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Prevention Newslink JANUARY 2017 SD Prevention Resource Centers WPRC Youth & Family Services Burke Eilers [email protected] Vonnie Ackerman [email protected] (605)-342-1593 SEPRC Volunteers of America- Dakotas Michelle Majeres [email protected] Melinda Olson [email protected] (605)-444-6342 NEPRC Human Service Agency Dodi Haug [email protected] Jeanne Pufahl-Ward [email protected] (605)-884-3516 National Drug Abuse Prevention Facts Week—January 23-29, 2017 The NDAFW team is pleased to introduce a new BINGO game that anyone can use. Instead of displaying the words BINGO at the top, the 5 leers read NDAFW. The center of the card will remain an empty space, and the other blocks will be filled with terms related to NDAFW. The caller (teacher, RA, mentor) will call out a vo- cabulary word from the sheet provided (see aachment below) and then will read the descripon that follows the word. The point of this game is to educate players about certain topics and facts surrounding drug and alco- hol use. The game will connue unl one of the players has a winning BINGO paern (up, down, across, diagonal.) Aſter the game is over, callers of the game are encouraged to finish reading through the list of vocabulary words that were not called. You can print the cards provided, or you can make your own. Bingo Cards (PDF, 15MB) Vocabulary Sheet (PDF, 2MB) For more informaon on this campaign, visit hps://teens.drugabuse.gov/naonal-drug-alcohol-facts-week No Name-Calling Week—January 16-20, 2017 Celebrate kindness by pung it into acon! Every year for No Name-Calling Week, GLSEN provides students and educators with the tools and inspiraon to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to challenge bullying and name-calling in their communies. This No Name-Calling Week begins on Marn Luther King, Jr. Day and ends on the Presidenal Inauguraon. It is an important opportunity to show allyship to LGBTQ students, parcularly transgender and gender nonconforming (GNC) students, as well as LGBTQ students of color. There are many ideas for teachers, community members, parents, students, etc. to get involved in No Name-Calling Week and can be found at www.glsen.org/nonamecallingweek. You can use the planning tools to assist with carrying out the campaign within your community. There are also ideas on pung kindness into acon through lessons and acvies for the elementary, middle school, and high schools.
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Prevention Newslink J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7
SD
Prevention
Resource
Centers
WPRC
Youth & Family Services
Burke Eilers [email protected]
Vonnie Ackerman [email protected]
(605)-342-1593
SEPRC
Volunteers of America-
Dakotas
Michelle Majeres [email protected]
Melinda Olson [email protected]
(605)-444-6342
NEPRC
Human Service Agency
Dodi Haug [email protected]
Jeanne Pufahl-Ward [email protected]
(605)-884-3516
National Drug Abuse Prevention Facts Week—January 23-29, 2017
The NDAFW team is pleased to introduce a new BINGO game that anyone can use. Instead of displaying the words BINGO at the top, the 5 letters read NDAFW. The center of the card will remain an empty space, and the other blocks will be filled with terms related to NDAFW. The caller (teacher, RA, mentor) will call out a vo-cabulary word from the sheet provided (see attachment below) and then will read the description that follows the word. The point of this game is to educate players about certain topics and facts surrounding drug and alco-hol use. The game will continue until one of the players has a winning BINGO pattern (up, down, across, diagonal.) After the game is over, callers of the game are encouraged to finish reading through the list of vocabulary words that were not called. You can print the cards provided, or you can make your own.
Bingo Cards (PDF, 15MB) Vocabulary Sheet (PDF, 2MB)
For more information on this campaign, visit https://teens.drugabuse.gov/national-drug-alcohol-facts-week
No Name-Calling Week—January 16-20, 2017
Celebrate kindness by putting it into action! Every year for No Name-Calling Week, GLSEN provides students and educators with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to challenge bullying and name-calling in their communities. This No Name-Calling Week begins on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and ends on the Presidential Inauguration. It is an important opportunity to show allyship to LGBTQ students, particularly transgender and gender nonconforming (GNC) students, as well as LGBTQ students of color. There are many ideas for teachers, community members, parents, students, etc. to get involved in No Name-Calling Week and can be found at www.glsen.org/nonamecallingweek. You can use the planning tools to assist with carrying out the campaign within your community. There are also ideas on putting kindness into action through lessons and activities for the elementary, middle school, and high schools.
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Upcoming Training & Events
P R E V E N T I O N N E W S L I N K
Jan 18, LifeSkills Training—Watertown—Contact Jeanne at 605-884-3524 or [email protected]
Jan 18-19, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) - Pierre—Contact Julie 605-224-3451 or [email protected]
Jan 19, Mental Health First Aid: Military Members, Veterans, and Families—Sioux Falls—Contact Taylor—605-339-4257 or
Jan 23, QPRT (Question, Persuade, Refer or Treat) - Sioux Falls—Contact Taylor—605-339-4257 or [email protected]
Jan 24-25, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) - Contact Taylor—605-339-4257 or [email protected]
January 25, Mental Health First Aid Training for Older Adults and Those Dealing with Later Life Issues, Rapid City, contact
Stephanie at 605-348-6692 or [email protected]
Jan 27, Therapists as Adoption Specialists—Sioux Falls—Contact Loni at 605-343-2811 or [email protected]
Feb 6, Mental Health First Aid – Sturgis— Contact Debbie at 605-721-5742
Feb 6, Mental Health First Aid for Higher Ed—Sioux Falls— Contact Taylor at 605-339-4357 or [email protected]
Feb 9, Youth Mental Health First Aid—Sioux Falls— Contact Taylor at 605-339-4357 or [email protected]
Feb 10, QPRT (Question, Persuade, Refer or Treat) - Sioux Falls—Contact Taylor—605-339-4257 or [email protected]
Feb 13, QPRT—Suicide Risk Assessment and Risk Management Training—Rapid City—Contact Stephanie at 605-348-6692 or
Feb 13, Mental Health First Aid – Rapid City— Contact Debbie at 605-721-5742
Feb 20 & 22, Mental Health First Aid – Rapid City— Contact Debbie at 605-721-5742
Feb 28, Youth Mental Health First Aid—Sioux Falls— Contact Michelle at 605-444-3642 or [email protected]
Feb 27, Mental Health First Aid for Higher Ed—Sioux Falls— Contact Taylor at 605-339-4357 or [email protected]
March 7 & 8, Youth Mental Health First Aid – Rapid City— Contact Debbie at 605-721-5742
March 8, Mental Health First Aid for Higher Education—Aberdeen—Contact Jeanne at 605-884-3524 or
March 13, Youth Mental Health First Aid for Higher Ed—Sioux Falls— Contact Taylor at 605-339-4357 or
March 14, Tobacco Insitute, Chamberlain— Contact Roshal at 605-884-3538 or [email protected]
March 21, Youth Mental Health First Aid—Canton — Contact Michelle at 605-444-3642 or [email protected]
March 27, QPRT—Suicide Risk Assessment and Risk Management Training—Rapid City—Contact Stephanie at 605-348-6692 or
March 30, Students Against Destructive Decisions conference—Rapid City—Contact Vonnie at 605-342-4789 or
March 31, Students Against Destructive Decisions conference—Brookings—Contact Jeanne at 605-884-3524 or
April 10-12, SDAAPP Conference—Chamberlain—Contac Dawn at [email protected]
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South Dakota
Suicide Prevention
Resources
Statewide Website
sdsuicideprevention.org
Statewide Crisis Line
1-800-273-8255
For Additional Information
Contact:
Barbara Bettelyoun
605-274-1406
Answered by the
Helpline Center
Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illnesses
In Mental Health First Aid training, participants learn about why this training is
important . One of the many reasons is that for many years there has been
great stigma involved surrounding the topic of mental illnesses. When there is
stigma, we know that there is prejudice (negative attitudes) and
discrimination (negative behaviors toward someone). This stigma results in
those individuals who are experiencing signs and symptoms of a mental illness
to not seek professional help. In the British Journal of Psychiatry, an article
was written called The Distinction between mental and physical illness by R.E.
Kendell. It is an interesting read with the history of how the separation of
physical illness and mental illness occurred. The article gets us to question
why there is a need to distinguish it between a ‘mental’ illness versus a
‘physical’ illness when “there is much ‘physical’ in ‘mental’ disorders and much
‘mental’ in ‘physical’ disorders.” A person who is struggling with signs/
symptoms of a mental illness
should not feel any different
about seeking professional
help than a person who is strug-
gling with signs/symptoms of a
physical illness.
To read this article, go to http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/178/6/490
U.S.A. SUICIDE: 2015 OFFICIAL FINAL DATA
The official data for suicide rates in the United State for 2015 has been
released. There is work to be done in South Dakota in suicide
prevention as the state ranks 7th in the nation when comparing suicide
rates. Click here for the full data report:.
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South Dakota
Tobacco Control
Program
Regional Contacts
Western Region
Joan Lindstrom
605-394-5120
Southeast Region
Hilary Overby
605-444-6341
Northeast Region
Roshal Rossman
605-884-3538
Central Region
Ashley Heyne
605-276-5104
Surgeon General Releases Report on E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults
On December 8, 2016, the U.S. Surgeon General released the first comprehensive review of the public health impact e-cigarettes have on youth and young adults. Although more evidence is needed, research has shown that large numbers of youth are using e-cigarettes and 85% of youth use flavored e-cigarettes. The report also concluded that e-cigarettes are unsafe, contain harmful and potentially harmful ingredients, and are strongly associated with the use of other tobacco products among youth and young adults. The Surgeon General’s report also calls on e-cigarette manufactures to stop marketing to youth and for the FDA to strengthen its rules by prohibiting flavored e-cigarettes and marketing tactics to youth. To learn more about the Surgeon General’s report, visit https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov.
Infographic showing results from NIH’s 2016 Monitoring the Future survey
HUD Announces Smoke-Free Public Housing
On November 30, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) passed a final ruling to make public housing properties smoke-free. The new rule will help protect the health and safety of more than two million public residents – including 760,000 children – by eliminating secondhand smoke exposure. It will also help with health care costs, costs of repairs, and prevent fires. Public housing agencies have 18 months to implement smoke-free policies to all of their buildings and outdoors areas within 25 feet of housing and administrative buildings
Highway Safety Program
Mission Statement:
Partner with prevention
advocates to provide
education and assistance to
reduce the number of traffic
crashes, injuries and
fatalities occurring on SD
roadways.
Eric Majeres
Sioux Falls
605.444.6301
Focus Areas:
Occupant Protection
Impaired Driving
Peer – to – Peer Youth Presentation
Topic: Distracted Driving
Madasyn Smithhart has been actively
promoting safe driving for nearly two
years. Her knowledge and passion for
the topic of distracted driving goes well
beyond her pageant platform. She is a
safety advocate and positive role
model in everyday life. Maddy
connects on a peer-to-peer level with
student audiences. She does great
with both large and small student
assemblies.
Her story is personal and applies to
everyone. She has partnered with the
VOA - Highway Safety Program as
well as the Sioux Empire Safety
Village Simulated Reality Progam
(driving simulators) program on many
occasions. Maddy is looking for
additional opportunities to present to
teen audiences during the remainder
of the school year. She attends
Washington High School in Sioux
Falls. Contact her today if teens in
your community could use a reminder
to drive distraction free.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Phone - (605) 251-3735
Thanks!
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Click for more info on distracted driving and the dangers of “App and Drive”:
New Worry for Parents
What do others think? Click for a recent distracted driving public opinion poll:
National Safety Council
