Welcome to our page for parents and caregivers. Here you will find information that will help you talk to your children about alcohol and other drugs. You will also find downloads and links that will provide you with additional resources to help you in the most important task you will ever undertake—raising a child.

Use the following links to navigate on this page:

• Overview
• Downloads/Publications
• Links to Internet Resources

Downloads/Publications

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• DAFS001 -- Answering The Question (For Parents)
• DAFS002 -- 23 Tips to Keep in Mind and Put to Use (For Parents)
• DAFS003 -- Facts Every Parent Should Know
• DAFS004 -- Grades 4, 5, and 6 (For Parents)
• DAFS005 -- Grades 7, 8, and 9 (For Parents)
• DAFS006 -- Grades K, 1, 2 and 3 (For Parents)
• DAFS007 -- Grandparents Hold the Key
• DAFS008 -- Helping Children on Drugs
• DAFS009 -- Keeping Watch Over Your Child
• DAFS010 -- Talking With Your Kids
• DAFS011 -- The First Year of Middle School (For Caregivers)
• DAFS012 -- Your Preschooler
• DAFS016 -- 40 Developmental Assets
• DAFS033 -- Mentoring: Guidelines for Parents
• DAFS034 -- Mentoring: Parent FAQs
• DAFS035   -FASD:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Overview
• DAFS036  - FASD: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention
• DAFS037  - FASD: Effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
• DAFS038  -FASD: If You Are Pregnant...

For a complete list of all downloads/publications available from the Lancaster Drug & Alcohol Information Center, click here

Terminos Populares o Callejeros en el Condado de Lancaster (Popular Street Drug Terms in Lancaster County)

Websites for Parents & Caregivers

ASK—Adolescent Substance Abuse Knowledge Base: A website for parents of struggling adolescents. Includes information on substance abuse prevention, adolescent substance abuse treatment, and drug identification.

COBYS Family Services: COBYS Family Services (Lancaster County) provides a variety of counseling and educational services from a Christian perspective, including parenting and child-care training using the 40 Developmental Assets model.

Council On Drug & Alcohol Abuse: The Council On Drug & Alcohol Abuse of Lancaster County operates a number of prevention programs, including the Elementary Youth Support Program (EYSP), an in-school prevention program for at-risk elementary & middle-school youth; Alternative Community Intervention (ACI), which features a summer camp (Kids' Kamp), an after-school program (Future Generations), and a high-school leadership program (Connections); PEAKS (for middle-school age youth); and Youth Alcohol Education Intervention (YAEI or Life Skills), an alternative sentencing program for those cited for under-age drinking. The Council also operates the Lancaster Drug & Alcohol Information Center. Additionally, The Council provides customized prevention and education programs and services for youth, schools, parents, employers, and faith-based organizations.

Join Together: Join Together supports community-based efforts to reduce, prevent, and treat substance abuse across the nation. The Join Together website provides the latest news in the field of substance abuse prevention and treatment, along with funding information, data and statistics, and links to other sites.

Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free: A coalition of Governors' spouses, Federal agencies, and public and private organizations. Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free is an initiative to prevent the use of alcohol by children ages 9 to 15.

National Clearinghouse for Drug and Alcohol Information: Comprehensive information on the treatment and prevention of substance abuse-downloads, brochures, fact sheets, reports, and videos. Almost all of it is free and available in quantity. Operated by the federal government.

Parents. The Anti-Drug: A great website for parents and teachers. It also has a lot of helpful information for employers and faith communities.

Pennsylvania Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD): Pennsylvania MADD website includes information about local chapters, legislation and advocacy, victim services, and education.

Search Institute: The Search Institute is the primary developer of the 40 Developmental Assets. Complete information on the 40 Developmental Assets, including books and videos for parents, educators, youth leaders, and faith-based organizations.