Staying Connected With Your Teen

Strengthen your family relationships with a tested and effective prevention program for teen substance use and other problem behavior.

What is Staying Connected With Your Teen?

• Self-directed program for parents and teens to do at home at a time that works for them
• Guidebook and video with lots of activities to do alone and together – over 60 different activities
• Generally completed in 7 to 10 weeks
• Weekly support/follow up calls from THS staff to support families as they move through the program and answer any questions that may come up
• No cost to you
• Convenient – at your home and at your pace
• No time spent traveling
• No child care needed

How can Staying Connected With Your Teen make a difference for your teen and you?  Research shows:

• More positive interactions between parent and teen from completion up to two years later
• Reduced antisocial beliefs about drug use from program from completion to up to two years
• Reduced the chances of initiating substance abuse or sex by 70% for African American teens
• Reduced the frequency of violent behavior among African American teens two years later
• African American parents reported using the materials significantly more two years later than other parents

For more information or to sign up contact:

Delton Mosby at 206-322-7676, ext. 233 or deltonm@ths-wa.org