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Volume 2, Issue 3 September 2022 |
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Free NARCAN/Naloxone Training for Fall
Please join the North Reading Police Department and the Community Impact Team for a free in-person training session. All sessions are held in the NRPD training room and run for one hour. Dates and times are Sept. 19 at 6 p.m., Sept. 20 at 7 p.m., Oct. 12 at 9 a.m., Oct. 13 at 12 p.m., and Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. Click here to choose the session that best fits your schedule.
Each one-hour session will include:
· recognizing the signs of an overdose
· Good Samaritan laws
· how to administer bystander Naloxone/Narcan
· local substance use trends
· accessing treatment and mental health options
· how to access Naloxone
· how to offer help to a loved one
Please share this information with friends and fellow committee members and encourage them to attend as well.
This training is not intended to represent any certification nor professional level medical instruction.
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Read on for more Coalition news and upcoming events |
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NARCAN/Naloxone Training
Guiding Good Choices
40 Developmental Assets
Student Athlete Prevention Playbook
Core Measurement Wrap Up
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Upcoming Meetings
Sept. 26, 12:30 p.m. via Zoom
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Guiding Good Choices Back for Fall
Guiding Good Choices is offered again this fall to North Reading families and those in surrounding communities FREE of charge. Please share this great opportunity with parents who would like to learn more about how to guide their children during these challenging times.
This interactive program offers science-based skills and practice to help parents, grandparents and caregivers:
- Strengthen bonds with their children
- Increase protective factors and decrease risk factors
- Prevent youth substance use
This course is targeted to caregivers of students ages 9-14, but all participants are welcome regardless of students’ ages. Enrollment includes dinner each week, facilitated workshops, guest speakers, social time, and course materials. Each workshop offers a $30 gift card raffle to attendees! All sessions begin at 6 p.m. and are held in the Flint Memorial Library Activity Room.
Sign up for one workshop or the whole series by clicking here!
Oct. 5/Workshop 1: Family Fundamentals and Values
Oct. 12/Workshop 2: Facing Family Conflicts and Risk Management
Oct. 19/Workshop 3: Setting Your Family Up for Success
Oct. 26/Workshop 4: Youth Subtance Use and Mental Health 101
This workshop is provided free thanks to the Drug-Free Communities Grant and Winchester Hospital. Questions? Contact Christie Perrone at northreadingCIT@gmail.com. |
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40 Developmental Assets Training
The Search Institute has found 40 factors that are important to young people’s success. They call these “Developmental Assets” which are traits, values and experiences that all young people need to be healthy, successful and reach their full potential.
The more assets young people have, the more likely they are to:
- thrive;
- make healthy choices; and
- avoid harmful behaviours.
When a young person increases the number of assets they have, research shows they become happier and more resilient. Regardless of:
- gender;
- culture;
- how much money they have; or
- where they live.
Please join and invite others to participate in this important training with Amy Luckiewicz and Laura Miranda. Lunch is included (please make your menu selection when sign up). Register here for one of the following sessions to be held at the NRPD Community Room and sponsored in partnership with Winchester Hospital. Choose from one of nine dates, starting at either 12 p.m. or 7 p.m. |
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NRHS Football Welcomes Student Athlete Prevention Playbook
The NRHS Football team is engaging in The Student Athlete Prevention Playbook program. Head Coach Eddie Blum will present 8 topics introduced through handouts, parent resource pages and facilitated discussions during Monday team meetings. As a pilot program, pre and post learning assessment will determine the program's successes. The goal is to roll out the program in 2023-24 to more teams in a balance of male and female teams.
Objectives include:
a) Increase awareness of healthy living topics among student-athletes
b) Engage student-athletes in conversations related to healthy decision making
c) Increase the health of student-athletes
d) Prepare student-athletes for healthy behaviors beyond high school |
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North Reading Police to Host Child Safety Seat Checks
The North Reading Police Department will host a Child Seat
Check Day on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 from 9:00am to 12:00pm at the Middle/High School parking lot. The event will feature child safety seat inspections by Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians. Children are also welcome to attend to tour a North Reading Police cruiser.
School Resource Officer Detective Paul Lucci noted, “Proper car seat installation is vital to the safe transportation of children in a vehicle. Having your car seat inspected by a certified child passenger safety technician is important in ensuring your car seat has been installed correctly and any misuse found can be corrected.” He added, “This safety step will help prevent unintentional injuries to a child.”
If you need a car seat installed or know anyone who would like help with proper installation, please reach out to Det. Lucci at plucci@nrpd.org.
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Core Measurement Presented
Amy Luckiewicz shared the 2021-22 Core Measurement Survey results with the School Committee earlier this summer. While some categories of substance use showed improvement, there is still work to be done. This survey is an important component of North Reading's grant. Please take the time to review the detailed presentation and data at this link.
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Best Wishes to Jen Ford
The Coalition would like to extend best wishes and tremendous gratitude to Jen Ford, North Reading's long-time Youth Services Director.
Jen recently announced that she will move on to new professional opportunities. However, we thank Jen for staying on as chair and member of the Youth Substance Use Prevention Coalition, as her work is so invaluable!
Jen's compassionate and dedicated work on behalf of North Reading's youth and, especially during the height of the pandemic, all North Reading's citizens is unrivaled. Please join the Coalition in wishing Jen well in all her future endeavors! |
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