Resources

The shift from gaming habit to gambling problem is subtle. But the risks aren’t.
Learn how to lower the risks for youth with this fact sheet from ChangeTheGameOhio.org

Review the Digital Citizen Checklist with your child when they are old enough to be online without supervision. 

Get the facts about the most commonly used drugs. Learn what they are and how using drugs can affect your body and your mind.

Steinberg L. (2008). A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Adolescent Risk-Taking. Developmental review : DR, 28(1), 78–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2007.08.002

Romer, Daniel. (2010) “Adolescent Risk Taking, Impulsivity, and Brain Development: Implications for Prevention.” Developmental Psychobiology, doi:10.1002/dev.20442.

Goldstein, Rita Z., and Nora D. Volkow. (2002) “Drug Addiction and Its Underlying Neurobiological Basis: Neuroimaging Evidence for the Involvement of the Frontal Cortex.” American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 159, no. 10, pp. 1642–1652., doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.159.10.1642.

Bechara, Antoine. (2005) “Decision Making, Impulse Control and Loss of Willpower to Resist Drugs: a Neurocognitive Perspective.” Nature Neuroscience, vol. 8, no. 11, pp. 1458–1463., doi:10.1038/nn1584

Mischel, Walter. (2019) The Marshmallow Test. Hachette USA.