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Equity & Inclusion

Video

• Working with Youth Who Use Substances 

Resources for Providers

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+): SAMHSA Programs and Initiatives
• A Pediatrician’s Guide to an LGBTQ+ Friendly Practice 
• Building Health Equity and Inclusion
• Substance Use and SUDs in LGBTQ+ Populations
• Words Matter: Preferred Language for Talking About Addiction 
• Addition Nursing Competencies: A Comprehensive Toolkit for the Addictions Nurse
• Building Health Equity and Inclusion
• Systemic Racism and Substance Use Disorders

Resources for Families

• Pronouns Matter 
• Words Matter: Preferred Language for Talking About Addiction 
• Stigma Free Me

Social Determinants of Health

Video

• Social Considerations (Housing, School, Work, Juvenile Justice Involvement) 

Resources for Providers

• Substance Use Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness 
• Social Determinants of Health 
• Review of Evidence for Health-Related Social Needs Interventions 
• World Health Organization: Social Determinants of Health 
• Healthy People 2023: Social Determinants of Health
• Addressing Social Determinants of Health: Examples of Successful Evidence-Based Strategies and Current Federal Efforts 
• Screening Children for Social Determinants of Health: A Systematic Review 
• Boston Medical Center: Thrive Screening Tool 
• The Health Leads Screening Tool 
• Find Help 
• Non-Emergency Transportation 
• McKinney-Vento Education in Maine 
• Youth Peer Support Statewide Network (YPSSN) 
• A Handbook for Youth by Youth in Foster Care by Youth Leadership Advisory Team (YLAT) 
• High School and Beyond: A Guide to Transition 

Resources for Families

• Maine Care Assistance
• Guide to Katie Beckett Application Process

‌Barriers to Treatment

Video

• Addressing Barriers to Adolescents Seeking Substance Use Treatment ​
• Why Interventions to Influence Adolescent Behavior Often Fail but Could Succeed 
• Improving Substance Use Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment Financing to Enhance Equity and Improve Outcomes Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults ​

Building & Promoting Resilience

Resources for Providers

• Adolescent Health Highlight: Positive Mental Health: Resilience
• Adolescents’ Resilience During Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Mediating Role in the Association Between SEL Skills and Mental Health
• Blum Center Program: Fostering and Preventing Depression, Stress and Suicide in Youth
• Botvin Life Skills Training Program
• Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings
• CDC Promising Practices: The Aban Aya Youth Project (AAYP)
• A Community-Based Systems Learning Approach to Understanding Youth Violence in Boston
• Developing Norms for the California Resilience Youth Development Module: Internal Assets and School Resources Subscales
• Familias Unidas: Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development
• Fathers and Sons: Prevention Research Collaborative
• Maine Resilience Building Network
• Multidimensional Family Prevention for At-Risk Adolescents
• Positive Youth Development
• Preparing for the Drug Free Years
• QUT Resourceful Adolescent Program
• Resilience and Youth Development Module: Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness
• RULER: Evidence Based Approach to Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Developed at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
• Suicide, Overdose, and Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Capacity Assessment Tool (SPACECAT)
• Strengthening Families Program by Karol Kumpfer
• What is a Planning Model? An Introduction to PRECEDE-PROCEED
• What is YES? (Youth Empowerment Solutions) 

Resources for Families

• Adolescent Health Highlight: Positive Mental Health; Resilience
• Center for Parent and Teen Communication
• Fathers and Sons: Prevention Research Collaborative 
• Positive Youth Development: The Administration for Children and Families
• Botvin Life Skills 
• QUT Resourceful Adolescent Program
• Resilience for Teens: 10 Tips to Build Skills on Bouncing Back from Rough Times
• Resilience Helps to Prevent Youth Substance Use 
• Strengthening Families Program ​

Working With Families Impacted by Substance Use

Video

• Working with Families Impacted by Substance Use 

Resources for Providers

• Family-based Treatments for Adolescent Substance Use 
• Becoming our Young People’s Case Managers: Caregivers’ Experiences, Needs, and Ideas for Improving Opioid Use Treatments for Young People Using Opioids

Resources for Families

• Emergency Response for Opioid Overdose
• Select Resources for Families Dealing with Active Substance Use
• Worried About your Child’s Exposure to Drugs and Alcohol? 
• Helping a Loved One Dealing with Mental and/or Substance Use Disorders
• Supporting a Loved One Dealing with Mental and/or Substance Use Disorders: Starting the Conversation
• Prevention Works. Treatment is Effective. People Can and Do Recover.

Digital/Online Resources

Video

• Supporting Adolescents and Families with Remote Digital Resources

Resources for Providers

• Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) 
• Online/Digital Recovery Support Resources 
• Technology-Assisted Care for Substance Use Disorders 
• Using Science to Inform the Development, Evaluation, and Implementation of Novel Digital Health Tools for Substance Use, Mental Health and Other Health Conditions
• Educating & Supporting Inquisitive Youth in Recovery (ESQYIR) 
• Technology Transfer Centers Funded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
• Sober Grid App 
• SAMHSA “Talk. They Hear You” App 
• ASAM eLearning; SUD
• Technology-based Interventions for Preventing and Treating Substance Use Among Youth

Resources for Families

• Online/Digital Recovery Support Resources 
• SMART Recovery Family & Friends 
• SAMHSA “Talk. They Hear You” App 
• Worried About Your Child’s Exposure to Drugs and Alcohol? Parent CRAFT Can Help