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| November 30, 2006 Download SURVEYS GO ON-LINE Our parent and faculty/staff surveys are now available in web-based versions. Student surveys will go on line later this school year. The original pencil and paper versions will remain available. More>> Pride
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Casual Ecstasy Use Linked to Brain Damage Educators who are debating barriers to learning might look no further than the developing adolescent brain. Research presented this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) shows that exposure to ecstasy might permanently damage the brain in low-dose, first-time users. According to the Pride Surveys National Summary, the rate of annual ecstasy use by students in grades 6- 12 averaged 4.3% over the past four years. Among 12th graders, 5.2% reported annual ecstasy use in the past school year (5.4% lifetime use according to the latest findings from the National Institute of Drug Abuse Monitoring the Future Survey). There are approximately 25.6 million students in grades 6-12, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. RSNA
press release Plan Now for CADCA Forum We look forward to seeing you at the CADCA National Leadership Forum, Feb 12-15, in Washington, D.C. Pride Surveys will present a panel discussion entitled “Let’s Play Nice: How Schools and Coalitions Cooperate to Collect Data and Solve Problems”. Panelists will include moderator Doug Hall, senior vice-president, Pride Surveys; Nancy Bertuleit, Ed.D., student assistance coordinator, Warren County (KY) Schools; Georgina Williams, LMHC, prevention specialist, Los Alamos (NM) Public Schools; and Kyle D. Barrington, director, Zajonc Corporation, College Station, TX. The workshop will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 14. Funding Alert The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Maximizing Protective Factors for Youth Violence encourages “secondary analyses of existing data to identify potentially modifiable protective factors for youth violence.” Applicants who wish to mine the Pride Surveys Data Archive for this purpose should contact Doug Hall, senior vice-president. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is offering Alcohol Education Grants of up to $250,000. Customer
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Henderson How do you use your Pride Survey? Let us know. Stay Abreast of Prevention News Pride Surveys tries to keep you informed of news that can affect your prevention programs. There are other excellent sources of information that we recommend as well. Here are just a few: Office
of Safe and Drug Free Schools Prevention News Bulletin If you would like us to mention your listserve in an upcoming edition of the Pride Surveys newsletter, please drop us a line.
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