February 2012
1. My son will be going into middle school in the fall and I’m concerned about alcohol and/or drugs. In the South Bay, what are kids using most often and what are the symptoms I should look for?

Alcohol and Marijuana are by far the most prevalent drugs of abuse [...]

A program that provides feedback and skills training for parents can help reduce teen problem behavior, a new study has found. The program, called Family Check-Up, is short, requiring only about four-and-a-half hours,
Science Daily reports.
The study included 593 seventh and eighth graders and their families, half of whom were randomly assigned to participate in the [...]