for Youth, Director of the Sober Life Group gave a presentation on his group out of Great Falls, Montana. This lit a fire under Mary, who thought it would be a good …

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Top Five Takeaways from the Positive Culture Framework Training

By: Matt Erdel, Blaine County PFS This month Prevention Specialists throughout the state of Montana had the chance to learn about the Positive Culture Framework (PCF). The PCF is an approach developed by the Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University to help cultivate health and safety in organizations and communities. The …

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Top 5 Take-Aways from the Annual HIDTA Prevention Summit

On October 8, the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) National High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program Office (NHPO) and A Division for Advancing Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) sponsored the Annual Prevention Summit, titled Advancing Substance Use Prevention in HIDTA Communities: Standards, Strategies, and Support. This summit gave Yellowstone County’s coalition, Substance Abuse …

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THERE ARE RISKS TO MARIJUANA USE

THERE ARE RISKS TO MARIJUANA USE Dr. Gary Mihelish Scientific research in the Scandinavian Countries, later replicated in the United States found that 10% of young people who use marijuana are genetically predetermined to develop psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia.  The problem is that we have not learned how to detect that 10%.  Schizophrenia is …

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Working With School Resource Officers/Law Enforcement

By Mary Cameron, PS Carbon & Stillwater Counties As I was thinking ahead to Red Ribbon Week, it occurred to me that I won’t be able to enter most of the schools in Carbon or Stillwater County because of the COVID-19 restrictions in place at each school. I felt I needed to identify a partner …

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Pivoting in Prevention- How to Rethink Engaging Schools and Your Community

By Sara Mahoney, SC RTAL Working in Prevention during a pandemic has proved to be challenging for all of us. For those of us who have worked in prevention awhile, in the spring of this year, we all had to “pivot” and learn how to engage youth, community, and schools differently. For those of you …

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