EMCDDA Webinar: Teens and substance use — what can parents do?

2023-05-08

Objective: To help adults manage risks relating to adolescent substance use in line with evidence-based prevention principles.

Background: Smoking and drinking among 15–16-year-old school students are showing signs of decline, but there are concerns over potentially risky cannabis use and the challenges posed by new addictive behaviours. These are among the findings from the latest report from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD).

There are some aspects of parental life that are always — no matter the generational, geographical or cultural background — a cause for concern. These worries include whether adolescents might be experimenting with psychoactive substances. Parents tend to take honesty and openness seriously, in order to be a positive example. At the same time, their overwhelming priority is to keep their children safe and healthy by preventing high-risk behaviours.

In this webinar, we will explore evidence-based practices (i.e., what-to-do and what-not-to-do) to help address the hot topic of ‘drugs’ (whether legal or illegal) with teens from a parental perspective. 

In conversation with:

  • Ina Koning, prevention researcher, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Terese Glatz, parenting researcher, Örebro University, Sweden
  • Gregor Burkhart, senior prevention analyst, EMCDDA

Chairperson: Rachele Donini, prevention expert, Italy

Opening and closing remarks: Alexis Goosdeel, Director EMCDDA (tbc)

Format: EMCDDA opening remarks, panellists’ questions, guided discussion, Q&A. 

Participants will structure their conversation around three main areas:

  • What to say to teenagers about substance use?
  • Do we (parents) matter?
  • Rules and monitoring

Length: 1.5 hours

Participants: The webinar is open to all upon registration, after which the person will receive a link to connect.

Date: 8 May, 12.00-13.30 Lisbon time (WET) / 13.00-14.30 Brussels time (CET)

Platform: Zoom

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cfvka2ICTqOMz5x_ZSNgTg

会议主办方
发布日期
2023-05-08
会议地点
Online
会议日期
08.05.2023
相关网址
https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/event/2023/05/emcdda-webinar-teens-and-substance-use-what-can-parents-do
会议类型
EMCDDA webinar
来源平台
关键词
prevention young people