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6 Things to Do Before Your Kid Comes Home from Addiction Treatment It's an emotional time when your son or daughter returns home from treatment and, in many ways, it’s a new beginning. Take these steps to help support your child’s recovery journey. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend   Parent Coach Trainings Take Place in Tennessee We delivered three parent coach trainings in Tennessee this month — Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville — working with families who have been impacted by a loved one’s substance use. A parent coach training is a weekend-long intensive program, where parents receive free, specialized CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training)/Motivational Interviewing training, conducted by expert, PhD-level clinical staff from the Center for Motivation and Change, an experienced parent coach “mentor” and Partnership staff. Read More   Cincinnati Reds Bring Partnership Resources to Families in Ohio Furthering our commitment to working with local communities, we co-hosted a stakeholder roundtable, along with the Cincinnati Reds and Interact for Health, focused on leveraging our community expertise and family resources to address the opioid epidemic in Cincinnati. Together, we discussed challenges, shared knowledge and capitalized on opportunities to empower communities to respond to this critical health problem. Roundtable attendees also enjoyed the evening’s baseball game, where the Reds generously made the Partnership the featured charity of the game. Read More   Partnership President Keynote Speaker at 2017 Inebria Conference Our President Fred Muench served as a Keynote speaker at this year’s Inebria Conference, “Screening and Brief Intervention at The Intersection of Research, Policy and Practice: Advancing Knowledge and Meeting New Challenges.” His presentation focused on redefining “brief intervention,” through use of digital communications to supplement traditional in-person services, while exploring key opportunities to adapt care over time for families of loved ones who are struggling with an addiction. Read more ICYMI: Parent Blog Roundup Relapse, Overdose and What You Can Do Meet Lea, Lorraine, Dean and Geraldine — Four Parents Celebrating Their Kids’ Recovery My Kid Just Completed Addiction Treatment. Now What? How Can I Prevent My Son or Daughter from Overdosing? Can “Overparenting” Lead Kids to Abuse Study Drugs? Is it Cheating to Use a “Study Drug” to Focus on Schoolwork? My Daughter Died From an Overdose. I’m Sharing Her Story to Help Others. Can Stress Influence Your Child’s Risk-Taking Ability?

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