Stop Underage Drinking Services Project

Stop Underage Drinking Services Project

• College Drinking- Changing the Culture
• Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention for Parent

The Stop Underage Drinking Services Project is an initiative of Mediation Services, Tennessee Technological University/TTU, and WCTE funded by a grant from the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth.

A variety of activities are being implemented to prevent and combat underage drinking including:

1. Providing services to college aged youth, 18 to 20 years old, including the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students/BASICS program and/or mediation as appropriate. Services are designed to help intervene on their drinking by building resiliency factors and reducing risk factors;
2. Implementing PR strategies that will provide information about the laws and encourage youth to not drink and adults not to supply alcohol to those under 21;
3. Increasing education and enforcement on campus through material distribution and sobriety check point efforts by TTU police during 3 high usage events to discourage use.

SUDS Project Public Service Announcements:

FOR MORE INFORMATION check your local school system for Safe & Drug Free School activities, the local phone book yellow pages for treatment centers, and the web including the following resource links:

• TN Traffic Safety Resource Service
• TN Association of Alcohol, Drug, and other Addiction Services
• TN Department of Education, Office of School Safety & Learning Support
• Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention for Parents
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• Stop Underage Drinking
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• Parenting Toolbox
• Parents as Teachers (PAT) National Center
• Parents Helping Parents
• Parents The Anti-Drug
• Talking With Kids
• U.S. Dept. Education
• EDPubs
• Prevention Network
• Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration