Parent Alerts

The school year is over, and summer is just around the corner. Kids are excited about their well-deserved break, and while you might be just as excited, you’re probably thinking about how to keep them occupied over the next few months. Teens are often struggling to assert their independence, so it’s tempting to just let them…

The Mental Health & Recovery Board of Wayne and Holmes Counties partners with several local agencies that provide mental health and substance use services, including prevention and treatment. Learn more about their funded partners here. Mental Health America’s Youth Mental Health toolkit helps adults recognize the signs of mental illness and gives them options for what to do next. They…

HERE WE GO… After two years of COVID restrictions, proms, graduations, and graduation parties can be held again with friends and family. But this season, COVID may not be the biggest risk to our youth. In fact, one of the biggest risks to our youth is right in your own homes. Part of my job…

Helping Your Busy Teens Is Your Teen Too Stressed? Spring is a notoriously stressful time for students. A certain level of stress is normal, but how can you tell if your teen is too stressed, and what can you do to help them?  Watch for these signs of severe stress: 1. Lack of sleep: Many experts say that…

How Prevention Creates Transformation The Seven Strategies for Community Change What are the Seven Strategies for Community Change? CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America) provides all Coalitions with a guide to strategize our substance misuse prevention efforts. This guide is called the “Seven Strategies for Community Change”. (See this fact sheet for a helpful visual.) The seven strategies…

Kindness Campaign Updates Orrville’s Kindness Campaign is underway! Turning Point Coalition, assisted by their Youth Coalition, RAPA (Riders Are Peer Advocates), is in its 4th week of this 5-week initiative.  During January and early February, Orrville students, staff, businesses, and residents are tracking acts of kindness done around the community. We encourage all community members to get involved…

Preparing for February: Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month What is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month? Since 2010, February has been recognized across the United States as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Violence in a dating relationship includes physical assault, unwanted sexual activity, controlling or manipulative behavior, overly jealous behavior, and more. The purpose of dedicating an entire…

Orrville’s First Kindness Campaign Hosted by Turning Point Coalition and RAPA January 3–February 4 Turning Point Coalition will be kicking off 2022 with a Kindness Campaign assisted by our Youth Coalition, RAPA (Riders Are Peer Advocates). This initiative will help showcase the positive community norms happening in Orrville, and we want to give our young people the opportunity to be…

Connecting with Your Kids And Why it Counts as Prevention Did you know that the #1 deterrent for youth substance use is to have at least one healthy adult relationship in their lives? You can be that relationship. Many youth start using substances out of a sense of loneliness, curiosity, or trying to fit in…

Preventing Substance Abuse During the Holidays Happy holidays from your community Coalition! We hope this month is special for you. During this time of celebration, we’d like to give you a few safety tips. Watch for these serious mental health warning signs in your loved ones over the holidays (from Prevention Action Alliance): If you or someone…

Happy Halloween from your Prevention Coalition! See below for helpful holiday tips. Have a great weekend! Safety Tips for Your Kids: Tips for Those in Recovery: Prevention Tips: Thank you for being a vital part of our community! Copyright © 2021 Turning Point Coalition. All rights reserved. This publication is developed in part under grant…

Families Talk Prevention TONIGHT! Join us at 6PM for Families Talk Prevention, a panel discussion about youth asset building in our community. The University of Akron Wayne College1901 Smucker Road, OrrvilleAdmission is free Learn more: http://ow.ly/wY0750GaEan Prefer to join via Zoom? Register here: http://ow.ly/8rYx50GaEao Check out the OneEighty website for information about community resources. Topics include: Domestic Violence…