Talk We Hear You

Studies show that teens value what their parents have to say, even if they make it look like they are tuning you out.  So Talk – They Hear You.talk they hear you CROP rev

Council Rock is currently immersed in this successful campaign which aims to reduce underage drinking among youth ages 9 to 15 by providing parents and caregivers with information and resources they need to start addressing the issue of alcohol with their children early.

Check out this “Talk They Hear You” video – at the end is a clip by CRNorth students with their own version of “Talk We Hear You”

And here are the students of CR South with their version of “Talk, We Hear You”

Interactive Tool Helps Parents “Start the Talk

SAMHSA recently launched Start the Talk, an interactive, online simulation tool that helps parents and caregivers of children ages 9 to 15 practice tough conversations about alcohol.

Start the Talk is the newest component of Talk. They Hear You., SAMHSA’s national underage drinking prevention campaign, which launched last May. The Campaign equips parents and caregivers with the information, tools, and confidence they need to start talking to their kids early—as early as 9 years old—about the dangers of alcohol.

Start the Talk is an evidence-based behavioral tool that uses life-like avatars to engage in interactive conversations. The simulation is based on research in social cognition, learning theory, and neuroscience. Each virtual role-play conversation is structured as a 10 to 12 minute interactive experience. Users enter a risk-free practice environment, assume a parental role, and engage in a conversation with an intelligent, fully animated and emotionally responsive avatar that models human behavior and adapts its responses and behaviors to the user’s conversation decisions.

Find links and helpful tips at www.underagedrinking.samhsa.gov under the Partner Toolkit tab.
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