• Monmouth County Food Pantries
    ​​​​​​​Monmouth County Food Pantries
    Please email me if you still have difficulty accessing food.  I have a community liaison I can personally connect you to, be safe and stay healthy.
     
    -Mrs. Regenye
    2020 Shout Down Drugs Prevention Concert

    2020 Shout Down Drugs Prevention Concert

    We are wishing Good Luck to

    Wall High School Senior Contestant

    Nicole Pinnella

    http://www.shoutdowndrugs.com/contestants/profile/353/

    Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey

    Shout Down Drugs Song Contest!​​​​​​​
    Monmouth County Addiction Treatment/Prevention Services Finder
    The President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America -- 15 Days to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus (COV
    15 Days to Slow the Spread of COVID-19

    This one-page document provides 5 (If/Then? scenarios for you to follow.
    CDC Updates and Recommendations- COVID-19
    7 Ways to Help Kids Cope with Big Life Changes
    "As we face changes, we develop the skills of resilience. By navigating and growing from these experiences, we strengthen and train our “resilience muscle.” Children who are new to major life changes need extra support in addressing their feelings, understanding and adjusting to change, and learning new strategies and skills along the way."
    Minding the Crisis-How to Curb the Anxiety
    The coronavirus pandemic has been triggering fear and anxiety in people as quickly as it is spreading. Psychiatrist and author Gail Saltz said the outbreak has all the features that would typically arouse those emotions. She joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to talk about how to handle them
    Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource
    "Concern over this new virus can make children and families anxious. While we don’t know where and to what extent the disease may spread here in the United States, we do know that it is contagious, that the severity of illness can vary from individual to individual, and that there are steps we can take to prevent the spread of infection. Acknowledging some level of concern, without panicking, is appropriate and can result in taking actions that reduce the risk of illness. Helping children cope with anxiety requires providing accurate prevention information and facts without causing undue alarm.

    It is very important to remember that children look to adults for guidance on how to react to stressful events. If parents seem overly worried, children’s anxiety may rise. Parents should reassure children that health and school officials are working hard to ensure that people throughout the country stay healthy. However, children also need factual, age appropriate information about the potential seriousness of disease risk and concrete instruction about how to avoid infections and spread of disease. Teaching children positive preventive measures, talking with them about their fears, and giving them a sense of some control over their risk of infection can help reduce anxiety."
    COVID-19 How to separate yourself from others, while still getting the social support you need.
    With the number of COVID-19 cases increasing every day, psychologists offer insights on how to separate yourself from others, while still getting the social support you need.
    Covid-19 will worsen the opioid overdose crisis if we don’t prepare now
    Statement from the Authors: 

    Ximena A. Levander, M.D., is an addiction medicine and clinical research fellow at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Ore. Sarah E. Wakeman, M.D., is an addiction medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, medical director of the hospital’s Substance Use Disorders Initiative, program director of the MGH Addiction Medicine Fellowship, and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

     
    Despite ongoing public health efforts, the opioid overdose crisis does not appear to be slowing down. The emergency of Covid-19 could worsen it if we do not preemptively develop and implement response plans.