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FAST (Elementary)

Monday 13-Feb-12 9:00 AM to Tuesday 14-Feb-12 4:00 PM CST

South Texas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse

202 North Elm
Hebbronville TX 78361
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Phone: (361) 527-3390

Speaker Chris Griego

Company: Families and Schools Together

Event Description

Families and Schools Together (FAST) is a multifamily group intervention designed to build protective factors and reduce the risk factors associated with substance abuse and related problem behaviors for children 4 to12 years old and their parents. FAST systematically applies research on family stress theory, family systems theory, social ecological theory, and community development strategies to achieve its four goals:

Enhanced family functioning
Prevention of school failure by the targeted child
Prevention of substance abuse by the child and other family members
Reduced stress from daily life situations for parents and children

One of the primary strategies of FAST is parent empowerment: parents receive support to be the primary prevention agents for their own children. Entire families participate in program activities that are designed to build parental respect in children, improve intrafamily bonds, and enhance the family-school relationship. FAST activities were developed to build the social capital of parents and provide a safe place to practice parenting. As a result of this program, the participating children increase their social skills and attention span, while reducing their anxiety and aggression. Research has shown that these childhood behavioral outcomes are correlated in adolescence to the prevention of substance abuse, delinquency, and school failure.

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If you are a DSHS-funded participant and need to order curriculum for this training, please enter your request for each registrant where it says "Optional comments for the event planner" in the registration process. If you do NOT need to order curriculum, please indicate that as well.

Discount Codes for free registration and curriculum materials are available for the following groups:

1. Employees of organizations that are DSHS-funded as a YPU, YPS, YPI, or CCP program for this curriculum.
2. Persons implementing this DSHS-approved curriculum in collaboration with a DSHS-funded YPU, YPS, YPI, or CCP program. The collaborating entity must have been listed in the DSHS-funded proposal for YPU, YPS, YPI program(s) or must be a representative of the funded CCP program(s).

To get your Discount Code, contact your Prevention Resource Center. To find your Prevention Resource Center, go to this address: http://www.statewidetraining.org/en/cms/?8

Those who are not eligible for free registration/Discount Code may register here by using one of the following options:

Pay Online
Pay by Check
Pay by PO

Curriculum / Materials

1. If you are eligible for free registration, your curriculum is included.

2. If you are not eligible for free registration/curriculum, you must arrange to purchase a curriculum by contacting FAST at http://www.familiesandschools.org or (888) 629-2382. The cost for teacher and student manuals can be obtained from Project Success. THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. Please allow a minimum of 10 days in order to ensure you have your copy at the training.

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