Alliance for Consumer Education Our mission is to promote responsible and beneficial use of products

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NOYS Meeting- October 2, 2008
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Alliance for Consumer Education

• National 501 (c)3 non-profit organization based
  in Washington, DC
• Funded by unique blend of non-profit, industry
  and government
• 4 main program areas
• Inhalant Abuse Prevention
• Disease Prevention
• Poison Prevention
• Product Management There may be future
  revisions to these programs, their names, and
  their stated goals

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• Identifying the Problem Inhalant Abuse
• Program Target Audience Parents of tweens and
  teenagers.
• Goal Raise awareness of parents about the
  dangers of Inhalant Abuse through education.

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ACE Inhalant Program

• Website www.Inhalant.org
• Dusters Not Canned AIR
• Other topics??
• Partners
• VA Department of Health Department of Ed
• American School Counselor Association
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America
• American Association of Poison Control Centers
• Community/grassroots coalitions
• You!!!

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Tips to Organizing a Discussion on Inhalant Abuse

• Collaborate with other high school clubs to
  organize the discussion
• Contact ACE and find out how they can help you.
• Invite an ACE representative to be present for
  questions before, during, and after discussion
• Invite a school counselor, school psychologist,
  or club advisor (s) to facilitate the discussion
  
• Think of an attractive title

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Tips to Organizing a Discussion (Cont.)

• Publicize in advance and day of event
• Create an agenda with talking points
• What is Inhalant Abuse? Signs and dangers of
  inhalant abuse?
• Are there resources? Yes! ACE IS A RESOURCE!!!
• Who is ACE? What services does ACE offer?
• Concluding activity Brainstorm ideas to help
  prevent inhalant abuse in our community

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Additional Program Components

• Kits English Spanish for free download off of
  inhalant.org.
• Blog Launched in spring 2008 and features the
  latest news about inhalant abuse.
• Message Board Created in 2007 and provides a
  forum for parents, educators, and community
  leaders to discuss inhalants.

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• She came home January 9th, 2008 but not
  the way we all had
• thought.  She came home to a hospital
  bed with a pick line for
• intravenous feeding of antibiotics, a
  stomach feeding tube,
• numerous medications and needing care
  24/7 but she is still
• considered to be in a semi-coma state. 
  Her eyes are open, she blinks them as response to
  what we are saying, but as yet cannot talk or
  walk Jamie was a passenger in the back seat of a
  car with a driver who chose to huff computer
  cleaner while driving. She hit the back end of a
  utility trailer hauling large equipment going 80
  mph, with a small Toyota Camry-- the car flipped
  and hit a tree Please do not huff anything to
  get high, instead get help to find out why you
  need to get high.  Talk to someone.  If you dont
  care about yourself care about your family, your
  mother, your father, your brother or sister
  because it will change the whole family.  The
  financial, emotional, and shear physical strain
  at times seem unbearable.  I cannot go watch her
  brother play football, or watch his wrestling
  matches I work and take care of Jamie.

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Recent ACE Activities

• Parent Resources
• -- Jeff Williams, Ohio
• -- Janna Zuber, Maryland
• National Outreach
• -- Minor League Baseball -- Giant, Stop Shop
  pharmacies
• -- Food Marketing Institute Natl
  Assoc. of Chain Drug Stores (2009)
• -- National Council for Suicide
• Prevention

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ACE Disease Prevention Program www.StopGerms.org

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Disease Prevention Program

• Target Audience - Mothers with small children.
• Goal Provide families with proper education to
  keep families safe from communicable diseases.

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ACE Disease Program

• Website -- Award winning -- Over 70
• Seasonal Topics -- Allergy Asthma -- Cold
  Flu -- Summer Pests -- Back to School --
  Winter
• Media -- 2007 National Cold Flu Survey
  56 clean surface of kids toys weekly
  1/3 clean house to protect against cold and flu

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Disease Prevention Program Activities

• Partnership building
• Addition of 4 new rooms to the StopGerms.org
• Creation and maintenance of an interactive Second
  Life house
• Creation of an animated cartoon series

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New Program 2009

• Kids Guide to Safe Healthy Home
• Tie in of existing programs under umbrella of a
  safe and healthy home
• Expands ACEs typical target audience to include
  kids

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The Alliance for Consumer Education
Queshia Bradley Education Programs
Coordinator QBradley_at_ConsumerEd.org Irnande
Altema ACE fall Intern Ialtema_at_ConsumerEd.org
www.ConsumerEd.org www.Inhalant.org
www.StopGerms.org