Jeff Wolfsberg & Associates

Drug Education and Wellness Specialists

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by Jeff Wolfsberg

Welcome.  I hope that your visit here indicates a shared commitment for increasing effective alcohol and other drug prevention and early intervention in schools and communities. 

 We know the challenges facing public and private secondary schools and higher education when it comes to alcohol and other drug use.  The change we all desire requires the collective will and participatory engagement from drug education practitioners, parents, community leaders, students, and education professionals.

Secondary schools, colleges and universities, and community coalitions have sought our partnership in:

  • Presenting school assemblies to high school and college students.  Providing extended seminars “Our 4 Day” experience which is designed for schools looking for a long-term relationship.
  • Faculty in-service training to enhance the skills and offer new distinctions for faculty to effectively address alcohol, drugs, and mental health issues of students in a school and community setting.
  • Present programs for parents that increase parenting skills and strengthen beliefs that support raising drug-free teens.
  • Hosting conversations that matter (Facilitation Services) to access the collective wisdom of the community towards positive change.  Conversations can be hosted for the parent community, a new strategic initiative for the school, a Head creating a new vision, or a Board retreat.
  • Present to student leaders to engage them in alcohol,  drug, and mental health issues across their school – “turn student leaders’ values into action”.
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Jim Higley

I was recently interviewed by a great guy named Jim Higley.  Jim is the founder of Bobblehead Dad.  It’s a wonderful website that talks about parenting and life.  We talk about parenting, drug education programs in schools, educating about alcohol, and many more things I think you’ll find interesting.

Jim-a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists-has become an inspiring voice to people worldwide who daily enjoy his print and online columns for Chicago Tribune’s TribLocal, The Good Men Project and Man of the House. He also can be seen on NBC Universal iVillage and heard on his weekly radio show, Bobblehead Dad. The single father of three is an insightful storyteller who writes about the experiences found in the nooks and crannies of everyday life from a dad’s perspective.

Described as “Martha Stewart meets MacGyver,” after a 23-year career in corporate America Jim zipped up his briefcase and became a fulltime stay-at-home dad. Since then-in addition to writing-his world centers around carpools, bake sales, attempting to make school play costumes with a glue gun, and simply being home and available. 24/7. Jim is also the inaugural World’s Greatest Dad for Man of the House magazine. His kids, however, are requesting a recount.

Help! I Found My Teen Using Drugs

December 20, 2011

I’ve been at the other end of the phone many times when a parent calls to say, “I found my teen drinking, what do I do now?” I can hear the fear, shock, and confusion in their voice.  I feel deeply for these parents as they try to navigate the turbulent waters of this new [...]

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Raising Drug-Free Teens | Interview with Jim Higley of Bobblehead Dad

December 19, 2011

I was recently interviewed by a great guy named Jim Higley.  Jim is the founder of Bobblehead Dad.  It’s a wonderful website that talks about parenting and life.  We talk about parenting, drug education programs in schools, educating about alcohol, and many more things I think you’ll find interesting. Jim-a member of the National Society [...]

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Cookie Cutter Kids | Do Something Different

December 17, 2011

The following excerpt is from William Saroyan’s 1943 masterpiece, The Human Comedy. ‘What my children appear to be on the surface is no matter to me. I am fooled neither by gracious manners nor by bad manners. I am interested in what is truly beneath each kind of manners. Whether one of my children is [...]

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The 1-4 Children Exposed to Family Alcohol Abuse or Alcoholism

November 30, 2011

By Lisa Frederiksen One in four children are exposed to family alcohol abuse and/or alcoholism before the age of 18. Countless more are exposed to family drug abuse/drug addition as well. Given the five key risk factors for developing the disease of addiction, whether it’s an addiction to alcohol or legal or illegal drugs, that’s an [...]

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Would a World ADDICTIONS Day do for Addiction what World AIDS Day has done for HIV-AIDS?

November 30, 2011

By: Lisa Frederiksen World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1. The World AIDS Campaign’s goal is “to ensure that governments and policy makers meet the HIV targets they set, the commitments they made, and mobilise the necessary resources for a world where people do not die of AIDS and opportunistic infections like TB. At the [...]

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Sustaining a “College Life” | Alcohol’s Unique Interference

November 25, 2011

All the major transitional times for students have a noted increases in alcohol and other drug use: middle school to high school, the year most students get their driver’s license (16), and from high school to college.  Although a complete analysis of why college drinking would be extensive, a driving force may be combination of [...]

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