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1 COMMUNITY RESOURCE LIBRARY CATALOG The COAD Group Revised June 2015

2 COMMUNITY RESOURCE LIBRARY CATALOG Table of Contents Parent Resources Alcohol Resources Mental Health Resources Problem Gambling Resources Drug Resources Understanding Addiction and Treatment Information General Drug Abuse and Addiction Information Activity Books, Coloring Pages, and Bookmarks HIV/AIDS Resources Aging Resources To Order: Call Jacquelyn Taylor at or

3 Parent Resources The Teen Years: A Road Map for Parents (CD-ROM) Warning Signs of D&A Abuse Slide Guides Keeping Your Teens Drug-Free: A Family Guide Talking With Your Child About Drugs Slide Guide Keeping Your Teens Drug-Free: A Guide for African American Parents and Caregivers Keeping Your Teens Drug-Free: A Guide for Hispanic Families Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child About Alcohol Alcohol and Other Drug Use Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know Kids Aren't Just Small Adults: Medicines, Children, and the Care Every Child Deserves My Medicines Treat with Care: Kids and OTC Cough and Cold Medicines Preventing Teen Cough Medicine Abuse: A Parent's Guide The Abuse of Prescription and Over-The-Counter Drugs Helping Your Child Refuse to Use The Responsible Parent: Talking to Your Kids About Alcohol The Responsible Parent: Talking to Your Kids About Alcohol & the Law A Parent s Guide to Warning Signs of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prescription Drug Abuse: What Every Parent Should Know Responsible Hosting:When You Care Enough About Your Guest to Plan for Both Fun & Safety How to Tell if a Kid is on Drugs and What to do About It! You Can Help; A Guide for Caring Adults Working with Young People Experiencing Addiction in the Family Under 21 in Pennsylvania- Know the Laws Under 21 Zero Tolerance: It's Not Your Call, It's the Law No One Will Know Your Degree Doesn't Matter A Guide for Parents of 1st Year College Students College Drinking: How Faculty Can Change the Culture Over 21? It's Your Call DUI Arrest in Pennsylvania Page 3

4 Alcohol Brochures Straight Talk for Teens About Alcohol The Truth About Alcohol Underage Drinking: Out of Control Alcohol and Energy Drink Mixtures: Dead Asleep Before You Know It! Four Loko Fact Sheet Alcohol - Straight Facts: Serious Dangers Binge Drinking - Too Much, Too Fast Alcohol - Drug Undercover Choosing Not to Drink Teens and Alcohol: When You're With Friends - Handling the Pressure to Drink Underage Drinking: Myths vs. Facts You Are What You Drink If You Think You Have a Drinking Problem, Ask Yourself Alcoholism - A Treatable Disease What Everyone Should Know About Alcoholism How Alcoholism Affects the Family A Family History of Alcoholism: Are You At Risk? Page 4

5 COMMUNITY RESOURCE LIBRARY CATALOG It Feels So Bad, It Doesn t Have To It's Not Your Fault Children of Alcoholics Alcohol - A Women's Health Issue Beyond Hangovers - Understand Alcohol's Impact on Your Health Rethinking Drinking - Alcohol and Your Health Tips for Cutting Down on Drinking Alcohol, Other Drugs & Driving - A Deadly Combination! Harmful Interaction: Mixing Alcohol with Medicines Non-Alcoholic Beverage Recipes - Cold Weather Non-Alcoholic Beverage Recipes - Warm Weather Alcohol AND PREGNANCY Can Drinking Alcohol Affect My Baby? Alcohol & Pregnancy - Put Your Baby First When You're Pregnant, Your Baby Drinks What You Drink Nine Months, Zero Alcohol Drinking and Your Pregnancy Nine Months, Zero Alcohol - 1 Answer = No Alcohol You Can Hurt Your Unborn Baby, Think Before You Drink Recovering Hope: Mothers Speak Out About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Page 5

6 Mental Health About Anti-Anxiety Drugs Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Mental Illness - They're Treatable Conditions What You Should Know About Self-Esteem About Dual Diagnosis What Parents Can Do What is an Eating Disorder? Do I Am I How To Help a Friend With Eating and Body Image Issues Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens About Dating Violence What You Should Know About Mental Illness in the Family Overcoming Substance Use and Mental Disorders About Children With Special Needs Childhood Anxiety Relaxation Techniques Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents Dealing With Stress Depression Depression in Women

7 Mental Health Generalized Anxiety Disorder; When Worry Gets Out of Control Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Parents Can Do Men and Depression Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; When Unwanted Thoughts Take Over Older Adults and Depression Panic Disorder: When Fear Overwhelms Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder )PTSD) tri-fold Self harm and cutting Schizophrenia Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder); Always Embarrassed Suicide in America: Frequently asked questions Teen Depression The Teen Brain; Still Under Construction

8 Problem Gambling Youth Gambling/ College Gambling Older Adults and Gambling Gambling and Recovery Gambling Addiction Slide Guides Early Signs of Compulsive Gambling What is GA?/ GA Combo Book Suggestions for Coping with Urges to Gamble Compulsive & Problem Gambling. A Newcomer Asks Only just a game really? Page 8

9 COMMUNITY RESOURCE LIBRARY CATALOG Other Drug Brochures Amphetamines: Excessive Speed Tips for Teens - Cocaine Cocaine: Fantasy and Nightmare The Brain's Response to Cocaine Research Report - Cocaine: Abuse and Addiction Tips for Teens - Club Drugs GHB, Rohypnol, and Ketamin Knockout Punch Drug Slang Dictionary Ecstasy - Nothing to Rave About Ecstasy - The Big Lie Know the Dangers of Ecstasy and Other Club Drugs Research Report - MDMA (Ecstasy) Abuse Tips for Teens - Hallucinogens Hallucinogens: Out of Your Mind The Brain's Response to Hallucinogens Research Report - Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs Tips for Teens - Heroin Heroin - A Deadly Drug The facts about HEROIN Tips for Teens - Inhalants Inhalants: Something Deadly in the Air The Brain's Response to Inhalants Page 9

10 Other Drugs Continued About Inhalants Tips for Teens - Marijuana Teens and Marijuana: Bad for Your Body and Your Mind Marijuana: Facts for Teens Marijuana: Stone Cold Stupid Marijuana: The life of a pot smoker The Brain's Response to Marijuana Research Report - Marijuana Abuse Drug Facts - Spice (Synthetic Marijuana) Tips for Teens - Methamphetamine The Brain's Response to Methamphetamine Methamphetamine - Fools Rush In Research Report - Methamphetamine Abuse and Addiction The Brain's Response to Opiate Over The Counter Phamplet OxyContin Abusers Beware Tranquilizers and Painkillers: Down and Out Research Report - Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction Prescription Drugs: Not What the Doctor Ordered Prescription Drug Abuse: Help Turns to Harm The Brain's Response to Prescription Drugs Prescription Drugs: Community Drug Alert Bulletin Talking to Your Patients About Prescription Drug Abuse Talking to Your Kids About Prescription Drug Abuse Prescription Drug Abuse - Get the Facts Page 10

11 Other Drugs Continued Prescription Drugs They Can Help But Also Hurt Rohypnol: Fast Facts Acquaintance Rape, Drugs and You The Brain s Response to Anabolic Steroids Research Report - Anabolic Steroid Abuse Tips for Teens - Steroids Anabolic - Androgenic Steroid: Nothing Comes For Nothing Talking About Steroids - What to Say and How to Say It Spice and Bath Salts Synthetic Drugs Synthetic Drugs: Keeping tabs on dangers for young people Fake Weed Gateway Drugs Research Report - Tobacco Addiction Quitting Tobacco Within Reach The Brain's Response to Nicotine Be a Quitter! Smokeless Tobacco Tips for Teens - Tobacco Tobacco - License to Kill Your re in Control-Using Prescription Medicine Responsibility Butane Hash Oil Dabbing Electronic Cigarettes Vaping and E-Cigarettes 8 Things Every Parent Should Know

12 Understanding Addiction & Treatment The Science of Addiction - Drugs, Brains, and Behavior The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction Info Facts: Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment - A Research-Based Guide Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations Consumer Guide to Home Drug Testing Research Report - Therapeutic Community Info Facts: Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction Research Report - Co-morbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses Commonly Abused Drugs Commonly Abused Prescription Drugs Focus on Prevention Addiction - Breaking the Cycle Drug Abuse and Addiction About Addiction About On-the-Job Substance Abuse Substance Use Disorders in the Workplace: A Guide to Recovery for Employees Drugs in the Workplace Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Know What to Ask The Next Step Toward a Better Life Are you in recovery from alcohol or drug problems? Know Your Rights Overcoming Addiction - Building New Lives About Recovery From Alcohol or Other Drug Addiction Page 12

13 General Drug Abuse & Addiction Information What You Should Know About Addiction Relapse About Co-Dependency What is Substance Abuse Treatment? A Booklet for Families Need Help? How to find Health and Human Services in Chester County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Happens in the Best of Families and It Hurts PRO-ACT's Family Program Pennsylvania's Act 106 Are You Troubled by Someone's Drinking Al-Anon is for You! Has Your Life Been Affected by Someone Else's Drinking? Ala-teen is for You! Did You Grow Up With a Problem Drinker? Al-Anon is for you! Is A.A. for you? A Newcomer Asks This is A.A. An introduction to the A.A. Recovery Program You Can Help Create a Drug-Free Community Why Follow the Crowd? About Peer Pressure About Making Decisions - A Guide for Young People Refusal Skills Keeping Your Cool: Refusing drugs, alcohol, and tobacco What to Say When You Want to Say No 37 Scary But True Facts About Drugs Drugs and You Drugs: Shatter the Myths Faces of Change - Do I Have a Problem With Alcohol or Drugs? People Recover

14 Activity books, coloring pages and bookmarks About Alcohol and Other Drugs - A Coloring & Activities Book Being Me and Alcohol Free! Learning and Activity Book Being Me and Drug Free! Learning and Activity Book Being me and Tobacco Free! Learning and Activity Book Cool Kids Club: Happy, Healthy, Drug-Free Me! Welcome to the world of Drugosaurs! A Drug Education Activity Book Let's Learn More About Building Family Relationships: An Information & Activities Book Let's Talk About Mental Health - An Information & Activities Book Let's Learn About Mixed Messages in the Media - An Information & Activities Book about Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Let's Talk About Drugs - An information & Activities Book Coloring pages and Bookmarks also available! HIV/ AIDS What People Over 50 Need to Know About HIV and AIDS Age Page - HIV, AIDS, and Older People Research Report - HIV/AIDS Tips for Teens - HIV/ AIDS Drugs, Alcohol, and HIV/AIDS: A Consumer Guide Drugs, Alcohol, and HIV/AIDS: A Consumer Guide for African Americans Page 14

15 Aging Older Adults and Alcohol Alcohol, Medications, and Older People Alcohol: What s right for you? Active Ingredients for a Healthy Lifestyle Older Adults and Substance Use Disorders About Alcohol Abuse and Older People Go4Life Safe Use of Medicines Aging, Medicines and Alcohol Good Mental Health is Ageless Age Page - Medicines: Use Them Safely Age Page - Pain: You Can Get Help Age Page - Exercise and Physical Activity: Getting Fit for Life Age Page - Depression Age Page- Alcohol Use in Older People Age Page Age Page - Older Drivers Age Page - Smoking: It's Never Too Late To Stop Age Page - Fatigue: More Than Being Tired Page 15

16 Spanish/ Espanol Su hijo lo necesita! Comience a hablar antes de que ellos comience a beber: Una guia para la familia Hable Con Sus Hijos Sobre Las Drogas y Sus Peligros Manteniendo a sus Adolescents Libres de Drogas: Una Guia Para las Familias Hispanas Arresto por D.U.I. En Pensilvania Menor De 21 Anos Cero Tolerancia: No es su decision, es la ley El Tratamiento para el Abuso de las Drogas y el Alcohol Que es el Tratamiento para el Abuso de Sustancias? Un Folleto para las Familias Necesita ayuda? Como Encontrar Servicios Humanos y Servicios de Salud en el Condado de Chester Deberia usted hablar con alguien sober un problema relacionado con las drogas, el alcohol o la salud mental? Los ninos, no son simplemente adultos pequenos Tecnicas de Negacion: Aprende a decir "NO" sin perder a tus amigos Que puedes decir si deseas decir "No"? Explorando La Mente: Incluya Ocho Folletos Se Siente tan mal, Pero no tiene que ser asi La adiccion al alcohol y las drogas ocurre en las mejores familias y duele Las Drogas y usted Datos sobre las bebidas alcoholicas para los adolescentes Lo que todo el mundo debe saber sobre El Alcohol Lo que todo el mundo debe saber sobre El Alcoholismo El alcohol grave y peligroso Los alucinogenos fuera de este mundo Los anfetaminas velocidad excesiva Cocaina: Fantasias y pesadillas El extasis: la gran mentira La heroina: causa de muente Los inhalantes: hay algo mortal en el aire La marihuana: atontado por las drogas La metanfetamina: Solo para los tontos Abuso de Medicinas Recetadas: Ayuda conventida en dano La marihuana: Informacion para los adolescents Guia para los padres: Prevenga que sus hijos abusen de las medicinas contra la tos OxyContin : Analgesico que mata Los sedantes y los calmantes: Fuera de combate Deje de fumar por un dia para siempre El tabaco: licencia para matar Renuncia- Deja de Fumar! Page 16

17 M COMMUNITY RESOURCE CATALOG Order Form Publication Title Qty. Order total: Name Address Phone Address To Order: Call Jacquelyn Taylor at or Page 17

18 DVD S Abusing Over the Counter Drugs Addiction and the Human Brain Are You Addicted Bath Salts: The Deadly Facts Bombed Club Drugs: The Real Drugs Confronting Drunk Driving Do I Have a Problem? Recognizing Drug and Alcohol Addiction Esctasy: The Facts High on Painkillers: Addiction and Overdose High on Spice: The Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana Legal but Deadly Abusing Prescription Drugs Marijuana and the Teenage Brain Marijuana Exposed Spit This! The Hazards of Smokeless Tobacco Think Twice: Marijuana and Cancer Too Much: The Extreme Dangers of Binge Drinking Top 10 Myths About Alcohol and Drugs Underage Drinking: Know the Facts, Know The Rosks Vaping More Dangerous Than You Think What s up with E-Cigarettes What s Wrong with Marijuana

19 DVD S Am I Normal? Teen Issues and Emotional Health Emotional Self-Control: Do You Have it? Hallmarks of Good Mental Health Hidden Scars, Silent Wounds: Understanding Self-Injury Out: Stress Management Struggling with Stress Who Needs Therapy? Treating Psychological Problems Alcohol and The Teenage Brain: A Video Guide Helping Young Teens Succeed in Middle School Help Your Teen Understand Bullying Marijuana: A Video Guide for Parents Raising Healthy Teens: Communication Skills Underage Drinking: A Video Guide for Parents

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