HEALTH AND WELLNESS PARENT EDUCATION FORUM

1. HEALTH AND WELLNESSPARENT EDUCATION FORUM MARCH 15, 2019 8:30-9:30

2. WHAT DO YOU ALREADY DO? ENTRY TICKET WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR CHILDREN AT HOME TO ADDRESS: 1.STRESS REDUCTION- 2. SUBSTANCE USE- 3.MENTAL HEALTH -

3. INTRODUCTIONS • MITCH FINNEGAN-DIRECTOR OF WELLNESS EDUCATION, HEALTH EDUCATION TEACHER GRADES 10-11 • DANIELLE COOPER-HEALTH EDUCATION TEACHER GRADES 9-11, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTITIONER • PAULA GEARAN- WESTON YOUTH COUNSELOR • MARLA SCHAY- GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT HEAD

4. Which topics are most important to you as a parent (check all that apply) 141 responses

5. MENTAL HEALTH DATA Results from the 2017 Weston Youth Health Assessment

6. Females = 44% Males = 33% 27% ‘15 MA YRBS

7. FR = 19 SO = 26 JR = 14 SR = 13 72 FR = 11 SO = 23 JR = 10 SR = 19 63 FR = 11 SO = 21 JR = 9 SR = 19 60 FR = 5 SO = 9 JR = 3 SR = 5 22

9. MENTAL HEALTH

10. Teaching Students To ACT Acknowledgethat you are seeing signs of depression or suicide and that it is serious Care: Let your friend know how much you care about them Tell a trusted adult so your friend can get help Riverside Community Care

11. Why Signs of Suicide (SOS)? • Only universal school-based suicide prevention program that has shown a reduction in self-reported suicide attempts in randomized controlled trials • Compared with students in the control group, students who received SOS: • were 64% less likely to report a suicide attempt in the next 3 months • reported more favorable attitudes toward getting help for themselves or friends for depression and/or suicidal thoughts Schilling et al., 2016 Riverside Community Care

12. SOS Components Suicide prevention education: video and guided discussion Mental health screening: depression and signs of suicide Riverside Community Care

13. RESOURCES • MINDWISE INNOVATIONS (FORMERLY SCREENING FOR MENTAL HEALTH): https://www.mindwise.org/ • RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CARE: https://www.riversidecc.org/ • WESTON GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT HEAD MARLA SCHAY: SCHAYM@WESTON.ORG • WESTON YOUTH COUNSELOR PAULA GEARAN: GEARANP@WESTON.ORG

14. STRESS REDUCTION AND HEALTHY COPING TECHNIQUES DATA Results from the 2017 Weston Youth Health Assessment

15. Females = 85% Males = 72%

18. STRESS AND HEALTHY COPING TECHNIQUES

19. ACTIVITY

20. RESOURCES • CALM: MEDITATION TECHNIQUES FOR SLEEP AND STRESS REDUCTION- https://www.calm.com/ • HEADSPACE: MEDITATION AND SLEEP MADE SIMPLE- https://www.headspace.com/ • WHY WE SLEEP: UNLOCKING THE POWER OF SLEEP AND DREAMS BY MATTHEW WALKER PHD

21. SUBSTANCE USE AND VAPING DATA Results from the 2017 Weston Youth Health Assessment

22. Of the seniors who drank in the last 30 days, 72% binged. Nationally, e-cig use DOUBLED from 2017 to 2018.

24. Down from 48% in 2015. Down from 31% in 2015. Down from 25% in 2015.

25. SUBSTANCE USE AND VAPING

26. 5 Reasons to Re-think the “Safety” of Marijuana-Especially for Adolescents 1 4 2 5 3 Substance Use, Misuse & Dependence

27. 5 Reasons to Re-think the “Safety” of Marijuana-Especially for Adolescents • Interference with growth & development of hippocampus • Essential in formation of Memory • The “Seat of Learning” in the brain • Marijuana use causes changes in physical structure and functioning of the hippocampus Substance Use, Misuse & Dependence

28. Substance Use, Misuse & Dependence

29. 5 Reasons to Re-think the “Safety” of Marijuana-Especially for Adolescents • Marijuana use among boys & men • Decreased levels of testosterone • Lower Sperm count • Diminished Sperm Health – fewer can reach the target • Gynecomastia – • Testicular atrophy – smaller in size and volume Substance Use, Misuse & Dependence

30. 5 Reasons to Re-think the “Safety” of Marijuana-Especially for Adolescents Marijuana use among Women may be associated with: • lower birth weight babies, especially fetal loss of weight during last trimester • premature birth/still birth • This may be associated with impaired development of the placenta Substance Use, Misuse & Dependence

31. 5 Reasons to Re-think the “Safety” of Marijuana-Especially for Adolescents • Some connection seems to exist between marijuana use, especially early use, and the development of: • Psychosis • Depression • Bi-polar disorder May be similar to the early use question with alcohol—Does the early use develop psychosis, or is person self-medicating with marijuana to address unidentified early symptoms of psychosis? Substance Use, Misuse & Dependence

32. 5 Reasons to Re-think the “Safety” of Marijuana-Especially for Adolescents Marijuana users can develop Dependence – in other words, marijuana can be addictive • Addiction: compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli, despite adverse consequences • Greater likelihood of developing due to early onset of use • Primarily due to interference of developmental tasks of adolescence in the brain – “pruning”

33. Safe vs. Unsafe Use A Functional Definition of the Substance Use-Misuse-Dependence Continuum Social Use MISUSE USE DEPENDENCE/ ADDICTION “Low Use” Unlikely negative consequences “Dependence/ Addiction” Use with certain negative consequences “Moderate Use” Use with low probability of negative consequences “Heavy Use” Use with probable negative consequences SAFE USE UNSAFE USE Substance Use Disorder (SUD) It’s not about How Much or How Often It’s about What Happens… …it’s about the CONSEQUENCES NO USE NO NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES- • Dependence • A state in which an organism functions normally only in the presence of the drug, • manifested as a physical disturbance when the drug is withdrawn Student Worksheet #11

34. RESOURCES • SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -https://www.samhsa.gov/ • McLean Hospital | Psychiatric affiliate of Harvard Medical School- https://www.mcleanhospital.org/ • Adolescent Substance Use & Addiction Program | Boston Children’s HOSPITAL http://www.childrenshospital.org

35. PLEASE COMPLETE THIS EXIT TICKET AS A REMINDER OF ONE STRATEGY YOU CAN USE AT HOME IMMEDIATELY:EXIT TICKET WHAT IS ONE STRATEGY YOU CAN USE TONIGHT?