Monday, August 16, 2010

TEEN CYBERBULLYING, A BACK – TO – SCHOOL TEEN BEHAVIOR PROBLEM


August 13, 2010. Back to school is a time when adults begin looking at school related issues. New to our technological world, is the issue of cyberbullying. According to Dr. James Hughes, CEO of Inspirations for Youth and Families, a teen residential program and boarding school for behavior problems, “teen cyberbulling is a behavioral issue that occurs when Teens bully other people through use of the internet, cell phones, and other media sources.” As defined by the researchers, cyberbullying includes aggressive, intentional, repeated acts against victims who cannot easily defend themselves. There are two kinds of cyberbullying, direct attacks (messages sent to your kids directly) and cyberbullying by proxy (using others to help cyberbully the victim, either with or without the accomplice's knowledge). Because cyberbullying by proxy often gets adults involved in the harassment, it is much more dangerous.

Dr. Hughes states: “Cyberbulling is a teen behavior problem and an indicator of a more serious mental health issue. Teens involved in cyberbulling are often engaging in teen drug abuse, which can lead to an escalation of the bullying and physical harm to the victim.” Dr. Hughes and Inspirations teen residential program works with community organizations to bring cyberbullying to the frontline of “concerning teen behaviors”, along with teen drug use and teen drug abuse behaviors. According to Stop Cyberbullying, a non-profit web-based organization, there are several approaches in cyberbulling:

INSTANT MESSAGING
Teens may send hateful or threatening messages to other teens. While not said in real life, unkind or threatening messages are hurtful and very serious.

Teens send death threats using IM and text-messaging as well as photos/videos.Text wars or text attacks are when teens gang up on the victim, sending thousands of text-messages to the victims cell phone or other mobile device. The victim is then faced with a huge cell phone bill and angry parents.

BLOGS
Blogs are online journals. They are a fun way for teen to send messages for all of their friends to see. However, teens sometimes use these blogs to damage other teen’s reputations or invade their privacy.


WEBSITES
Children used to tease each other in the playground; now they do it on Web sites. Teens sometimes create Web sites that may insult or endanger another teen. They create pages specifically designed to insult another teen or group of people. Teens also post other people’s personal information and pictures, which put those people at a greater risk of being contacted or found.

PICTURES
Many of the newer cell phones allow teens to send pictures to each other. The teens receive the pictures directly on their phones, and may send it to everyone in their address books. There have been cases of teens sending mass e-mails to other users, that include nude or degrading pictures of other teens. Once an e-mail like this is sent, it is passed around to hundreds of other people within hours; there is no way of controlling where it goes.

Teens often take a picture of someone in a locker room, bathroom or dressing room and post it online or send it to others on cell phones. Teens can use graphics and photo-crop to alter an innocent picture into looking pornographic.


According to the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry and author Dr. Matthew Davis, an associate professor of pediatrics, internal medicine and public policy at the University of Michigan, children aged 10 to 17 years old were reportedly aggressive to another person on the interned, 4 percent were victims of online aggression, and 3 percent reported being an aggressor and a target. In cyberbullying, victims are at risk 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The widely publicized death of aMassachusetts teen who took her life after months of relentless cyberbullying, created national attention and highlighted this media-based crime.

As teenagers return to school, most schools and educational professionals are very concerned about alarming teen behaviors including teen drug abuse and teen cyberbullying. Dr. Hughes of Inspirations states: “If schools take a proactive position and create consequences, along with the support of law enforcement, teen behaviors will be considered serious and result in legal charges. Cyberbullying creates a paper trail and data trail, allowing for an easier trace of the cyber-perpetrator and cyervictim. Effective anti-bullying programs are ones that suggest that bystanders should get involved and report it to the school.


Written by: K. CorcoranSources: Inspirations for Youth and Families, LLC – Dr. James HughesStop Cyberbullying and Wired Kids Inc.

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TEENS BACK TO SCHOOL – DANGERS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY


FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - August 10, 2010 – “New omnibus research from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America shows that more than one-third of parents are concerned that TV (38 percent), computers (37 percent) and video games (33 percent) make it harder for them to communicate with their media-engrossed teens about risky behaviors, like drug and alcohol use. The survey of more than 1,200 parents also confirms that a quarter or more are worried that newer forms of media, including cell phone texting (27 percent) social networking sites, like Facebook (25 percent) and Twitter (19 percent) hinder effective parent/child communication about the dangers of teen substance abuse”, according to the Partnerships for a Drug-Free America website.

According to a Kaiser Family Foundation study of 2,000 teens released earlier this year, “the average amount of time young people (8-18 year olds) spend consuming entertainment media is up dramatically to almost eight hours per day – that’s at least 53 hours a week of immersion in some form of media. The research also noted that the more media teens consume, the less happy they tend to be and those who are most captivated by media reported their academic performance suffered. About half (47 percent) of heavy media users reported they usually get fair to poor grades, mostly C’s or lower, compared to about a quarter (23 percent) of light media users”, states the Partnership website.

“These recent findings present a clear picture of the opportunity for Teen Drug Abuse Risk Factors. Common behaviors found in teens who are abusing drugs includes isolation, social life withheld from parents thru password coded or invitation only websites (Facebook, MySpace) social sites or media (YouTube, Twitter,) and telephone texting, in addition to declining academic interest and declining grades, and an immersion in societal perceptions of drug use.”, says Karen Corcoran the Co-Founder of Inspirations For Youth And Families, a teen residential substance abuse treatment center.

Corcoran states: “This research reveals a need for parents to take a more active role in their teenager’s lives. Parents should be aware of how teens are spending their time online and remain aware of the impact all media consumption is having on their teens. Videos of teens using drugs, abusing cough medicine, and becoming intoxicated, are readily available on YouTube and other social networking websites. In many cases, reality television glorifies and sensationalizes drug addiction, teen pregnancy, and dysfunction in the family.” According to Corcoran, a mental health professional and parent of young adults, “It is difficult to gain knowledge of a teen’s social life and friends if communication, along with time spent between parent and adolescent was not previously established. Parents taking time to speak with their children while spending quality time together, are less likely to become isolated from their child-turned-teen and more likely to transition into the role of parental investigator.”

According to research, kids and teen’s cell phone ownership has increased sharply since 2004, from 39 percent to 66 percent in 2009, while ownership of iPods jumped drastically from 18 percent to 76 percent over the same time period. Karen Corcoran of Inspirations for Youth and Families, aka Inspirations Teen Rehab states: “Teen use of cellular telephones, which now includes internet accessibility, further distances the teenager from parental monitoring and protection.” Among kids and teens, cell phone ownership has increased since 2004, from 39 percent to 66 percent in 2009, while ownership of iPods increased from 18 percent to 76 percent over the same time period. Corcoran further states: “ If cell phones and ipods are not enough to create a growing concern regarding teen behaviors, early teenage access to vehicles will definitely initiate a concern regarding the separation that teen driving creates between the teenager and parent. When teenagers are given a car or any motorized transportation, it immediately creates a teen world withheld from the supervision of parents and family.” “Teen drug use, teen drug abuse, and other dangerous behaviors are just the beginning of a teenagers exposure to a world in which teens are unprepared to encounter, when the parent’s ability to monitor a teen is removed,” according to Karen Corcoran.

Inspirations for Youth and Families and their Inspirations Teen Rehab program knows all-to-well, the results of teen behavior and poor choices, associated with over exposure to media and the isolation of teen’s parents it creates. “Teens entering teen rehab, report an ability to withhold most of their daily activities and knowledge of their social life, from their parents and family members,” states Dr. James Hughes, Chief Executive Officer and child psychologist for Inspirations for Youth and Families. LLC.

Teenagers entering their freshman year of high school or returning to high school, presents an opportunity for parents to set new boundaries, begin conversations, and schedule parent and teen talk-time, in an effort to prevent the typical teen behavior issues and teen drug use and teen drug abuse concerns. Take time to talk with your teenager. Create family time. Communication with teens is the best prevention tool a parent can use.


Written by: Christopher Walsh

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BACK TO SCHOOL, TROUBLED TEENS


As we approach the time to return to school, it is prudent for all parents and educators of high school teenagers to recognized risk factors for teens, focusing on “troubled teens”, as the most at risk group of high school teenagers. Teens are a population of people, most at risk for drug use, abuse, and addiction. For troubled teens, the risk that teens will smoke, drink, get drunk and use illegal drugs increases sharply if they are highly stressed, frequently bored or have substantial amounts of spending money, according to The National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse VIII: Teens and Parents, an annual back-to-school survey conducted by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University. This survey was the first of its kind for CASA.

Included in CASA's survey findings:
• High stress teens are twice as likely as low stress teens to smoke, drink, get drunk and use illegal drugs.
• Often bored teens are 50 percent likelier than not often bored teens to smoke, drink, get drunk and use illegal drugs.
• Teens with $25 or more a week in spending money are nearly twice as likely as teens with less to smoke, drink and use illegal drugs, and more than twice as likely to get drunk.
• Teens exhibiting two or three of these characteristics are at more than three times the risk of substance abuse as those exhibiting none of these characteristics.
• More than half the nation's 12-to-17 year olds (52 percent) are at greater risk of substance abuse because of high stress, frequent boredom, too much spending money, or some Teens who have a history of physical or sexual abuse, a learning disability or eating disorder, or teens suffering from serious depression or another mental health condition are also at a greater risk for teen drug abuse and teen addiction.

Five Ways Parents Can Reduce Troubled Teen Behaviors and At Risk Potential
• Identify mental health issues including attention deficit disorder, depression, oppositional defiance disorder, bipolar, ptsd, and other conditions commonly found in the teenage population.
• Identify the stress in your child's life and help them, offering individual therapy or boarding school, adolescent residential rehab, and alternative solutions.
• Understand when and why your children are bored, upset or triggered to engage in negative behaviors. Engage them in activities, suited for their personality and ability.
• Limit the amount of money your children have to spend and monitor how that money is spent.
• Know who your children's friends are and keep their friend’s and parent’s telephone numbers available for your use.
• Create a rewards-based chore and responsibility schedule. Reward good behavior and goal-oriented chores, tasks, and academics.
• Participate in your children's lives: attend their sports events, musical or theatrical accomplishments, oversee their homework and remain knowledgeable about their grades and academic performance, participate in activities together, and talk with them about drugs.

Written by: K. Corcoran
Source: Sources: CASA News Release About.com, Teens At Risk Updated December 24, 2007

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BACK TO SCHOOL TALK WITH YOUR TEENS


As Teens Head Back to School, Take Time to Talk. The back to school season is a time of new beginnings for teens, as it is for parents too. It can also be a time of new challenges for many young people dealing with added pressure from friends, especially when it involves teen drug and teen alcohol use. Back to school season is a time for parents to set new boundaries regarding social media websites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, texting and cell phone usage, and internet passcodes. Parents should set time aside, on a regular basis, to meet with their teenager, discuss life issues and events, and remain a pillar of strength and influence, in their teen’s life.

Inspirationsyouth.com, provides a great website for information of teen behaviors, teen drug abuse, teen mental health issues, and high school education within a therapeutic environment. Inspirationsyouth.com is an online resource to help parents start an ongoing dialogue with their kids about avoiding risky behaviors. Parents can learn about what teens are seeing and learning from their increased exposure to media and talk with them about the importance of making positive, choices most of which will determine the direction of their future.

Waiting for the right time to speak with teenagers will result in waiting for too long. In addition to direct conversation with a teen, it is also helpful for parents to keep in touch via the current media and communication styles, including cell phone texting, emails, and twitter. It can be a fun way to keep the lines of communication open.

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Drug Rehab for Girls


Inspirations Teen Rehab provides gender specific- teen girls drug abuse treatment and girl’s behavior therapy, in a nurturing and therapeutic environment. Inspirations Teen Girl’s Addiction Treatment Program provides opportunities for girls to share their experiences in gender specific therapeutic groups, where each girl can process female issues, experiences, and perceptions relative to each teen’s life. The number of teen girls using or abusing drugs and alcohol is equal to teen boy’s drug use and drug abuse. Girls are also smoking cigarettes as much as boys. Yet, the issues girls bring to teen therapy and teen drug abuse treatment are often different than as with teenage boys.

Inspirations Teen Rehab for Girls also provides gender specific High School Education. Inspirations provides teen girls education format, allowing for girls to focus more on their studies and less on distractions from teen boys. In providing gender specific education, Inspirations Teen Rehab for Girls has witnessed a decline of girls focus on appearance and perceptions of their appearance from boys. Although it is necessary for girls and boys to learn to interact appropriately with each other, Inspirations limits their involvement to specific activities, which are monitored and structured.

Inspirations Teen Rehab also provides tutoring, allowing individual teens to improve in academic areas in which the teen shows signs of struggle. Inspirations teen addicton treatment center also provides “Online” programs for additional program and academic opportunities, including SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) preparation and early college course classes.

Recent studies of adolescent girls and drug abuse, reveal that girls use and abuse drugs for different reasons than boys. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDP), a three-year study on women and young girls (ages 8–22) from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University revealed that girls and young women use substances for reasons different than boys and young men. The study also found that the signals and situations of higher risk are different and that girls and young women are more vulnerable to abuse and addiction: they get hooked faster and suffer the consequences sooner than boys and young men. (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, the Formative Years: Pathways to Substance Abuse Among Girls and Young Women Ages 8–22, February 2003)

According to the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 42.9% of women ages 12 or older reported using an illicit drug at some point in their lives. Approximately 12.2% of females ages 12 and older reported past year use of an illicit drug and 6.3% reported past month use of an illicit drug. (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). However, males and females had similar rates of past month nonmedical use (abuse) of psychotherapeutic drugs (2.6 and 2.4 percent, respectively), pain relievers (2.0 and 1.8 percent), tranquilizers (0.7 and 0.8 percent), stimulants (0.4 percent for both), methamphetamine (0.1 percent for both), and sedatives (0.1 percent for both). These statistics are located on the web: oas.samhsa.gov.

At Inspirations Teen Rehab, each teenage girl is provided the time and opportunity to grow in mind, body and spirit, focusing on goals and the psychological tools and life tools needed to reach her goals.

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Massachusetts Adolescent Addiction Treatment Center


Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Rehab in Massachusetts, Inspirations for Youth and Families, aka Inspirations Teen Rehab is a nationally recognized addiction treatment Center working with teens suffering from addictions and other destructive behaviors.

Inspirations Teen Rehab encourages Massachusetts’ teens to leave their everyday lifestyle by immersing themselves in a new and different environment during the addiction treatment process. Inspirations Teen Rehab is known for a unique approach to "Real Life" Teen Addiction Treatment and Recovery.

Drug Rehab for Massachusetts' Teens
Inspirations Teen Rehab, MA includes a mix of both inpatient and outpatient addiction programs, to meet our teens specific “Goals of Treatment” which are identified during their assessment with our Client Liaison Team. Intensive Outpatient Treatment incorporates the comprehensive addiction treatment program and "Real Life" approach to recovery in a flexible therapeutic schedule.
When our Massachusetts addiction treatment specialists makes a recommendation on individualized addiction treatment programs, we recognize that in most cases, an addiction or mood disorder isn’t the only issue. For example, a teen with depression may also be battling a co-occurring addiction such as alcoholism. Tackling multiple issues requires a more comprehensive strategy than tackling one issue alone, and will be accommodated in the suggested addiction treatment program.

Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During addiction treatment we will work with the teen to identify the factors that may have contributed to their addiction or disorder – home, work, relationships and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the teen's recovery process, and each program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the addiction treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.

Inspirations Teen Rehab provides Massachusetts Teens with the following services: Interventions, Mental Health Treatment, Dual Diagnosis Treatment, Eating Disorders Treatment and Court Ordered Rehabilitation.

Teen Drug Rehab Therapy Programs in Massachusetts Includes: Psychotherapy, Trauma Therapy, Co-Dependency Therapy, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Recreational Activities (Sober Fun), Relapse Prevention, Family and Group Therapies.

Interventions are necessary for individuals who are unable or unwilling to recognize the need for help. Interventionists assist families in confronting and guiding their loved one to recognize the signs and symptoms of addiction and the need for change. Credentialed and experienced Interventionists are available to assist teens and family members.

Inspirations Teen Rehab offers addiction treatment services for teens residing in Massachusetts. Our adolescent addiction treatment program is a simulated "home-life" environment, supervised by trained professionals, in which daily life experiences occur.

Sober Fun activities may include bowling, movies, beach outings and barbeques, AA and/or NA conventions and events. Premier activities are scheduled monthly, which may include snorkeling, fishing, excursions on a glass bottom boat, airboat tours, or a trip to the our local parks and beaches.

Teen Addiction Treatment - After Care
Inspirations Teen Rehab offers after care addiction treatment programs for Massachusetts teens to prepare each adolescent for a successful recovery. Our aftercare program includes a support system, AA or NA meetings and personal accountability. Intensive Outpatient or Outpatient Treatment may be recommended upon successful completion of the program.

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Is Your Teen More Likely to Use Drugs/ Drink Alcohol?


There are factors that increase the risk of teens using drugs and/or drinking alcohol. Being aware of these factors can help parents prevent or reduce the risk for their teens. Knowing the common factors that pair with using drugs or alcohol, can help parents decide when it is time to have conversations and take action. According to timetoact.drugfree.org, there are five main categories of these indicators.

1. The Individual: The teen begins to drink or use drugs at an early age, they don’t think drugs are harmful, suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, suffers from depression, anxiety or conduct disorders, impulsive, rebellious.

2. Peers: The teen hangs out with other teens that are rebellious, drink/ use drugs, have positive views of drugs/alcohol, involved in gangs, began drinking/ drug use at an early age.

3. Family: family history of addiction or alcoholism, traumatic events such as abuse or divorce, small amount of parental supervision, no parental expectations on teens, inconsistent punishment, lack of parental concern for drug use, ongoing family conflict/arguing, parents who suffer from mental illness or depression.

4. School: the teen has always struggled with school, learning disability, on the remedial track in school, grades dropping, not doing homework, lack of motivation and commitment.

5. Community: easily accessible drugs and alcohol in the neighborhood, lack of community resources, low income community, music/tv portraying drug use and alcohol positively.

Having these factors present in or around your teen does not guarantee that your teen will use drugs, however the presence of one or more of these factors does increase the ability of your teen to interact with drugs and alcohol.

Inspirations for Youth and Families aka, Inspirations Teen Rehab is here to help your teen and your family through this difficult process.

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How to Tell if my Teen is Using Drugs or Drinking?

Let’s face it; it can be difficult for a parent to confirm if a child is using drugs or alcohol. Of course a parent can catch a teen in the act or find evidence in their bedroom; however in most cases it is not that simple. According to timetoact.drugfree.org, there are steps and signs to help.

1. Ask: If you and your teen have open lines of communication, then this would a good first step for you. Be careful not to attack your teen; you want to avoid escalating the situation to where the teen becomes defensive or tries to run away.

2. There are signs that can help you identify if your teen is using or drinking:

• Behavioral Issues: Mood swings, unusually tired, very silent, decrease of inhibitions, lack of motivation, unusual clumsiness, poor balance, uncoordinated, obnoxious behavior, laughing at nothing, secretive, depression, hostile/angry, awake for long periods of time followed by long sleep periods, slur speech, unable to form sentences. Change in relationships with family members or friends.

• Personal Appearance: Poor hygiene, mess/unclean clothes, careless appearance, burns or ashes on fingers/lips, flushed cheeks or face, track marks on arms/legs and long sleeves/pants in warm weather.

• A Change in Personal Habits: locking bedroom doors, going out every night, disrespecting family, new group of friends, smell of smoke on clothes/breath, heavy consumption of chewing gum or mints, use of eye drops, frequently breaking curfew, money problems, reckless driving or accidents, avoiding eye contact, sudden use of candles/ air fresheners, clenched teeth, secret phone calls/text messages and munchies or increase in snacks and appetite.

• School/Work Issues: loss of interest, grades dropping, decrease participation in hobbies/ sports, skipping class, complaints from teachers or coworkers, getting into fights, not fulfilling duties.

• Health Issues: Nose bleeds, frequent sickness, dramatic weight loss/gain, accidents, bruises, headaches, sweatiness, vomiting, seizures, and excessive thirst.

• Home/Car Problems: prescriptions disappearing, missing cigarettes/alcohol, money/valuables missing, unusual smells, containers, wrappers, seeds, pipes/bongs in glove box, rolling papers, increase in lighters.

One of these problems alone is not enough to confirm that your teen is using drugs or drinking, but could be a result of normal teenage growth. However, if you begin to see many changes and an increase in the areas mentioned above than you mihgt want to contact Inspirations Teen Rehab to help your teen.

Inspirations for Youth and Families aka, Inspirations Teen Rehab is here to help your teen and your family through this difficult process.

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Adolescent Drug Rehab


Inspirations for Youth and Families aka Inspirations Teen Rehab, is a licensed residential substance abuse treatment for teens offering a powerful combination of programs: Teen Intensive individual addiction treatment program, family and group therapeutic sessions, educational program for teens in recovery, teen life skills management, and recreational/sports program. Inspirations' teen drug rehab programs combine motivational treatment with the "accountability" concept, emphasizing, respect for family, respect for others, and a teamwork approach towards daily goals and accomplishments.


Behavior modification is a very important part of our teen's addiction treatment program. During enrollment at our Teen Addiction Treatment Center, one of our licensed psychiatrist meets with the parents and collects information about their teen's behavior and past activities. Other family members and sometimes even teachers are welcome to complement the observations through a questionnaire or letter. The information/observations gathered will bring a better understanding of your child to us. Understanding your teen and his/her daily activities and surroundings will help us understand the behavior he/she is displaying. Additionally, understanding your child's daily life will help us with the greater goal of understanding the cause and effect of the behaviors, thus helping to affect change towards a clean and sober life.


If you are looking for a drug rehab for your son or daughter or have any questions, please know that we are here to provide you with support and guidance, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We welcome the opportunity to answer your questions free of charge about teen behavior, substance use, adolescent addiction, teen drug rehab, or other related matters.

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Friday, August 6, 2010

The Dangers of Huffing

One in five students in America has used an inhalant to get high by the time he or she reaches the eighth grade. The largest demographic to abuse are teenagers ages 12 to 17. The next group that follows them is the 18 to 25 age group. Huffing is extremely dangerous. Huffing involves inhaling volatile substances, in order to get high.

One of the greatest dangers of huffing is that it can kill a person in the very first time they try. About 22% of deaths that occur because of huffing are by people who did it for the first time. If huffing does not kill you the first time, the effects of huffing can kill your body slowly. The volatile substances can kill brain cells. Once these cells are lost, they will never come back. In addition to this, huffing can cause memory loss, impaired concentration, hearing loss, loss of coordination, and permanent brain damage. Chronic use can cause permanent heart, lung, liver, and kidney damage as well. Another long term effect of huffing is the psychiatric issue such as, depression, mood changes, irritability, and inattentiveness.

Lastly, here are some sign that you should be aware of:
-Drunk, dazed, or dizzy appearance
- Slurred or disoriented speech
- Uncoordinated physical symptoms
- Red or runny eyes and nose


- Spots and/or sores around the mouth
- Unusual breath odor or chemical odor on clothing
- Signs of paint or other products where they wouldn't normally be, such as on face, lips, nose or fingers
- Nausea and/or loss of appetite
- Chronic Inhalant Abusers may exhibit symptoms such as hallucinations, anxiety, excitability, irritability, restlessness or anger.

While several of these warning signs may point to occasional problems most teens experience at some point during the teenage years, don't be fooled. Know what specific signs may signal real trouble for your child.

In addition to this, you should recognize other telltale behavior signs of Inhalant Abusers:
- Painting fingernails with magic markers or correction fluid
- Sitting with a pen or marker by the nose
- Constantly smelling clothing sleeves
- Showing paint or stain marks on face, fingers or clothing
- Having numerous butane lighters and refills in room, backpack or locker (when the child does not smoke)
- Hiding rags, clothes or empty containers of the potentially abused products in closets, under the bed, in garage etc

Huffing is an addictive behavior and a growing addiction among the adolescent/teen population. Seek professional assistance immediately. Inspiration’s Teen Rehab specializes in residential adolescent addiction treatment with individualized treatment for “huffing” abuse and/or addiction. A call today can save your teen’s life.

We at Inspirations understand the unique challenges of being a parent. If you have any questions, please know that we are here to provide you with support and guidance, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We welcome the opportunity to answer your questions free of charge about teen drug rehab, teen substance abuse, adolescent addiction, teen behavior, or other related matters. If you would prefer, please fill out our short form and one of our counselors will respond.

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Are Trouble Teens the Product of Bad Parenting

In our private and secure teen rehab center in Florida, Inspirations Youth and Family aka Inspirations Teen Rehab, the day to day activities are centered around therapy and fun activities.

Addiction Treatment Therapies such as the Individual Therapy and the Group Therapy is combined with sport activities like going to the gym or a game of basketball and swimming, weather permitting. All these group activities are designed to keep our teens busy, safe and always in learning mode. We always keep the parents of the teens attending our drug rehab facility informed about their child.

So it is not unusual to have parents of the addicted or troubled teen calling in and requesting to talk to one of the therapists regarding the improvements of the troubled boy or girl since he or she has been admitted in our teen drug rehab facility.

Almost always the concern of the parent of a teenager is that if their teen's addiction or their teen's troubled behavior is the result of their bad parenting. After all they have been told the children are the product of the society and the environment and given enough love and care they all will grow up to be normal, successful adults.

Sometimes it seems as if the parents of the troubled teens themselves can use a dose of therapy to get reassured that it is not them that caused the plight of their children.

The fact of the matter is that there are circumstances that contribute to the teen delinquency and teen drug and alcohol addictions. Absent parents, abusive parents or simply over indulging parents can have at-least contributed to the cause of their teenage troubled behavior or their teenage drug and alcohol addiction. But does it mean that the parents of every trouble teen or every teenager with drug or alcohol abuse problem is a bad parent?

Teen psychiatrists and psychologists have concluded that the era of "bad teenage behaviors are the result of bad parenting" is gone.

In an article in New York Times, Dr. Richard A. Friedman, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College in Manhattan wrote that even the best environment does not mold the everyday character traits of our teenage girl or boy. All human behaviors have hard-wired and genetic components.

Therapists and rehab consultants in drug rehab facilities, when talking to good, yet self blaming parents of the troubled teens in the teen rehab center try to re-assure these parents that it is perfectly normal to be a loving parent with good parenting skills and yet have a teenager suffering from teen drug addiction or teen alcohol addiction.

Our drug rehab center, Inspirations Teen Rehab, through the methodic work of our certified drug rehab therapists, we address the underlying causes of teen troubled behaviors and teen drug or alcohol addiction. We explore the relationship and responsibilities of the parents of the teens in our facility to the teens and the relationship and responsibilities of the teens to their parents.

We make sure that part of the teen’s learning is to understand that they are responsible for their own lives and for the parents to know that the time has come to stop blaming themselves and accept the fact that their teens made bad decisions and their teens have to accept the responsibility for it.

If you are a parent of a trouble teen and would like to get more information on our teen addiction treatment programs and teen behavior modification programs, please contact one of our teen addiction treatment professionals at: 1-888-757-6237 or visit our website at InspirationsYouth.com

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BEST FLORIDA TEEN DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM

There just a few types of Florida teen drug rehabs or Florida teen addiction treatment centers. Teen drug rehabilitation programs and teen drug abuse treatment centers are located throughout Florida and United States. Most of Florida Teen drug rehab centers are either juvenile offender centers, juvenile offender boot camps, or adolescent psychiatric treatment centers. The goal of Florida teen drug rehab or Florida teen alcohol rehab is to help mainstream teenagers resolve behavior issues, make positive changes, and become clean and sober. A quality Florida teen drug abuse treatment center will incorporate teen therapeutic approaches into teen addiction therapy. In Florida, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and across the United States, parents are struggling to find teen addiction treatment programs that help the everyday teenager, who is not a repeat juvenile offender and who is not a psychiatric patient. Quality teen drug rehabs in Florida include: the twelve steps, relapse prevention programs, teen behavioral program, behavioral modification, teen drug and alcohol rehabilitation, family therapy, trauma therapy, anger management, cognitive therapy, therapeutic communities, outpatient drug rehabs, alcohol rehabs and inpatient drug rehabs. With the choices of teen drug and teen alcohol treatment centers available in Florida, making a decision can be quite challenging.

Unfortunately, many families in Florida, New Jersey, Maryland, and Texas move from teen drug rehab center to teen drug rehab center looking for the one that is appropriate for their teen. Most parents choose Florida teen addiction treatment programs. If you are looking for a teen behavior program or teen drug treatment program, it is helpful to have an understanding of the different types of Florida teen drug rehabilitation programs. To locate an effective Florida teen drug rehab or Florida teen addiction treatment program you can call the national addiction treatment helpline at 1-888-757-6237.

A quality teen drug addiction treatment program in Florida will help the family, along with the teen, assisting the teenager to change his or her behaviors and develop the coping skills necessary to deal with their feelings. Florida has only a few teen residential drug rehabilitation programs. These types of teen drug rehab programs have existed for many years and are long term in nature. For families and teens who choose a Florida teen drug rehab, they can expect to have twenty-four hour, seven days week therapeutic supervision. Another option under the category of teen drug rehab programs are teen therapeutic drug rehab programs. These types of teen drug rehabilitation programs involve a positive emphasis on individual, group, and family therapy, during time spent in the residential teen drug rehab. In the teen addiction treatment, setting only teenage clients reside in the teen treatment program. This particular form of teen drug addiction treatment works best for teens who understand that they have a drug and alcohol proble, or have experienced significant behavioral problems and teen substance abuse challenges, often with multiple consequences and possibly multiple relapses during attempts in outpatient therapy or individual therapy. Florida Teen drug rehab programs focus on the teen's own personal accountability and responsibility to themselves friends, and their family.


Outpatient Addiction Treatment vs. Inpatient Addiction Treatment

There are teen drug rehab programs in Florida which also offer outpatient addiction treatment for teens. Outpatient addiction treatment for teenagers often costs less than other forms of teen drug and alcohol treatment but is not as effective as a teen inpatient drug rehab. These types of teen drug and alcohol treatment programs are often more suitable for teens who have a strong family support and peer support. Although Florida drug rehabs may vary, they all have one common goal; to help teens recover from teen drug and alcohol problems.

While we understand there are some effective Florida teen drug rehabs, there are quite a few families with teens that seem to travel to Florida for Florida teen drug rehab. After careful research, it is evident that a Florida teen drug rehab seems to provide teen drug and alcohol rehabilitation, in a Florida Drug Rehab Model of Teen Addiction Treatment. This model of teen drug rehab or teen addiction treatment allows for personal accountability, fostering life skills and positive decision making skills, in a teen residential facility.

Karen Corcoran Walsh is the co-founder of the best national addiction treatment helpline 1-888-757-6237, which will help you find the most appropriate teen addiction treatment and teen behavioral treatment anywhere in the United States.

Reach out to us. Recovery from addiction is just a click or a phone call away. If the information you are looking for is not found here and you need immediate attention you may contact us:

Addiction Treatment for Teens: 1-888-757-6237
http://www.inspirationsyouth.com/

Addiction Treatment for Young Adults and Adults : 1-888-387-6237 http://www.covecenterforrecovery.com/

New Jersey Teen Rehabs

There just a few types of New Jersey teen drug rehabs or New Jersey teen addiction treatment centers. Teen drug rehabilitation programs and teen drug abuse treatment centers are located throughout the United States. The goal of a New Jersey teen drug rehab or New Jersey teen alcohol rehab is to help the teenager become clean and sober. In New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Florida, and across the United States, a variety of teen addiction treatment approaches are integrated into teen addiction therapy. Some teen drug rehabs in New Jersey include: the twelve steps, relapse prevention programs, teen behavioral modification, teen drug and alcohol rehabilitation, trauma therapy, anger management, cognitive therapy, therapeutic communities, outpatient drug rehabs, alcohol rehabs and inpatient drug rehabs. With the choices of teen drug and teen alcohol treatment centers available in New Jersey, making a decision can be quite challenging.

Unfortunately, many teenagers and families in New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Florida, and Virginia move from teen drug rehab center to teen drug rehab center looking for the one that is right for them, many ending up in Florida addiction treatment programs. To prevent this from happening, it might be helpful to have an understanding of the different types of New Jersey drug rehabilitation programs. To locate an effective New Jersey teen drug rehab or Florida teen addiction treatment program you can call the national addiction treatment helpline at 1-888-757-6237.

The Best New Jersey Teen Drug Rehab

For a teenager with a drug and alcohol problem attending the best teen addiction treatment program is imperative. A quality teen drug addiction treatment program will help the teenager to change his or her behaviors and develop the coping skills necessary to deal with their feelings. New Jersey has a few teen residential drug rehabilitation programs. These types of teen drug rehab programs have existed for many years and are long term in nature. For families and teens who choose a New Jersey teen drug rehab, they can expect to have twenty-four hour, seven days week therapeutic supervision. Another option under the umbrella of drug rehab programs are teen therapeutic drug rehab programs. These types of teen drug rehabilitation programs involve spending a lot of time in teen drug rehab and are usually provided in a teenage residential addiction treatment setting, with only teenage clients in the teen treatment program. This particular form of teen drug addiction treatment works best for teens who understand that they have a drug and alcohol problem or have experienced multiple consequences and possibly multiple relapses after teen addiction treatment. New Jersey Teen drug rehab programs focus on the teen's own personal accountability and responsibility to themselves friends, and their family.

Outpatient Addiction Treatment vs. Inpatient Addiction Treatment

There are teen drug rehab programs in New Jersey which also offer outpatient addiction treatment for teens. Outpatient addiction treatment for teenagers often times costs less than other forms of teen drug and alcohol treatment but is not as effective as an teen inpatient drug rehab. These types of teen drug and alcohol treatment programs are often more suitable for teens who have a strong family support and peer support. Although New Jersey drug rehabs may vary, they all have one common goal; to help teens recover from teen drug and alcohol problems.

Why Parents Travel to Florida Drug Rehabs from New Jersey
While we understand there are some effective New Jersey teen drug rehabs, there are quite a few families with teens traveling to Florida for teen drug rehab. After careful research, it is evident that a Florida teen drug rehab seems to provide teen drug and alcohol rehabilitation under a practice commonly called the Teen Florida Drug Rehab Model of Teen Addiction Treatment. This model of teen drug rehab or teen addiction treatment allows for creative behavioral addiction treatment opportunities teaching the teen life skills necessary to reach personal goals and academic goals. These teen addiction treatment programs provide the teen with insight and ability to hold themselves accountable for their decisions and actions.

Karen Corcoran Walsh is the co-founder of the national addiction treatment helpline 1-888-757-6237, which will help you find the most appropriate teen addiction treatment and teen behavioral treatment anywhere in the United States.

Reach out to us. Recovery from addiction is just a click or a phone call away. If the information you are looking for is not found here and you need immediate attention you may contact us:

Addiction Treatment for Teens: 1-888-757-6237
http://www.inspirationsyouth.com/

Addiction Treatment for Young Adults and Adults : 1-888-387-6237 http://www.covecenterforrecovery.com/

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Texas Teens and "Cheese" (heroin) Drug Use and Abuse


Although the headlines about "cheese" (heroin) overdose deaths have faded, Dallas County juvenile department’s substance abuse program has recently reported that they cannot keep up with teen admissions. Adolescents as young as 13 are been referred to addiction treatment for addiction to the mix of heroin and sleep aids. Dallas juvenile county manager says: “We're seeing several kids who have graduated to injecting heroin, not just snorting it."

According to a Dallas Morning News analysis of toxicology reports from the Dallas County medical examiner's office, from 2005 through 2009, 30 teens 18 and under died from cheese heroin overdose. As no deaths have been made public since then and there is no agency to keep track of heroin overdose deaths, we can’t provide you with recent data.

Data compiled by Dr. Jane C. Maxwell, senior research scientist for the Addiction Research Institute at the University of Texas at Austin says that the number of North Texas teens seeking treatment for heroin addiction in government-funded facilities has remained steady. Teens from Dallas County made up the majority of heroin addiction admissions statewide.

In response to several cheese heroin fatal overdoses Dallas County started a cheese task force in 2007. Since then the group has expanded its focus to include other drugs.

Executive Director Debbie Meripolski of the Greater Dallas Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse says: "I think a lot of people think it's gone away because it's not on the front page of the newspaper," Meripolski said. "But it's still out there."

As local drug addiction treatment centers in Dallas are scrambling to meet the demand of parents seeking treatment for their teens you may find Inspirations Teen Rehab your alternative of addiction treatment for your teen.

Inspirations teen rehab treatment center focuses on all aspects of teen behavioral issues. Family is the cornerstone of Inspirations’ treatment center. Teens attending Inspirations’ are using or abusing drugs, often beginning with but not limited to marijuana. Drug use becomes drug abuse and eventually leads to drug addiction. Drugs combined with behaviors that demonstrate disrespect for parents, home rules, boundaries, and lack of accountability for actions, are typically an explosive combination that leads to significant and sometimes irreversible consequences.

Inspirations designed a treatment center and treatment programs that provide addiction prevention, as well as treatment and aftercare services. For those teens that have moved beyond drug abuse, Inspirations’ teen drug rehab provides recovery that meets teenagers at their place in life. In designing our teen addiction treatment programs, emphasis has been put on helping the teen and family establish recovery and learn the life skills necessary for the teen reach personal goals, academic goals, gain the insight and ability to hold one’s self accountable for decisions and actions, as well as capable of making appropriate choices, living a life without drugs or alcohol impairment. For more information contact us at 1-888-387-6237. See our commercial at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koJ5QImBOgo

TEEN DRUG ADDICTION – THE FIRST SIGN OF CHANGE, WORKING TOWARDS A SOLUTION


Teen drug addiction is becoming a common topic in conversations, news reports, health reports, and a variety of news and media. It is no longer a taboo issue. As parents and family members, teachers and guidance counselors, and anyone involved with the daily lives of teenagers approach the issue and dilemma of teen drug addiction, they seldom know where or how to find the solution to the problem.

Parents and teens both experience the pain of teen drug addiction. It is common knowledge that most teens struggling with drug addiction do not seek help voluntarily. In fact, statistics show that most teens do not recognize their behavior as problematic. Therefore, the parents or guardians of a teen are usually more likely to be the first people to initiate a move towards finding a solution.

Solutions to drug addiction begin with the most basic act of seeking help. The decision of a parent to seek help is the first sign of change and hope in the midst of chaos, heartbreak, fear, and confusion in the home and life of the parent and teen. The act of seeking help is a powerful and motivating factor in working toward a solution. As a parent begins to seek help for a troubled teen, it is beneficial for the parent to recognize his/her efforts as a moment of change and the first step toward finding a solution. Every decision and effort thereafter can become a positive, rewarding step toward a solution to the problem of teen drug addiction.

A teen begins to work toward a solution to his/her drug abuse or addiction, by engaging in the conversation of drug addiction and possibly addiction treatment. Even the smallest effort or briefest conversation creates a moment of change. If a parent has conducted an intervention, a teen who has participated in the intervention is demonstrating a change regarding the problem. It is also considered a “shift” in the cycle of teen addiction. A teen might disagree that a problem exists or disagree to entering a teen rehab program during the initial conversation. It is important to acknowledge a teen’s participation in a discussion of his/her behaviors and use the opportunity to empower the teen. Ownership of change is an important position for most teens. Ownership of the act of change is a position of accountability and independence and instills the power of choice for the teen.

Although there are many more actions, conversations, and therapeutic interactions that must occur, as the parent and teen works towards finding a solution to teen addiction, the initial moments of change are critical and require acknowledgement and praise in hopes of achieving a successful outcome.

Written by: Karen Corcoran-Walsh
http://www.inspirationsyouth.com/

4/09/2010

Huffing / Teeb Drug Abuse / Teen Addiction

Huffing is an increasingly common abuse behavior. Huffing is often associated with teens and young adults. It is considered a drug abuse and an addiction, due to the severe side effects, potential for death, and addictive nature of the behavior. Huffing, huffing abuse, and huffing addiction, is also known as inhalant abuse or inhalant addiction. Huffing is the intentional inhalation or breathing- in of chemical vapors to achieve an impairment or altered mental or physical condition. Abusers inhale vapors emitted from a variety of substances. Chemical vapors used as inhalants can be found in over 1,000 common household products. Common products are products which emit aerosols, gases, and nitrites. Addiction treatment is the most preferred approach for huffing and inhalant abuse or addiction.

HUFFING AND THE NEED FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT
Huffing by teenage adolescents, is a growing concern for parents, educators, addiction treatment professionals, and our nation. In an effort to save teenager’s lives, the addiction treatment community, mental health professionals, and the medical community, strongly encourage parents, teens, and families, to seek the assistance of addiction treatment centers, as a solution to the problem, abuse, and addiction to huffing. Teenage drug rehab provides the therapeutic tools for teens to learn to recover from the addiction to huffing.

Inspirations Teen Rehab
Inspirations Teen Rehab is an adolescent rehab, providing teen drug treatment and therapeutic programs meeting the traditional teen drug addiction and current or “fad” drug addictions. Inspirations Teen Rehab offers an addiction treatment program consisting of an individualized addiction treatment plan for adolescents, as well as their nationally renowned “Sober Life, Sober Choices” Program. All programs include individual, group, and family therapy sessions, traditional addiction therapy and experiential addiction therapy, including art therapy, music therapy, trauma therapy, equine therapy, 12 steps to recovery, recreational therapy, and a life skills program.

Inspiration’s Huffing Rehab or Huffing Treatment is a four-phase approach:
Phase 1: Intervention
Phase 2: Addiction Treatment with a minimum 90 day individualized treatment plan
Phase 3: Sober Life, Sober Choices
Phase 4: Aftercare and Case Management

If you know or suspect a teen is intentionally inhalating or breathing- in chemical vapors, call for help. Inspirations Teen Rehab is a nationally recognized adolescent drug treatment center, designed to meet the needs of teens and their families. A call today, could save your teens life. www.inspirationsteenrehab.com 888-757-6237.

Teen Drug Abuse and OTC medicine

Over the counter drugs (also known as OTC’s), have become an increasing problem for parents and businesses, due to the growing popularity for teens trying to get high. OTC drugs commonly abused by teens are cough and cold medicines, and medicines designed to treat sinus pressure, cold and flu symptoms, fever, and headaches. The OTC medicines abused by teens contain dextromethorphan, also known as DXM. Popular OTC cough and cold medicine brands include Coricidin, Robitussin, Triaminic, and Vicks.

Teens abuse the OTC drugs by taking large doses orally, to achieve a “high” and often mix these drugs with prescription drugs, marijuana, other street drugs, and alcohol. Teens may also crush the contents of the pill form of OTC drugs, and inhale the drug through nasal passages.

Teens abusing OTC drugs, have both short -term and long- term effects as a result of OTC drug use, drug abuse, and drug addiction. The Short-term effects include hospitalization, impaired judgment, nausea, loss of coordination, headache, vomiting, loss of consciousness, numbness of fingers and toes, abdominal pain, irregular heartbeat, aches, seizures, panic attacks, psychosis, euphoria, cold flashes, dizziness and diarrhea. Long-term effects include restlessness, insomnia, high-blood pressure, coma, or death.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has classified DXM as a “drug of concern”, due to the abuse and addiction to OTC drugs as well as the danger associated with DXM. Although many stores have placed DXM products behind the pharmacy counter, many stores (grocery) still provide the supply of DXM and OTC drugs on the shelves for anyone’s purchase. DXM and OTC drugs are not age restricted for purchase.

Teen Drug Treatment for OTC drug abuse and addiction is found in a teen drug rehab that incorporates an individual treatment plan and an educational component for OTC drug abuse, in the teen drug rehabilitation program. The purpose of choosing to send a teen to a teen drug rehab is to address the drug abuse behavior immediately and prevent permanent damage to the teen. Teens will gain an understanding of the cycle of addiction, gain knowledge of the 12 steps to recovery, cultivate individual accountability for daily life responsibilities, and begin to focus on family life and participation in the family, respecting and adhering to family structure, rules, boundaries, and guidelines. Teen rehab also provides numerous therapies to address issues that may have led to a teen “self medicating”. Therapies include individual, group, family, trauma, coping skills, education, music and art therapy, as well as a variety of experiential and holistic therapies.

If you know or suspect a teen is abusing or addicted to OTC drugs, call for help. Inspirations Teen Rehab is a nationally recognized adolescent drug treatment center, designed to meet the needs of teens and their families. Call 888-757-6237
or visit our website: http://www.inspirationsyouth.com