{"product_id":"9780615541389","title":"Under the Influence: The Town That Listened to Its Kids","description":"The pleasant town of Kernersville, North Carolina, decided to take a peek at its teenage drug problem. Nestled in the heart of three large cities, this community was certain that its problem was not nearly as bad as the rest of the nation. Many adults believed that 10% of the high school students abused drugs. \u003cbr\u003e However, when the hometown newspaper-the Kernersville News-surveyed 1,706 local teenagers, it was shocked to report that 92% of the respondents believed that \"most of the students in my school use drugs.\"\u003cbr\u003e Stunned, the townspeople decided to stop waiting for the Government to do something and to tackle the problem for themselves. First, they took the teens out of the back seat and put them in the driver's seat-airing their uncensored voices on the front pages of the newspaper. \u003cbr\u003e Then, the Kernersville Police Department joined forces with the News and the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools. Together, they broke down walls from here to Washington, to give their students the leadership and life skills that transformed their community. What resulted was the grassroots non-profit Kernersville Cares for Kids and 20 student leaders that turned the town right-side up.\u003cbr\u003e This book invites readers to become cub reporters and shadow the investigative journalist as she uncovers life-altering truths that changed a community.\u003cp\u003eFIND OUT:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to convert negative peer pressure into positive peer influence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat kids really want from adults\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat it's like to work as an investigative reporter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to create dynamic YOUTH driven organizations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 80% of students in Kernersville enroll in the It's My Call drug testing program\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimple things YOU can do to make a difference with kids in your town \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: Award-winning journalist, Patty Jo Sawvel, is pictured above with \"her kids\". She completed the Wake Forest University Addiction Studies Program for Journalists, author\/edited the book, Issues That Concern You: Student Drug Testing, and contributed chapters to Drugs and Controlled Substances: Information for Students (published by Thomson Gale). Sawvel served as a founding member of Kernersville Cares for Kids. In Short, Sawvel cares.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter titles for UNDER THE INFLUENCE:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. An Unexpected Opportunity \u003cbr\u003e2. Getting Started \u003cbr\u003e3. Survey \u003cbr\u003e4. Getting Results \u003cbr\u003e5. Community Response \u003cbr\u003e6. Gathering the Facts \u003cbr\u003e7. Publicity \u003cbr\u003e8. Voluntary Drug Testing \u003cbr\u003e9. Community Meeting \u003cbr\u003e10. Meetings at Glenn and East \u003cbr\u003e11. Losing Momentum \u003cbr\u003e12. The Press Conference \u003cbr\u003e13. Four Teens From Two Families \u003cbr\u003e14. School Board Policy Change \u003cbr\u003e15. Police Accept the Challenge \u003cbr\u003e16. Kicking Off the Project \u003cbr\u003e17. Victory \u003cbr\u003e18. We Can't Do It \u003cbr\u003e19. Finding a Better Way \u003cbr\u003e20. A REAL Community Organization \u003cbr\u003e21. Kernersville Kids Lead the U.S. \u003cbr\u003e22. Three Drug Addicts \u003cbr\u003e23. Middle Schools Come Aboard \u003cbr\u003e24. Thirty Days of Madness \u003cbr\u003e25. KCK Gets a New President \u003cbr\u003e26. Letting Go \u003cbr\u003e27. Getting a Better Grip \u003cbr\u003e28. New Voices \u003cbr\u003e29. A Study of the Test \u003cbr\u003e30. Retreat \u003cbr\u003e31. 10th Anniversary \u003cbr\u003e32. Selling the tickets \u003cbr\u003e33. Community Hug \u003cbr\u003e34. The Final Lesson \u003cbr\u003e35. A Mountain Top Experience \u003cbr\u003e36. Grand Central Station \u003cbr\u003e37. Passing the Baton \u003cbr\u003e38. The Handoff is Complete \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX I: The Power of One Committed Person 348 \u003cbr\u003e Whether you are child or an adult-if you are alive-there is something simple and meaningful that you can do to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX II: Understanding Today's Student 359 \u003cbr\u003e Times have changed and so have students. Knowing the truth gives you the power to help and not to hurt an already fragile situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX III: Parent's Handbook 367 Harmful parenting myths and misguided wisdom has been handed down for generations. Scientific studies in this section disarm myths and reveal the truth so parents can be more effect\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bailey Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027370131696,"sku":"9780615541389","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615541389_p0.jpg?v=1763598233","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615541389","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}