The fourth Wednesday in April every year is designated as Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Awareness Day. In today’s episode, Lane, Kelsey, and Jill sat down with our Director of Programs Tarra Winters to discuss the topic of substance misuse in families, the effects on children, and the Drug Endangered Children approach.

This episode just scratched the surface of this complex topic. To schedule a training on substance misuse, contact Tarra at twinters@pcaillinois.org or visit our website to contact a staff member in your region.

Resources:

• National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children: https://nationaldec.org/
• Illinois Poison Center website: https://www.illinoispoisoncenter.org/
• Cannabis safe storage and other parent resources: https://www.prevention.org/lets-talk-cannabis/parents-and-mentors/
• Illinois Helpline recovery resource: https://helplineil.org/app/gethelp
• Jerry Moe’s 7Cs for talking with kids about addiction: https://interventionassociates.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Language-When-Working-With-Kids.2018.NACoA_.pdf
• 6 Protective Factors Infographic: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFjL6a61QY/fwPz2P_Qbs2lqyZHqvawLw/view?utm_content=DAFjL6a61QY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink
• DCFS Online Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting for non-emergencies: https://dcfsonlinereporting.dcfs.illinois.gov/
• Our website: https://www.preventchildabuseillinois.org/

Thanks for listening! We hope you learned something new from our episode.