NACoA is proud to memorialize a caring woman and talented artist through the Janie Fleckenstein Art Therapy Memorial Fund. By supporting this meaningful tribute, you are investing in a program committed to providing children and teens access to professional art therapy and education for improved wellbeing. More importantly, you can enrich the resilience that transforms children at risk into children of promise. Partner with NACoA and help provide this meaningful enrichment to children’s programming in 2024.
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NACoA Resources to Help During the Holiday Season
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The holiday season is known for excitement, contentment and joy. But the reality in families impacted by the disease of addiction is that stress, drinking and disappointment for some robs the season of holiday cheer and instead fills it with isolation, avoidance, and dread. NACoA provides resources to help navigate this delicate time of year.
Two New Blogs for Families:
Infographics with Key Information to Help:
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Celebrating Families! Group Leader Online Training
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NACoA has received many requests to train additional staff to be group leaders for Celebrating Families! -a whole family, evidence-based, trauma-informed recovery program- without needing to schedule a training for the site. Organizations can now strengthen existing programs by sending individual facilitators to January’s online national group leader training. Attendees will become much more familiar with the curriculum, learn program essentials, and participate in a number of the program activities over this three day training event.
Cost per person $550. Price does not include curriculum, which will be needed throughout the training.
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Muppets from Sesame Workshop Help Explain
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Opioid Addiction to Young Children
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NACoA Sr. Clinical Advisor Jerry Moe, MA, MAC and Chair Emerita Sis Wenger worked with Sesame Street a few years ago on the parental addiction initiative to help children make sense of the trauma related to familial addiction. The resources provide valuable language to caring adults so they can feel less awkward and more empowered when discussing the disease of addiction with young children. On December 4th, NPR spotlighted the importance of this initiative, its resources, and darling Karli, the sweet Muppet who courageously shares her feelings and challenges with her mother’s addiction and early recovery.
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On December 1st, SAMHSA announced its new challenge FentAlert seeking the best ideas from U.S. youth, aged 14-18, on a community strategy to increase youth awareness, education, and prevention around the dangers of fentanyl, especially the hidden dangers of fake pills and other contaminants that can lead to drug overdose deaths. Submissions can include innovative ways to reach youth on this topic like social media posts, vlogs, podcasts, video journals. Deadline is February 26th.
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COA Awareness Week is an international awareness campaign to honor the struggle of children dealing with the disease of addiction in their families and empowers caring adults who want to help them. During this important week of education and advocacy, NACoA will feature an all-star line up of speakers for a week-long presentation series to help understand the issues these kids and teens face, why it is important to help, and how to provide them meaningful support.
Presenters include:
• Mental Health Advocate and Retired Politician Patrick J. Kennedy
• NACoA Co-Founder Dr. Claudia Black
• J. Flowers Health Institute Founder James S. Flowers, PhD, LPC-S, CSAT
• Sesame Street Senior Director of Educational Experiences Antonio Freitas
• NACoA Senior Clinical Director Jerry Moe, MA, MAC
Look for more information after the holidays about this incredible star-studded webinar series and to access the advocacy toolkit to help plan your own campaign for COA Awareness Week!
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