Substance Use Prevention/Mental Health Promotion

Underage Drinking Knowledge Quiz

Kahoot Quiz: Underage Drinking Alcohol is the most widely used substance among America’s youth and can cause them enormous health and safety risks. Advancing research on underage drinking interventions and creating educational resources to prevent underage alcohol use...

Facts About Teen Drinking

Facts About Teen Drinking from NIAAA Facts About Teen Drinking is a resource for teens, created by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, with research-based information on underage drinking. Research shows that underage drinking rates are declining....

NIAAA For Middle School

NIAAA For Middle School: Underage drinking curriculum This webpage contains interactive activities to help parents, caregivers, and teachers introduce and reinforce key messages about peer pressure, resistance skills, and other important topics related to underage...

Getting the Facts About Underage Drinking

Getting the Facts About Underage Drinking: Underage drinking statistics Underage drinking is a serious public health problem in the United States. Alcohol is the most widely used substance among America’s youth and can cause them enormous health and safety risks. The...

Parenting to Prevent Childhood Alcohol Use

Alcohol affects people differently at different stages of life—for children and adolescents, alcohol can interfere with normal brain development. Understanding parental influence on children through conscious and unconscious efforts, as well as when and how to talk...

Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child About Alcohol – Parents

Make a Difference Booklet: Talk to your child about alcohol Kids who drink are more likely to be victims of violent crime, to be involved in alcohol-related traffic crashes, and to have serious school-related problems. You have more influence on your child’s values...

Alcohol Interventions for Young Adults

Alcohol Interventions for Young Adults: Individual and environmental-level strategies  The period after high school is a transitional time. Many young adults have greater freedom and independence, and they take on more responsibility as they enter the next chapter of...

Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain

Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain: Research-based information on drinking and its impact  As adolescents mature, they undergo complex developmental changes, especially in their brains. The widespread changes in the organization and functioning of the brain bring about...

CollegeAIM Booklet for Planning Alcohol Interventions

CollegeAIM—the College Alcohol Intervention Matrix CollegeAIM is an easy-to-use and comprehensive booklet and website to help schools identify effective alcohol interventions. While there are numerous options for addressing alcohol issues, they are not all equally...

College Drinking Prevention

College Drinking: Changing the Culture  Comprehensive research-based information on issues related to underage drinking and binge drinking among college students. Educators, administrators, and families can find helpful information to ease first year students through...