YSAPC will meet on August 21 from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm at the LifeWorks East Site, 835 N. Pleasant Valley Rd. Agenda includes: Joseph Dias who will present on dually diagnosed adolescents, trauma response and affect and how the ACEs can very much dictate the social-emotional tendency to invite … Continue to full story .......
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Whether your child has struggled with opioid dependence or other substance use issues previously, or whether you’re just concerned about the current opioid crisis, there’s good reason to want your son or daughter’s pain to be managed – if possible – by 
The Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition in partnership with Cardea announced first year update to their grant to prevent prescription and non-prescription opioid misuse among girls including webinars, webcasts and interviews with healthcare professionals and local media.
Research from the 
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June 15, 2018 – (ABC News) – A newly released study of about 15,000
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Every September SAMHSA promotes Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental health and substance use issues and to celebrate communities. On September 29, 2018 Big Texas Rally for Recovery (BTRR) will gather at La Villita in Downtown San Antonio in support of recovery from alcohol and other substance … 
June 7, 2018 – NPR – Stores aren’t supposed to sell e-cigarettes to minors, but many high school students have been buying them for years and was never once carded. Public health advocates and officials worry these sales could be an emerging disaster, reversing years of declines in smoking.
June, 7, 2018 – AAS – While the number of people dying from opioids in Travis County isn’t comparable to the deaths tallied in places in the Northeast, the devastating effects of the drugs are being felt locally. From 2006 to 2016 in Travis County, 590 people died from opioid … To our Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (TCYSAPC) family, membership, and community: TCYSAPC has been working with Kids Living Well (KLW) for the past year and this partnership has been one that has brought about a tremendous amount of good to the community. For all future endeavors, the 2 coalitions will no longer operate separately but will merge. Kids Living Well incorporates a whole health approach to address youth substance use prevention in our community. We are excited about this transition. To learn more, please visit: https://kidslivingwell.org/.
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