Category: Local Resources

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Incredible Years – A Free Parent Enrichment Course

One Prevention Alliance is excited to offer this highly acclaimed, evidence-based program FREE to parents in our community!  This program is ideal for families with children ages 2 to 8 years old. The Incredible Years Basic Program strengthens parent-child interactions and attachment, reducing harsh discipline and fostering parents’ ability to promote children’s social, emotional, and language development. Parents also learn how to build school readiness skills and so they can promote children’s emotional regulation and social skills. In the parenting groups, Karen Douglass, a trained Incredible Years® facilitator, will use video clips of real-life situational vignettes to support the training […]

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An overdose doesn’t have to end in tragedy, if you’re prepared

by Austin Blakeslee Pharm.D There is an epidemic facing America that has been around long before we ever heard about COVID-19. And unfortunately, it will likely still be around after COVID-19 subsides. The CDC states drug overdose deaths have quadrupled since 1999. Greater than 70% of the drug overdose deaths in 2019 involved an opioid-1. The opioid epidemic facing our country is something that needs to be challenged head on. Fortunately, we now have the ability to be prepared in ways we didn’t before. The tool that Washingtonians can now utilize is called naloxone. In an opioid overdose situation, the […]

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Substance Use: You are not alone

Confidential and effective substance use treatment is available in Skamania County by Ellie McDonald, MSW, SUDPT  There are many misconceptions around the risks associated with substance use. Substance use has been normalized within our society.  Smoking, drinking, and other drug use is often glamorized in movies, television shows, and music. In many cases, substance use is also commonplace among our friends and family. It is important to recognize that substance use does pose risk to your health, wellness, and safety. Experimenting with substances may be viewed as normal but puts you at much higher risk for addiction. Substances that are […]