This toolkit includes practical tools and resources to support prevention, screening, and family engagement around substance use. Explore downloadable guides for parents and caregivers, communication resources for discussing substance use with adolescents, and additional toolkits to support pediatric practice.
What Next for Parents?
This parent-focused resource helps families understand what a positive substance use screening means and what to expect next. It answers common questions about confidentiality, conversations with teens, treatment concerns, and ways parents can provide support while strengthening communication and connection with their adolescent.
Family Communication Guide
This communication guide provides practical strategies for pediatric clinicians and health care staff to deliver compassionate, family-centered, and stigma-free care to patients and families impacted by substance use. The guide includes communication tips, language recommendations, and approaches specific to both perinatal substance exposure and adolescent substance use
Tobacco Toolkits
Looking for additional tobacco and nicotine resources? Explore AAP toolkits, guidance, and educational materials to support prevention, treatment, and healthier outcomes for children, adolescents, and families.
Last Updated
09/29/2026
Source
American Academy of Pediatrics