New Risk Assessment Tool

Whenever a child presents new behavior, especially if it seems unusual or out of character, parents take notice. This happens throughout life, but we know that parents are on highest alert when their kids start being exposed to — or even start experimenting with — drugs and alcohol.

To help parents get better answers to their questions about their children’s behavior at this critical time, Partnership to End Addiction has created a risk assessment tool. The tool helps parents identify factors such as school connectedness, mental health, risk-taking, impulsivity, and others that could lead to increased risk for developing addiction or substance use disorder.

Everyone who completes the assessment receives a report highlighting their child's risk factors along with resources that they can use to mitigate those potential risks.

Our podcast interview series, hosted by journalist Elizabeth Vargas, gives guests the opportunity to share their personal, candid stories about addiction. It offers a space to open up about substance use and mental health, to share the ways in which people are shifting their narrative – in their own relationships and across communities – to support the cause of ending addiction in our country.

New episodes feature Danny Strong and Beth Macy from the Hulu series Dopesick; and Michelle Lipinski, principal of Northshore Recovery High School, which was the subject of the MTV documentary series 16 and Recovering. 

New episodes are released every other Tuesday and available here or wherever you get your podcasts.