LTC 103-2018 Drug Prevention and Intervention Series for ParentsMIAMIBEACH
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103-2018
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Co mission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
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DATE: February 22, 2018
SUBJECT: Drug Prevention and Intervention Se es for Parents/Guardians of Teens
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (LTC) is to update the Mayor and Commissioner on the
status of the City of Miami Beach funded drug prevention and intervention series for
parents/guardians of Miami Beach teens.
Since the Education Compact implementation on January 16, 2008, the City of Miami Beach has
funded and implemented educational enhancements to improve educational opportunities foryouth
in the City. At the May 17, 2017 Commission meeting, item R9AD provided for a discussion
regarding students from Miami Beach Senior High School smoking marijuana. The issue was
discussed at the May 24, 2017, Neighborhood and Community Affairs Committee and referred to the
August 22, 2017, Committee for Quality Education meeting, where the current status of drug and
education programming was reviewed.
At the October 17, 2017, Commission meeting, administration received direction to engage a drug
prevention and intervention specialist to provide a series of workshops for parents/guardians of
Miami Beach teens.
The drug prevention and intervention series, provided by Ray Estefania of Family Recovery
Specialists, for parents/guardians of Miami Beach teens will begin on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 7
pm. All sessions will be held at the Miami Beach Golf Club (2301 Alton Road) on the dates and
times indicated below:
• Thursday, March 1 7 pm
• Thursday, March 8 8 am
• Thursday, March 15 7 pm
• Thursday, March 22 8 am
• Thursday, April 12 7 pm
• Thursday, April 26 8 am
Specific details on the content of each session may be found on the flyer. If you have any
questions, or need additional information, please feel free to contact me.
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Drug Prevention and Intervention for Parents/Guardians of Teens
SERIES PROVIDED BY CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
Session 1: March 1 7PM
Overview of Adolescent Brain Development
and the Effects of Substance Use on Teen
Thinking and Behavior
• Review of adolescent brain development
and specifically the limbic system (reward
center) of the brain and the limits of executive
function in teens.
• Role of dopamine and serotonin in the
development of addictions and other
compulsive behaviors.
• ADHD, depression, anxiety, learning
disabilities and other challenges teens may
experience and how these increase
vulnerability to substance use disorders.
• How do substances impact maturation and
the thinking process in teens which can lead
to behavioral problems and other
consequences.
Target Audience: Parents & Teens
Session 2: March 8 8AM
Most Common Drugs of Abuse in Teens and
What Parents Need To Look Out For.
• Learn about alcohol, marijuana, and other
drugs of abuse.
• Most common behaviors related to a
substance use disorder.
• What tools does your teen to develop in
order to cope with stressors?
• How will experimentation in teen years
impact development and consequences later
in life.
• Experimentation - substance abuse -
addiction. How do kids progress through
these stages of use?
Target Audience: Parents
Session 3: March 15 7PM
Marijuana - Weeding Out Fact From Fiction. Why Parents
Should be Concerned About Marijuana Legalization.
• Different Ways to Ingest and overall potency of
today's marijuana.
• Is marijuana addictive? What are the implications for
teens? This is not the marijuana you may have used when
you were younger.
• How marijuana affects the young, developing teenage or
young adult brain.
• How legalization has affected Colorado, Washington
and other states and what the future looks like for our kids
• Traps parents often fall into when it comes to marijuana
use and how to avoid these.
Target Audience: Parents & Teens
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Drug Prevention and Intervention for Parents/Guardians of Teens
Session 4: March 22 SAM
Technology and Social Media: How These
Can Set up Addictive Behavior In Teens
• What is healthy socializing?
• How teens utilize technology to connect.
• What does an unhealthy relationship with
technology look like?
• The importance and role of peer
relationships and other protective factors for
our kids.
• What are some of the common reasons
teens overuse social media and
other technology.
• The impact of too much screen use in our
children and consequences for the future
• How to set appropriate limits in order to
encourage a healthy relationship
with technology.
Target Audience: Parents
Session 5: April 12 7PM
How Parents Can Discourage Teen Drug Use and
Encourage Healthy Decision -Making In Their Children
• How to handle the most common objections related to
teen experimentation with alcohol and marijuana. "But
Mom, all the kids are doing it!"
• Explore the relationship between choices
and consequences.
• How to set clear expectations and limits and encourage
healthy decision-making in our children.
• What is normal experimentation and when parents
should intervene.
Target Audience: Parents
Session 6: April 26 SAM
What You Should Do If Your Child is Experimenting with
Substances.
• What are the signs and symptoms of a substance use
disorder in teens.
• How to confront the problem and what you should do to
intervene.
• What is the best response to the problem?
• How should I respond to substance experimentation in my
teenager.
• What do I do if my child really has a problem and needs
treatment.
Target Audience: Parents
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Prevencion e Intervencion de Drogas para Padres/Guardian de Adolescentes
SERIES PROVEIDAS POR LA CIUDAD DE MIAMI BEACH
Sesi6n 1: Jueves 1 de Marzo a la 7PM
Resumen Sobre el Desarrollo Cerebral de Adolescentes y
los Efectos del Abuso de Substancias en el Pensamiento y
Comportamiento de Adolescentes
•Resumen sobre el desarrollo cerebral y especificamente
el Sistema Ifmbico (centro de recompensa) del cerebro y
los Ifmites del funcionamiento ejecutivo en adolescentes.
-El rol de la dopamina y la serotonina en el desarrollo de
adicciones y otros comportamientos compulsivos.
-ADHD (TDAH), depresi6n, ansiedad, discapacidad de
aprendizaje y otros desaffos adolecentes pueden tener y
como estos incrementan la vulnerabilidad al use de
substancias.
-Como estas substancias pueden impactar la maduraci6n
y el proceso mental en adolecentes puede resultar en
problemas de comportamiento y otras consecuencias.
Al publico destinado: Padres y Adolescentes
Sesion 2: Jueves 8 de Marzo a la 8AM
Drogas Abusadas Mas Comunmente por Adolescentes
y to que los Padres Tienen que Vigilar
•Aprender sobre alcohol, marihuana, y otras drogas
de abuso.
•Comportamientos mas comunes relacionados con
el abuso de substancias.
•Que herramientas su adolescente puede desarrollar
para tratar con los factores de estres.
-Como puede la experimentaci6n en los anos de
adolescencia impactar el desarrollo y las
consecuencias mas adelante en la vida.
• Experimentaci6n — abuso de substancia — adicci6n.
Como los ninos progresan por estas fases de uso.
Al publico destinado: Padres
Sesion 3: Jueves 15 de Marzo a la 7PM
Marihuana — Separando Hechos de Ficci6n. Por qud los
padres tendrfan que estar preocupados sobre la
legalizaci6n de la marihuana.
•Diferentes maneras de ingerir y la potencia total de la
marihuana actual.
•tEs la marihuana adictiva? eCuales son las implicaciones
Para los adolescentes? Esta no es la marihuana que usted
pudo haber usado en su juventud.
-Como la marihuana afecta a losj6venes, el cerebro en
desarrollo de adolescentes o joven adultos.
-Como la legalizaci6n ha afectado Colorado, Washington,
y otros estados y como se ve el futuro para nuestros
ninos.
•Trampas en cuales los padres usualmente caen cuando se
trata de marihuana y como evitarlas.
Al publico destinado: Padres y Adolescentes
Sesion 4: Jueves 22 de Marzo a la 8AM
Tecnologia y Redes Sociales: Como Estas Pueden Establecer
Comportamiento Adictivo en Adolescentes
•LQue son las relaciones Sociales saludables? Como pueden los
adolescentes utilizar la tecnologfa para conectarse. Como es una
relaci6n poco saludable con la tecnologfa.
-La importancia y el rol de las relaciones con los companeros y otros
factores protectores para nuestros ninos.
•i.Cuales son algunas de las razones mas comunes que los
adolescentes usan excesivamente las redes sociales y
otras tecnologias?
-El impacto del use excesivo de las pantallas en nuestros ninos y las
consecuencias para el futuro.
-Como poner Ifmites apropiados para fomentar una relaci6n
saludable con la tecnologfa.
Al publico destinado: Padres
Sesion 5: Jueves 12 de Abril a la 7PM
Como los Padres Pueden Persuadir a sus Hijos que no Usen
Drogas y Fomentar Decisiones Saludables en sus Ninos
-Como manejar las objeciones mas comunes relacionadas con la
experimentaci6n de alcohol y marihuana. "!Pero Mama, todos
los ninos to estan haciendo!"
•Explorar la relaci6n entre las elecciones y las consecuencias.
-Como establecer expectativas y Ifmites y fomentar decisiones
saludables en nuestros ninos.
•ZQue es la experimentaci6n normal y cuando deben los padres
intervenir?
Al publico destinado: Padres
Sesion 6: Jueves 26 de Abril a la 8AM
Que Tendrfa que Hacer si su Nino Esta Experimentando con
Substancias.
•e.Cuales son los signos y sfntomas de un problema con el abuso de
substancias en adolescentes?
-Como confrontar el problema y que tendrfa que hacer para
intervenir.
•�Cual es la mejor respuesta al problema?
•zC6mo tendrfa que responder a una experimentaci6n de substancia
en mi adolescente?
• que tendrfa que hacer si mi nino de verdad tiene un problema y
necesita tratamiento?
Al publico destinado: Padres