Parent CRAFT is a self-paced online video course that teaches parents, caregivers and concerned others skills and techniques for encouraging a young person to enter treatment for substance misuse. Parents and caregivers learn skills to address adolescent and transitional-age youth (TAY) substance abuse through highly engaging online video segments that include structured suggestions for practicing the skills. 

Components of Parent CRAFT include: 

    1. Understanding teen’s triggers for use, maintaining factors, and potential negative

          long-term consequences. 

   2. Learning communication skills for discussing concerns about teen’s drug use: use of

          understanding statements, accepting partial responsibility, and use of specific

          behavioral examples. 

  3. Using positive reinforcement to influence and change behavior. 

   4. Allowing for natural consequences to unfold (stopping enabling and protecting). 

   5. Suggesting professional help. 

This family resource is free to all Maryland parents and caregivers!