Resources

Help for at-risk or troubled teens.

 


 

Waterford Teen Health Center

http://www.waterford.k12.mi.us/wthc/

 

Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Alateen
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcohol and Drug Dependence
National Drug Help Line
Maplegrove
Narcotics Anonymous

(248) 888-8586
(248) 541-6565
1-800-622-2255
1-800-378-4435
(248) 661-6100
(248) 543-7200

Child Abuse & Neglect
24-Hour Hotline 1-800-942-4357

Crisis Pregnancy Counseling
Bethany Lifeline
AAA Pregnancy Center
1-800-238-4269
(734) 425-8060

Drug Testing
Michigan Court Services, Inc. (248) 618-0071

4556 Dixie Highway
Waterford, MI 48329
mcsioffice@comcast.net

Provides drug testing services to the general public - services not limited to those mandated by the court system.

Michigan AIDS Teen Hotline
24-Hour Hotline 1-800-750-8336

Suicide Prevention
Yellow Ribbon.Org 1-303-429-3530

Common Ground Sanctuary
Common Ground Sanctuary.Org 1-248-456-0909

HAVEN
HAVEN Oakland.Org 1-248-334-1274

Runaway Assistance Program
24-Hour Hotline 1-800-292-4517


 

SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AboutHealth.com 978-282-9970 www.aboutheatlh.com
BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network 303-871-0901 www.bacchusgamma.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 800-311-3435 www.cdc.gov
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) www.cadca.org
Join Together 617-437-1500 www.jointogether.org
Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free 301-654-6740 www.alcoholfreechildren.org
National Association of School Resource Officers 888-316-2776 www.nasro.org
National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse (CASA)   www.casacolumbia.org
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information 800-729-6686 www.health.org
National Institute on Drug Abuse   www.nida.nih.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration   www.samhsa.gov
Office of National Drug Control Policy 800-666-3332 www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
Play Clean   www.playclean.org

 

BULLYING AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESOURCES
Anti-Defamation League   www.adl.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 800-311-3435 www.cdc.gov/health/violence.htm
CSAP (Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention)   http://pathwayscourses.samhsa.gov/
Don't Laugh at Me 212-904-5243 www.dontlaugh.org
Facing History and Ourselves 617-232-1595 www.facing.org
National Campaign Against Youth Violence 202-687-1660 www.noviolence.net
National Crime Prevention Center 202-466-6272 www.ncpc.org
National School Safety Center 805-373-9977 www.nssc1.org
National Youth Gang Center Institute for Intergovernmental Research 850-385-0600 www.iir.com
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center 866-723-3968 www.safeyouth.org
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention   www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
Partnerships Against Violence Network 301-504-5462 www.pavnet.org
Seeking Harmony in Neighborhoods Every Day (SHiNE) 646-613-5100 www.shine.com
Southern Poverty Law Center 334-956-8200 www.splcenter.com
Students Against Violence Everywhere 866-343-SAVE www.nationalsave.org
Youth Crime Watch of America 305-670-2409 www.ycwa.org
Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General   www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/
youthviolence

 

DEPRESSION / SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 888-333-AFSP www.afsp.org
American Psychological Association   www.apa.org/psychnet/children.html
National Institutes of Health   www.nih.gov
National Mental Health Awareness Campaign 877-495-0009 www.nostigma.org
National Suicide Hotline 1-800-SUICIDE

 

EATING DISORDERS / BODY IMAGE RESOURCES
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) 703-556-9222 www.aedweb.org
Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. (ANRED) 800-931-2237 www.anred.com
Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness 561-841-0900 www.eatingdisorderinfo.org
Harvard Eating Disorders Center (HEDC)   www.hedc.org
Healing Connections, Inc. 212-585-3450 www.healingconnections.org
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) 847-831-9498 (hotline) www.anad.org
National Center for Overcoming Overeating   www.overcomingovereating.com
Overeaters Anonymous 505-891-2664 www.overeatersanonymous.org

 

TEEN PREGNANCY / STD / HIV / AIDS PREVENTION RESOURCES
American Social Health Association 919-361-8400 www.iwannaknow.org
Health and Human Services   www.hhs.gov/kids
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy 202-478-8500 www.teenpregnancy.org
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 212-541-7800 www.plannedparenthood.org
Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (ReCAPP)   www.etr.org/recapp

 

TRAFFIC SAFETY RESOURCES
Advocates for Highway/Auto Safety 202-408-1711 www.saferoads.org
National Association of Governor's Highway Safety Representatives   www.naghsr.org
National Commission Against Drunk Driving 240-247-6004 www.ncadd.com
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration   www.nhtsa.dot.gov
National Institute for Driver Behavior   www.nidb.org

 

YOUTH MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Boys & Girls Clubs of America 800-854-CLUB www.bgca.org
City Year National Headquarters 617-927-2500 www.city-year.org
Do Something 212-523-1175 www.dosomething.org
Friday Night Live Partnership 559-733-6496 www.fridaynightlive.org
Many Young Voices   www.manyyoungvoices.org
National Organization for Youth Safety   www.noys.org
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign   www.freevibe.com
Study Circles Resource Center   www.studycircles.org
Teen Ink   www.teenink.com
Teen Voices   www.teenvoices.com
YouthNoise   www.youthnoise.com
Youth Radio   www.youthradio.org
Youth Service America 202-296-2992 www.ysa.org

 

SOCIAL NORMING RESOURCES
Alcohol and Other Drug Education Project www.hws.edu/ACA/depts/alcohol/index.html
Monitoring the Future Institute for Social Research www.monitoringthefuture.org
Social Norms Marketing Research Project www.edc.org/hec/socialnorms

 

COLLEGE AND CAREER RESOURCES
Mapping Your Future www.mapping-your-future.org/MHSS
Peterson's Guide to Colleges www.petersons.com
The Education Network www.bigchalk.com
Wall Street Journal Career Site www.careerjournal.com

 

FOR PARENTS
National PTA www.pta.org
Not My Kid www.notmykid.org
Parent Resource Network www.childrensdefense.org/parentresnet.php
Positive Discipline www.positivediscipline.com