Vaping Awareness and Prevention
April 3, 2024
Worried that your teen is vaping and want to help?
North Brookfield Public Schools were recently awarded a grant through DESE and are using some of the funding to partner with Shrewsbury Youth & Family Services to offer a free, confidential vaping cessation program for students. Vaping is a serious concern for teens across the United States and can be addictive, expensive, and have negative impacts on the brain in adolescents. Many teens report using vaping as a coping strategy to manage stress or anxiety. Participants will meet individually with a clinician over six weeks in virtual sessions that provide education on the risks of vaping and strategies to aid in quitting. We currently have 20 slots available and will begin running the program in April. Please reach out to the school adjustment counselor, Tova Margolis (tmargolis@nbschools.org), by April 5th with any questions or to learn more. Please see the description below for additional information.
Vaping Treatment Program
Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services, Inc. (SYFS) has developed an innovative vaping treatment program for youth. SYFS’s program provides psychoeducation around vaping, builds motivation to reduce vaping and teaches concrete skills to make decreasing harm from vaping and quitting possible. The program is intended to be delivered at school. Our program is grounded in the evidence-based practices, Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) and Motivational Interviewing (MI), both of which are promoted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Vaping is an addiction and requires treatment, like any other substance use disorder.