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GTI 2016: The Essential Elements of Our Story

If you’ve been keeping in the loop with GUIDE, you know that Georgia Teen Institute 2016 begins this week and we have a super important theme this year: Tell Your Story. According to Robert McKee, “Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world...

Team Building Activity: Pringles Can Transporter

Pringles Can Transporter Sometimes an activity is needed that requires groups to think outside the box (or just the square). If you have a group that would benefit from working together to strategize, set goals and use physical coordination, look no further than...

30,329 Reasons Our 2015-2016 YAB Made a Difference

We can’t believe it’s already time to celebrate the 2015-2016 GUIDE Youth Advisory Board (YAB) and their successes this year. If you didn’t already know, the YAB is a group of high school students from Gwinnett County who help plan, implement and evaluate substance...

Reach Your Potential with Intrepid Performance Consulting

Contributed by Abby Keenan, MS, CMPC Intrepid Performance Consulting is working to improve performance in the metro Atlanta area, one person at a time. Launched in 2015, Intrepid creates self-aware, performance-ready individuals. So often, we train the physical and...

A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Marijuana Use

Contributed by Sarah Neale, MPH, CHES According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over one-third of Georgia teenagers have used marijuana. If you are like many parents, talking to your kids about marijuana can be a tough subject. However,...

3 Facts and 3 Myths about Opiate Use During Pregnancy

Contributed by Bethany Kotlar, MPH Opiates are medications and street drugs that make you feel less pain and can cause a “high.”  Opiates include Vicodin, OxyContin, morphine, methadone, fentanyl and heroin. Opiates are very addictive. According to the Centers for...

Combating Stigma of Mental Illness

Contributed by Jennifer Hibbard, LPC For the most part, we take being mentally healthy for granted. We don’t see the impact of symptoms of depression, anxiety or substance abuse on someone’s ability to live their life until the illness is very severe. The National...

Team Building Activity: Hand in Hand

As Alcohol Awareness Month comes to an end, take time to celebrate the ways in which you and your Youth Action Team or staff have been role models in your community related to underage drinking prevention. Use this activity to celebrate successes and determine future...

Spring into Summer with Live Healthy Gwinnett!

Contributed by Lindsey Jorstad, CPRP Live Healthy Gwinnett is taking steps to improve the health and wellness of Gwinnett County. Developed and launched in 2014, Live Healthy Gwinnett engages those who live, work and play in Gwinnett to invest in personal wellness by...

Celebrate Prom the Safe and Sober Way

It’s that time of year again! What time? Prom time! Each year, this well-known milestone event in popular culture gives high school students an opportunity to attend a formal, black tie affair. Unfortunately, some students automatically assume this celebration...
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