This webinar, as part of the free monthly series from Friends for Youth, takes a look at several ways mentoring can serve as an effective intervention in youth substance abuse prevention efforts – directly because of the mentor’s impact and also through a program’s participation in collaborative activities with other prevention-focused entities. Looking at San Mateo County’s prevention efforts, where Friends for Youth is an ongoing partner, you’ll learn about effective primary prevention, the importance of collaborative efforts, and see examples of youth-led activities. Friends for Youth will share results from their ongoing mentee evaluation, specifically at how mentoring affects ATOD use and abuse, along with a working theory about why. This webinar will also feature an overview of several toolkits developed specifically as resources for mentors to guide conversations and we’ll hear about some of the strategies mentors can use when meeting with their mentees. This special webinar features Sara Randazzo, Manager of Community Wellness Initiative from San Mateo’s Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center; Sarah Kremer, Program Director of Friends for Youth’s Mentoring Institute; and staff from The Governor’s Prevention Partnership in Connecticut, Catherine LeVasseur, Program Manager of our Statewide Wellness Initiative (Underage Drinking and Substance Abuse Prevention).

1. Mentoring
Impacts on
Transforming lives through
the power of mentoring
Alcohol, Tobacco,
Friends for Youth’s
& Other Drug
Mentoring Institute Prevention
October 2011 Webinar

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3. Panelists
Sarah Kremer, ATR-BC Sara Randazzo Catherine LeVasseur
Program Director Manager of Program Manager
Friends for Youth’s Community Wellness Safe and Drug-Free
Mentoring Institute Initiative Peninsula Communities
Conflict Resolution The Connecticut
Center Governor’s
Prevention
Partnership

4. Link to slides and
recording of webinar will
be posted to
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Resource links and brief
survey included in
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5. Redwood City/North Fair Oaks
Prevention Partnership
Working Together for a Healthy Community

6. Goals:
 Develop a shared understanding of Primary Prevention
 Highlight one communities strategies for addressing alcohol
and drug (AOD) abuse in their community
 Identify possible strategies and tools for engaging in Primary
Prevention with mentees
Agenda:
I. Primary Prevention
II. Case Example
a) Project and Images
b) Youth Access Survey
III. Questions and reflection

7. Primary Prevention
 Is a systematic process that promotes healthy
environments and behaviors,
 Reduces the likelihood of an illness or injury
occurring,
 Addresses the root causes of poor health, and takes
action to prevent problems from occurring in the
first place

8. Primary Prevention in San Mateo County
Recognizes:
 A focus on individual behavior is insufficient.
 We must increase collaboration across healthy
issues
 Prevention takes place outside of the healthcare
realm
 Changing environments requires long-term
engagement between new partners
 Youth are capable and important decision makers
across our communities

9. Redwood City/
North Fair Oaks
Prevention
Outcomes
Partnership 1. Capacity for Preven/on 4. Social Norms
2. Youth Connectedness 5. Policies, Law and Enforcement
3. Access and Availability
Healthy Corner Youth Access
Stores
Photovoice
1. Create images and use images
1. Connect “Healthy 1. Conduct public opinion
to inform and spark dialogue
Corner Stores” to on the mixed messages youth Community Assessment
Redwood City schools in get about alcohol and drugs
close proximity from their community and 2. Inform families and
family community of growing
2. Promote consistency and
2. Store Makeover support for youth to make
issue and percepFons
healthier choices
Prevention Partnership Steering Committee
Organiza/ons Youth Groups
Redwood City 2020
Wellness Goals

10. Mixed Messages ...

11. Are We Getting Mixed ¿Estamos recibiendo
Messages? These billboards along mensajes mezclados? Estas
Middle.ield road are like “welcome” signs to carteleras en Middle.ield Rd son como la
this neighborhood. The alcohol ads, many of “bienvenida” a este vecindario. La mayoría de los
anuncios de bebidas alcoholicas son dirigidos
which are targeting Spanish speakers, have
hacia los hipanoparlantes. Estos anuncios, que
bold colors and sayings – like the one above. tambien parecen ser dirigidos hacia los jóvenes,
These advertisements, some of which seem están en contra de otra cartelera de la misma
geared towards young people, are at odds cuadra la cual pretende recordar a los adultos
with another billboard on the same block que legalmente se puede tomar alcohol a la edad
that reminds adults that the legal drinking de 21 años, y les solicita no servir alcohol a los
age is 21, and tells them not to serve teens. jóvenes.
Recommendation: Less alcohol advertising Recomendaciones: Menos propaganda de
bebidas alcohólicas en la comunidad de North
in the North Fair Oaks community,
Fair Oaks, en particular las grandes carteleras y
particularly on large billboards, and more más (¡y más interesantes!) anuncios que
(and more interesting!) advertising and promocionen la prevención del uso de alcohol, la
promotion of health and healthy products. salud y los productos saludables.
¿Sabía que…investigaciones han encontrado que
DID YOU KNOW? Some research has found estas carteleras anunciando bebidas alcohólicas
that outdoor alcohol advertising is están desproporcionadamente concentradas en
disproportionately concentrated in low­ diferentes comunidades de bajos recursos
income communities of color. económicos.
Visit http://www.aafp.org/ to learn more!
¡Visite a http://www.aafp.org/ para aprender
más!

12. Alcohol or Juice?

13. Alcohol or Juice? “Alcopops” Alcohol o jugo? “Alcopops” o mezcla
mix .lavoured “juice” and alcohol, and de “jugo y alcohol”, y las bebidas energéticas con
alcoholic energy drinks combine alcohol, alcohol combinan alcohol, cafeína y otros
caffeine and other stimulants all in one can. estimulantes en una sola lata. Estas bebidas están
asociadas con riesgos a la salud y el consumo
These drinks are intentionally marketed to
excesivo‐ intencionalmente promocionadas hacia
young people, and are in many local stores. los jóvenes y se encuentran en muchas tiendas
With .lavors like “fruit punch”, alcopops are locales. Con sabores de “frutas tropicales” atraen
attractive to teens and children – and the a jóvenes y niños, y su costo es bajo (¡a veces
drinks are often placed near sodas and cuestan menos que el agua embotellada!) para
juices, potentially confusing merchants and atraer a la gente de bajos ingresos. A menudo
other adults. Alcopop alcohol content can estas bebidas están al lado de los refrescos y
be as high as 20%, while being priced low jugos, posiblemente para confundir al consumidor
y otros adultos.
(sometime less than bottled water!) to
Nuestra recomendación: Proveer más educación
appeal to people with limited spending a los jóvenes, padres, y consumidores sobre los
money. riesgos asociados con estos productos.
Recommendation: More education of ¿Sabía que… en el “alcopop” el contenido de
youth, parents, and merchants about the alcohol puede ser tan alto como un 20%? Siete
risks associated with these products. bebidas energéticas con alcohol, hechos por
DID YOU KNOW? Seven alcoholic energy cuatro empresas diferentes ya han sido prohibidos
drinks made by four different companies nacionalmente debido a su alto riesgo contra la
salud.
already have been banned nationally.
Learn more! Visit ¡Visite a http://www.marininstitute.org para
http://www.marininstitute.org aprender más!

14. What’s in your medicine Cabinet?

15. What’s in your Medicine ¿Qué hay en su botiquín?
Varias drogas son encontradas en
Cabinet? Many drugs are found in lugares cotidianos. Aunque muchas de
everyday places. While many of these estas medicinas son útiles, también
medicines are helpful, they can also pueden causar problemas. Por ejemplo,
cause problems. For example, children niños y jóvenes pueden obtener
and teens get expired or unused drugs medicinas vencidas o no usadas de los
left in medicine cabinets at home. Some botiquines en casa.
high schools have campaigns to help Nuestras recomendaciones: En algunas
families dispose of old medications. escuelas preparatorias ofrecen servicios
para ayudar a tirar las medicinas
Recommendation: We need more efforts vencidas. Necesitamos más programas
como estos, así como más formas de
like these, as well as more ways to
educar a los niños y los padres sobre los
educate kids and parents about the
peligros del uso indebido de
dangers of prescription drug abuse. medicamentos recetados.
¿Sabía que…Aparte de la marihuana, las
DID YOU KNOW? Next to marijuana, the drogas ilegales más comunes utilizadas
most common illegal drugs teens are using por los jóvenes para intoxicarse son
to get high are prescription medications. medicamentos recetados? La mayoría
The majority of teens get prescription de los jóvenes consiguen fácilmente
drugs easily and for free, often from friends estos medicamentos y gratis,
or relatives. AND teens are more likely frecuentemente por medio de amigos o
than adults to get addicted.
familiares. Y, los jóvenes tienen más
probabilidades que los adultos a ser
adictos.

16. Caution: Cuidado:
Children at Play? ¿Niños jugando?
This trashcan is in a public park in Este cesto de basura está en un parque
Redwood City. Parks are places where público en Redwood City. Los parques son
some people go to drink. lugares a donde algunos van a tomar. De
In fact, we looked in the trashcan hecho, miramos en el cesto de basura
esperando ver botellas vacías. Se supone
expecting to see empty bottles. Parks
que los parques son lugares saludables y
are supposed to be healthy, de recreación para niños y las familias‐
recreational places for kids and pero el uso del alcohol, las drogas, y el
families – but drinking, drug use, or cigarrillo lo entorpecen. Los niños y
smoking can get in the way. Children jóvenes necesitan lugares seguros al aire
and teens need safe outdoor places to libre para jugar y pasar un rato juntos‐
play and hang out ‐ where alcohol use donde el uso de alcohol no es la “norma”.
is not the “norm”.
¿Sabía que…grupos de estudiantes de
varias escuelas preparatorias unidos con
DID YOU KNOW? Student groups at
Redwood City Verde están involucrados en
several local high schools and with proyectos para crear jardines
Redwood City Verde are involved in comunitarios, rediseñar parques, y
projects to create community gardens, colaborar con líderes locales en el
re­design parks, and to help city mejoramiento de los parques.
leaders make parks better for teens.

17. Expression?
This image shows a wall off of
Middlefield Road where artists are able
to write, express themselves, and
showcase their talent in this well-
recognized art form - legally. The smaller
image shows vandalism of public
property – which is a problem in some
areas of our community.
Recommendation: Preventing
problems like drug and alcohol abuse –
and even vandalism - must include
making sure that teens and young adults
have lots of ways to express themselves
through art, music, dance, real
community involvement, or other forms.
Having more outlets and opportunities
helps youth to channel their challenges
and ideas in positive ways.

18. Thank You!
Sara Randazzo
Manager of Community Wellness Initiative
Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
srandazzo@pcrcweb.org
650-513-0330 x318

19. Friends for Youth’s
Mentee Evaluation Results
on ATOD Prevention
Theory: fostering caring relationship
between youth and adult mentor might
create resilience that translates into less
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use

20. • Our vision: Transforming lives through
the power of mentoring relationships
• Our mission: Creating quality mentoring
relationships for youth who need them
most

21. Programs
Mentoring Services Mentoring Institute
creates and disseminates
sustains information to the
community-based, mentoring
long-term one-to- community on safe
one relationships and effective
since 1979 practices
since 1998

22. Mentoring Services
Junior Friends
• 8 - 17 years old
• San Mateo & Santa
Clara Counties
• Referred by youth
professionals
• Identified as needing
positive, supportive
adult & at risk of not
reaching full potential
because of challenges
in community, family, or
school environment
• Parent support &
voluntary participation
mandatory

23. Mentoring Services
Senior Friends
• 22+ years old
• Live/work in or near
San Mateo/Santa
Clara Counties
• Desire to make
difference in life of
young person
• Able to make 2-3
hours per week
commitment for 1
year
• Successfully
completes
application process

24. Mentoring Services
Friendships
• 1:1 or 2:1 matches
• Average 2-3 hours/
week for 1 year
• Meet on own time in
community with variety
of activities
• Program Coordinators
monitor Friendship
(20-25 matches max)
• 3-month & 12-month
Reviews, incl. parents
• 4 group activities
– Recreational
– Learning/Academic
– Community Service
– Life Skill Workshop
• 1 Senior Friend Group
• Mentoring Journals

25. Friends for Youth’s Impact
• Nearly 1,800 matches
• 88% overall success rate of mentors and mentees
reaching one year together
• Intensive screening and assessment for both mentors
and mentees
• Extensive contacts by Program Coordinator
• Subsidized activities provided by program
• Mentee Evaluation outcomes
– Developed by Cindy Sipe, Ph.D. and current evaluation by
William Lapp, Ph.D.
– 10 years (nearly 600 surveys) of data on mentees

26. 5 Outcome Areas
• Increase in involvement in school (attendance, truancy, attitude,
grades, suspensions)
• Reduce risk behaviors (drug/alcohol use, police
involvement, probation)
• Increase positive behaviors (community service, new activities)
• Increase opportunities to influence future potential (office visits,
talking about college & career with adult)
• Improve self-concept (trusting relationships, self-assuredness, self-
reliance, handle unexpected problems)

27. Friends for Youth’s Impact
After 12-month period, youth made significant changes
• Improved school attendance
– 99% reported not skipping school at all
– 83% reported avoiding suspensions
• Improved attitude toward school
– 78% maintained or improved grades
• Reduction in risk behaviors
– Reduced self-reported incidents of police involvement, stealing,
hurting others
– Alcohol, tobacco, and drug use decreased in time and
showed delay in starting use
Lapp 2011 (2009-2010 results)

28. Friends for Youth’s Impact
After 12-month period, youth made significant
changes
• Increase in positive behaviors
– 95% participated in community service project vs. 75% baseline
– 92% experienced new activities
• Improved self esteem
– 96% reported increase
• Increase in number of trusting relationships with family,
peers, & other adults
– 79% reported positive overall change
Lapp 2011 (2009-2011 results)

29. Friends for Youth Junior Friend Evaluation
Lapp 2011 (2009-2011 results)

30. Friends for Youth Junior Friend Evaluation
Lapp 2011 (2009-2011 results)

31. Friends for Youth Junior Friend Evaluation
Lapp 2011 (2009-2011 results)

32. Friends for Youth Junior Friend Evaluation
Lapp 2011 (2009-2011 results)

33. Friends for Youth Junior Friend Evaluation
Lapp 2011 (2009-2011 results)

34. Theory of Change
Fostering caring relationship between
youth and adult mentor might create
resilience that translates into less
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use

35. This increase in social support
and resiliency is found
to impact rates of underage drinking,
delaying the initiation of drinking,
and reducing use
among youth participants
who have used alcohol previously

36. Model of Resiliency

37. Using
Evaluation
Results

38. Mentoring Impacts on Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Other Drug
Prevention Efforts with Youth
Catherine LeVasseur

39. The Governor’s Prevention
Partnership
Mission
• With a focus on Connecticut’s youth, The Governor’s
Prevention Partnership is a statewide public-private alliance,
building a strong, healthy future workforce through leadership
in mentoring and prevention of violence, underage drinking,
alcohol and drug abuse.
Vision
• To foster success of today’s youth to build a strong, healthy
future workforce.

40. The Governor’s Prevention
Partnership
Created in 1989, The Governor's Prevention
Partnership is a not-for-profit partnership between
state government and business leaders with a
mission to keep Connecticut's youth safe, successful
and drug-free. Co-chaired by Governor Dannel
Malloy and Donald Langer, Plan President and CEO
of AmeriChoice of Connecticut, The Partnership
provides leadership and services to help schools,
communities, youth organizations, and businesses
create and sustain quality programs in the following
core areas:

41. Core Areas:
Mentoring—Through the Connecticut Mentoring
Partnership (CMP), The Partnership provides
support to over 150 mentoring programs, serving
12,000 young people with the support of a caring
adult. Based on survey data collected through a
baseline study in 2009, the CMP targets services to
underserved youth and increasing recruitment of
male and minority mentors. The CMP is affiliated
with MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, a
national organization that leads the youth mentoring
movement.

42. Core Areas:
Operation Respect—The Partnership assists
K-12 schools to develop positive school
climates and implement effective prevention
programming, including bullying prevention,
student assistance, and peer mediation
programs.

43. Core Areas:
Prevention of Underage Drinking and
Substance Abuse—The Partnership supports
youth, adults and community groups and coalitions
to address issues related to underage drinking and
substance abuse through trainings, events and
technical assistance. Through partnership with
police and law enforcement officials, The Partnership
conducts compliance checks at liquor outlets and
works to implement environmental prevention
strategies.

44. Providing Resources
The Governor’s Prevention Partnership works across
all departments to provide resources to all of our
customers. Three of our newest resources include:
• Healthy Conversations: A Mentor’s Guide to Encouraging Healthy,
Active Lifestyles Among Youth
• Healthy Conversations: A Mentor’s Guide to Prevention Youth
Tobacco Use
• A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Underage Drinking

45. Encouraging Healthy, Active
Lifestyles Among Youth
• This Guide Provides:
– What you need to know about childhood weight problems
– Talking points for starting the conversation with your
mentee
– General Guidelines
– Conversations and Activities
– Points on Teasing and Bullying
– Sample Conversations and Activities
– Resources on Eating Habits and Physical Activity

46. Encouraging Healthy, Active
Lifestyles Among Youth
• Smart Responses and Examples:
– This guide provides mentors with examples and
smart responses to handle the difficult questions
and topics such as:
• “The other kids make fun of me in gym class because of
my weight.”
– Response: “I’m here to listen if you want to talk about that”
Or
“I’m glad you trusted me enough to tell me.”

47. Encouraging Healthy, Active
Lifestyles Among Youth
• General Guidelines provide Do’s and Don’ts
before getting into how to prep and have
conversations and activities with your mentee.
This includes how to prepare going for a walk
or choosing an exercise. It also includes
follow-up activities and advanced
conversations and activities.

48. Encouraging Healthy, Active
Lifestyles Among Youth
Finally, before getting into the final resources at the
mentor’s disposal the guide walks the reader through
sample conversations and activities. This helps the
mentor adequately prepare for conversations that
may come up with their mentee. The samples walk
through different ways to respond, and even have
small profiles of who the mentors/mentees are and
how long they have been working together.

49. Preventing Youth Tobacco Use
• This Guide Provides:
– What you need to know about youth and tobacco
– Talking points for starting the conversation with your
mentee
– General Guidelines
– Conversations and Activities
– A section for mentees who are interested in quitting or
helping someone else quit
– Sample Conversations and Activities
– Resources for Tobacco Prevention
– Is it Worth it- Worksheet

50. Preventing Youth Tobacco Use
• Smart Responses and Examples:
– This guide provides mentors with examples and
smart responses to handle the difficult questions
and topics such as:
• “My friends are always smoking around me.”
– Response: “What kind of position does that put you in?”
Or
“How do you feel when your friends do that?”

51. Preventing Youth Tobacco Use
• General Guidelines provide Do’s and Don’ts
before getting into how to prep and have
conversations and activities with your mentee.
This includes how to prepare how to get
involved in school with campaigns and clubs,
and how to analyze tobacco ads.

52. Preventing Youth Tobacco Use
Like the Healthy Lifestyles Guide the Youth
Tobacco Use Guide also provides Mentors
with sample conversations for mentees in
early stages of tobacco experimentation,
youth who are concerned about family
members smoking, and mentees who are
current regular smokers.

53. Preventing Youth Tobacco Use
• This guide also provides a worksheet to help
youth understand the economic impact of
smoking. It helps calculate the cost, and
discuss what else they would do with the
money spent on cigarettes.

54. Preventing Underage Drinking
• This Guide Provides:
– Myths and facts about underage drinking
– Talking with your child about alcohol use and
“parenting prevention”
– How to put it all together

55. Preventing Underage Drinking
• Myths and Facts:
– Not MY child
– Only “troubled” kids drink
– Underage drinking isn’t that dangerous
– My son or daughter will grow out of it
– Should I bother trying to stop it?

56. Preventing Underage Drinking
• Talking to your child:
– Why do youth use alcohol?
– When should I start discussing alcohol? How should the
conversation change? (guide provides talking points for
elementary school, middle school, high school, and
college)
– What are the legal issues?
– What if my child already has a problem with alcohol?
– How can I get involved with prevention?

57. Preventing Underage Drinking
• Putting it all together:
– Resources
– 9 Facets of Parental Engagement
– Facts about Young People and Depression
– Stages of Drug Use
– Legal Scenarios
– Pediatrician Screening
– Take Home Messages

58. For More Information:
www.Preventionworksct.org
(860) 523-8042
Catherine.LeVasseur@Preventionworksct.org
Diane.Hubbard@Preventionworksct.org

59. Questions?

60. Thank you!
Link to slides and
recording of webinar will
be posted to
http://
www.friendsforyouth.org
/Webinars.html
Resource links and brief
survey included in
follow-up email

61. Next Webinar
• Thursday, November 17 Evidence-Based
Activities to Build Your Mentoring
Relationship with Graig Meyer, Blue
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62. Mentoring Institute Conference
13th Annual Mentoring Conference
Making A Difference
Every Day:
Program Support in
Youth Mentoring
February 9-10, 2012
Tim Cavell, Ph.D. Keynote
Speaker
Oracle Conference Center

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