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Gambling

High-Risk Recreation or “No Big Deal”

You are invited to a free performance of the Saltworks Theatre Company’s production of

No Big Deal

No Big Dealis about four teenagers who must do a class video project about someone in their group. When they decide to make it "hip and exciting", they learn that one of their classmates may have a real problem with various forms of gambling that eventually affects all of them in some way. After running up his parent's credit cards and borrowing money from all his friends, Jake is faced with a difficult choice. But his classmates (and a teacher) choose to intervene and see that he gets help. Jake's addiction evolves from an innocent game night at a dance to fantasy sports bets to Texas Hold 'em tournaments.

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Posted Friday, May 10, 2013
Special education funding reform sent to Governor

The Senate unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday providing reform measures for equitable special education funding.House Bill 2now goes to the governor for his signature and enactment into law. The measure will create a 15-member panel to develop a formula to allocate any new state special education funding in a manner that recognizes the actual number of physically- and mentally-challenged students in a school and the various levels of their need for services.  [...click for more]

Posted Friday, April 12, 2013
The Office of National Drug Control Policy’s “Above the Influence” campaign is launching two new youth activities to raise teen’s awareness of risks during prom and graduation season. Join the ONDCP in a webinar from 1-2 p.m. EST April 3 to learn more on how to plan and implement these activities in your community. [...click for more]

Posted Monday, April 01, 2013
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has named May 12–18, 2013 as National Prevention Week. This year's theme – Your Voice. Your Choice. Make a Difference – emphasizes that the prevention of substance abuse and promotion of mental health starts with the choices each of us makes in our own life. Through our choices, we can set an example of health and well-being for others. With our voices—whether spoken or written—we can raise awareness of behavioral health issues and help create healthier and safer communities. [...click for more]

Posted Monday, April 01, 2013

On Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., a live online learning session for educators will be held. The session is entitled "Bullying Prevention Cost Benefit Analysis".

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Posted Friday, March 08, 2013
The College of Education is offeringfreeprofessional development opportunities for teachers through the EdLion Program. This spring EdLion will feature “Bullying Intervention and Prevention” through a series of 3 one hour sessions. The sessions will be presented by Drs. JoLynn Carney and Richard Hazler, professors of education in Counselor Education at Penn State [...click for more]

Posted Friday, February 22, 2013
Announcing the 2013 STAR-Center Conference "In Search of a Safer World" scheduled to be held at the University of Pittsburgh Campus on Friday, May 17, 2013. 
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Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Announcing the official launch of PA 2-1-1 Southwest's online search for services, PA211SW.org <http://www.pa211sw.org/>.

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Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Pennsylvania Department of Education

Office of the Secretary of Education

February 7, 2013

On behalf of the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) , the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW), the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission, and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD), we are writing to inform you of a wonderful opportunity to provide, at no charge to your District, three years of Life Skills Training (LST) to your 6th, 7th and 8th graders beginning in the 2013-14 school year. The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado (CSPV) (http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/) is offering this program to school districts in Pennsylvania. The LST program normally costs approximately $34 per study to implement.

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Posted Friday, February 08, 2013
Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Public Welfare

Feb. 4, 2013

PENN*LINK

To: All LEAs

From: Carolyn Dumaresq, Deputy Secretary

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Beverly D. Mackereth, Deputy Secretary

Office of Children, Youth and Families

Dear Colleagues,

As we continue to strengthen our collaborative efforts, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Department of Education are issuing this joint statement regarding the recently enacted Uninterrupted Scholars Act (P.L. 112-278).

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Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2013
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