{"id":164,"date":"2015-08-19T15:20:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T15:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/reuther-staging\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2022-03-22T19:46:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T19:46:32","slug":"children-of-alcoholics-awareness-month-coa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/reuther\/students\/guidance\/children-of-alcoholics-awareness-month-coa\/","title":{"rendered":"Children of Alcoholic&#8217;s Awareness Month (COA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"style2\">During the month of February many communities, including Kenosha, recognize the challenges that children face living in homes where there is substance abuse and chemical dependency, including alcoholism. Children, no matter the age, deserve the help they need to recover from the pain and losses suffered in childhood due to loved one\u2019s alcohol and other drug abuse. Having a \u201csafe place\u201d to learn about the illness of chemical dependency, talk about feelings, and how to cope can take place at school, at Alateen meetings, community agencies, youth centers and churches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style2\">Parents can give school a call and ask to speak to the social worker or counselor who assists students and parents who have questions related to alcohol and other drugs.\u00a0 At Reuther Central High School your contact is Laurie Bonnar, our school social worker.\u00a0 Laurie can be reached at 359-7583.\u00a0 Also, our Kenosha HOPE Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, 658-8166, will assist anyone who calls with these concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style2\">So what can parent or child do to help themselves and the one\u2019s they love?\u00a0 The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (nacoa.org) suggests we follow 7 C\u2019s. \u00a0If chemical abuse is in your life say this to yourself and your children.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I didn\u2019t <u>cause<\/u> it.<\/li>\n<li>I can\u2019t <u>cure<\/u> it.<\/li>\n<li>I can\u2019t <u>control<\/u> it.<\/li>\n<li>I can take <u>care<\/u> of myself by <u>communicating<\/u> my feelings and listening to others.<\/li>\n<li>I can make healthy <u>choices<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>I can <u>celebrate<\/u> the special person I am.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"style2\">We at Reuther work every day to make a safe place for students to learn and grow in their studies and their life.\u00a0\u00a0 Together with our parents and our community we can help all of our students attain the special \u201cbrilliance within them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style2\">Grant Howe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the month of February many communities, including Kenosha, recognize the challenges that children face living in homes where there is substance abuse and chemical dependency, including alcoholism. Children, no [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/threecolumn.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/reuther\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/reuther\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/reuther\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/reuther\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/reuther\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/reuther\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/reuther\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/reuther\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}