Creating Awareness about Drugs and Alcohol among Children Shepherdsville KY

Children’s trust in parents can go way up on the scale when they actually researched the topic of drugs with their parents. Many successful parents decide that one of the best ways to avoid their children being drawn into drugs, is to educate them, and learn together, rather than simply condemning the topic out of hand.

Trunnell and Associates
(502) 543-4766
1729-A Highway 44 East
Shepherdsville, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Above and Beyond Counseling
(502) 935-3700
5404 Valley Station Road
Louisville, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Above and Beyond Counseling
(502) 361-1200
5330 South 3rd Street
Louisville, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Alcohol Education and Counseling Servs
(502) 933-4504
6801 Dixie Highway
Louisville, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Dr Donald T Stokes and Associates Inc
(502) 459-6675
1941 Bishop Lane
Louisville, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Gays and Lesbians, Criminal justice clients

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Interlink Counseling Services Inc
(502) 964-7147
8311 A and B Preston Highway
Louisville, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Shelton Counseling Services
(502) 468-9901
248 Main Street
Lebanon Junction, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Kentucky Driving School
(502) 456-5266
3715 Bardstown Road
Louisville, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders

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Lighthouse Adolescent Recovery Center
(502) 366-0705
1935 Bluegrass Avenue
Louisville, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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LEAP Inc
(502) 447-1391
4738 Rockford Plaza
Louisville, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment

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Creating Awareness about Drugs and Alcohol among Children

Children require a lot of power to stand firm under peer demands and media control. The most helpful weapon when it comes to alcohol and drugs for your children is facts and knowledge, instead of shock strategy and pressure from their parents. Children’s trust in parents can go way up on the scale when they actually researched the topic of drugs with their parents. Many successful parents decide that one of the best ways to avoid their children being drawn into drugs, is to educate them, and learn together, rather than simply condemning the topic out of hand. Children usually believe things that they figure out for themselves, rather than things that they have head from their parents secondhand. Also, as most parents know, teenagers want to do the exact things that their parents say is “bad for them”. So, taking the time to research together with your children will encourage them to absorb what they are learning about, rather than simply giving out parental warnings and threats that they can shrug off.It’s not uncommon that the more those parents say “don’t do it”, then the more their kids want to. Many of the children who do use alcohol and drugs, in fact had very strict parents who would not even speak of such habits in the household. And thus these are the children seem to fall prey to a taboo effect. The psychology of taboo means that children often try something simply because they are not supposed to. Don’t add the mysti...

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