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Status:Available A Teenager's Guide to Living With an Alcoholic Parent

by Edith Lynn Hornik-Beer

Published: 1984

This comprehensive guide for young people answers questions about parental addiction and discusses issues such as dating, schoolwork, expression of feelings, and responsibilities while coping with alcoholism at home... Details >>

Status:Available An Elephant in the Living Room

by Marion H Typpo PhD & Jill M Hastings MS

Published: 1984

For children who are living in families with addiction. Designed to help kids improve relationships w/ parents and siblings, recognize & express feelings, and develop practical ways to cope... Details >>

Status:Available Mommy Doesn't Live Here Anymore

by Maureen Duggan

Published: 1987

A true story about a mother's alcoholism and how it affected her childrens' lives... Details >>

Status:Available The Brown Bottle

by Penny Jones

Published: 1983

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Status:Available My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease

by Claudia Black, PhD, MSW

Published: 1987

A workbook for children of alcoholics aged 6-14 to work through the lonliness, fear, and frustration of living with this disease. Not to actually be drawn in!.. Details >>

Status:Available What's "Drunk," Mama?

by Al-Anon

Published: 1977

A little girl learns that her daddy has a disease called alcoholism, and gets help from Al-Anon... Details >>

Status:Available Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families & Communities

by Ann Steissguth

Published: 1998

Drawing on her life's work, the author addresses these FAS topics: diagnosis, services for high-risk mothers, teratology & brain damage, employment & advocacy, physical & behavioral manifestations, education, and public policy. For professionals and famil.. Details >>

Status:Available Inside a Support Group: Help for Teenage Children of Alcoholics

by Margi Trapani

Published: 1997

Explains for teens what Alateen is and who is involved in the program, the many negative effects alcoholism has on society, and what an Alateen meeting looks like. Intended to help teens decide if Alateen is right for them... Details >>

Status:Available An Elephant in the Living Room

by Jill Hastings, Marion Typpo

Published: 1984

A workbook for kids age 7 thru early adolescence who are living in families where drinking or drug use is or has been a problem. Activities are designed to improve their relationships w/ family members, recognize & espress feel- ings, improve self-esteem,.. Details >>

Status:Available '10 Seconds' is Changing Lives Forever: Letters of Hope

by Bobby Petrocelli

Published: 2003

A collection of letters to motivational speaker Bobby Petrocelli, whose wife was killed in 1985 by a drunk driver. Bobby's message, a positive one, is that our lives are lived 10 seconds at a time, and every 10 seconds we can choose to live with Hope... Details >>

Status:Available Bullying at School

by Dan Olweus

Published: 1993

Practical advice for principals, teachers & parents on how to implement a "whole school approach to bullying," & a guide to help teachers & parents recognize if a child is being victimized or is bullying others... Details >>

Status:Available Teasing and Harassment

by John Hoover, Glenn Olsen

Published: 2001

Learn how to counter & prevent low-level agression in school & at home. Based on social learning theory, the frames & scripts approach provides easy-to-learn language for working w/ kids to unlearn the behavior that leads to teasing & learn positive probl.. Details >>

Status:Available Reclaim Your Family From Addiction: How Couples and Families Recover Love and Meaning

by Craig Nakken

Published: 2000

Explains how families & couples can lose their cohesive identity & meaning in the wake of addiction. Histories, personal stories & the latest research help readers chart their own way out of the hell of addiction & back to lasting, loving family relations.. Details >>

Status:Available When Parents Ask for Help

Published: 2005

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Status:Available 101 Ready-To-Use Drug Prevention Activities

Published: 1999

Curriculum-based & reproducible for grades 2-6, most of these activities can be done using materials usually found in classrooms. They range from those designed to help kids develop a firm decision-making process, to creative ways to make your Red Ribbon.. Details >>