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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What Do We Tell Kids About Alcohol

So, Mom, did you ever smoke pot in high school? Dad, did you drink?

Mom and Dad, what might your answer be? Ask yourself another important question; how comfortable are you with sharing your own history?

A Reality Check: The parents of today actually did more drinking and drugs than their children may be doing today; creating more of a conflict about what to share and what not to share.

There is a 50/50 chance that you did drink or do drugs as a school age person yourself. So whether you say you did engage or not, you have a 50% chance to relate to your kid.

What if you didn’t drink and do drugs in high school? What do you say when asked by a student or your child about what you did do in high school? One teacher at a Catholic School I was teaching at for the week approached me on the fourth day with this to share:

“With all the kids talking about you, “Mr. Wolfsberg,” in my classes, I am feeling like I need or want to make up stories about drinking in high school. “

So I asked him, had he? That teacher shared he had not. To be perceived of as more relatable, he considered making up stories. He wanted my feedback on what to do, I gave it to him. Absolutely not.  Again, remember the likelihood that in a group of 100, half the teens are drinking and half are not. So telling the truth of your choices in high school means you will be relating to AT LEAST half the students.

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Breathing Under Water | Recovering from an Addicted Life

January 30, 2012

I built my house by the sea. Not on the sands, mind you, not on the shifting sand. And I built it of rock. A strong house by a strong sea. And we got well acquainted, the sea and I. Good neighbours. Not that we spoke much. We met in silences, respectful, keeping our distance [...]

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Some Beautiful Thoughts Among Some Recent Not So Pretty Ones

January 30, 2012

When in the soul of the serene disciple With no more Fathers to imitate Poverty is a success, It is a small thing to say the roof is gone: He has not even a house. Stars, as well as friends, Are angry with the noble ruin. Saints depart in several directions. Be still: There is [...]

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Raising Drug-Free Teens | Part 2 with Jim Higley of BobbleHead Dad

January 16, 2012

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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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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