FCD Resources
Brookwood offers a program from FCD (Freedom from Chemical Dependency) in grades seven and eight. Below are resources for parents related to the FCD program.
Official FCD website.
AntiDrug.com website; It also offers the following resources for parents (in pdf format):
- Navigating the Teen Years - A Parent's Handbook for Raising Healthy Teens
- Keeping Your Teens Drug-Free - A Family Guide
- Step Up - You’ve Got the Power to Help a Friend or Sibling Who Uses Drugs or Drinks
AbovetheInfluence.com website
The website is designed to increase awareness about the influence of alcohol and peer pressure related to drinking
TheCoolSpot.gov website
The young teen's place for information on alcohol and resisting peer pressure.
There are also a number of books available in the Eleanor M.DiCroce Library, many of them new publications. Please see Sheila Geraty (ext. 6336) if you need any assistance with locating specific titles or using on-line library resources.
*Addiction
From Biology to Drug Policy, Avram Goldstein,Oxford University Press, 2001
*Buzzed
The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs From Alcohol To Ecstasy, C. Kuhn, Ph.D., S. Swartzwelder, Ph.D., W.Wilson, Ph.D., W.W. Norton & Company, NewYork, 2003