Student Assistance Program
Student Assistance Program
Hurricanes Help
Resources for Student Athletes
- Coaches Handbook
- An information packed 1-hour training video on current substance use trends, recognizing the signs of substance use, and school response
- Signs of Substance Intoxication & Teen Trends
- Life of an Athlete handbook
- Student Athlete Code of Conduct
There are updated signs around the school property indicating that alcohol, tobacco products (including vapes), and cannabis are not allowed on school property, this includes at after school events and sports.
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- "How Does The Pandemic Effect the Conversation on Smoking?" Your Teen for Parents magazine interview with Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, Executive Director of Stanford's Tobacco Prevention Toolkit.
- Vaping and Nicotine Addiction 101 – Dec 2021
- Bullying presentation from Hartford Police Department
- Drug Trends for Teens
- Social Media Dangers
- HSD has a subscription to Screenagers until 11/2027, please reach out to HCC if you would like to schedule a screening in the community or virtually
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- Talk with your teen about E-cigarettes: A Tip Sheet for Parents (Hoja Con Consejos Español)
- Talk About Vaping, a guide for adults to talk to teens about vaping from the American Lung Association
- Online Safety with Officer Gomez
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- Classroom nicotine use information and resources
- Drug Trends for Teens
- DITEP training 1/25 & 1/26/27 at WRV School
- Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media
- Screenagers available to show in classes or staff meetings--HSD has a subscription
- For the Heroes: A Pep Talk From Kid President – You are all HEROS!
- How to help a teen who is struggling with substance use
- 2023-2026 VT study on confiscated vapes--Please remember that vapes are considered hazardous waste! Please reach out if you need to have your vape disposed properly, as there is a collection box for this and Hartford vapes are entered into this study on vapes.
- For more information on drug trends, check out Tall Cop Says Stop: Because you can't stop what you don't know.
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- #QUITVAPING / #DEJADEVAPEAR
- MyLifeMyQuit
- Online Quit Resources
- Local Substance misuse resources
- FAQs about E-Cigarettes (FAQs about E-Cigarettes en Español)
- Signs that Someone May be Vaping (Señales que de alguien puede estar vapeando)
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
PAVe - Parents Against Vaping e-cigs
Truth Initiative
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
CDC
American Academy of Pediatrics
Other Resources of Information
- Talk to your kids about vaping and e-cigarettes
- Georgetown University, "With the Jury Out on Vaping, Clinicians Pause to Identify the Cons of E-Cigarettes"
- Consumer Notice, "Why Teens Vape and JUUL Health Risks"
- Guide for Parents
- YouTube videos
- Still Blowing Smoke youth information
- No Vapes website (En espanol)
According to the 2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey, nearly one in five high school students (19.6%) use e-cigarettes, with nearly forty percent of them (38.9%) doing so on 20 or more of the past 30 days. This number has only risen with the COVID pandemic. This website serves as a community resource, as we attempt to help youth and other community members to make safer choices. If you would like additional information not provided here, please contact Janet Potter, Student Assistance Provider (SAP).
You can also reach out to our community drug-free grant partner, Hartford Community Coalition (HCC), at Hartford Community Coalition.
Dangers of Social Media & Youth
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A very compelling documentary film, Can’t Look Away Film: The Dangers of Social Media, that outlines the case and the rationale behind a call for regulation and accountability.
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