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Empowering Parents, Supporting Families

Discover the resources and support available to parents through MaCYSS, helping families thrive.

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Parental Involvement: A Key Factor in Youth Substance Support and Prevention

As a parent, your involvement plays a crucial role in supporting and preventing youth substance abuse. Learn how you can make a difference.

Why Parental Involvement?

Parental involvement is essential for creating a safe and supportive environment for young people.

If Parents need support too:

We provide 1-to-1 support for parents of young people who exhibit challenging behaviour at home.  You don't have to deal with it alone!

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Self Harm and Young People

Self Harm and Young People

A resource booklet for parents and/or concerned others
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Spun Out Survival Guide

Spun Out Survival Guide

SpunOut.ie’s brilliant ‘Survival Guide to Life’ is a book designed to proovide support for young people aged between 16 to 19+ with issues such as mental, physical & sexual health.
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Minding your Wellbeing support booklet

Minding your Wellbeing support booklet

This booklet was designed by HSE Health and Wellbeing to support people to engage with key messages from the Minding Your Wellbeing program.
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Parenting Monaghan

Parenting Monaghan

For all things parenting in County Monaghan.
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Parenting Cavan

Parenting Cavan

Support for parents and families in Cavan.
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Cannabis: It’s a No Brainer

Cannabis: It’s a No Brainer

All you need to know about cannabis and the teenage brain.
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Making the ‘Big Talk’

Making the ‘Big Talk’

Supporting conversations between parents and their children about relationships and sexuality.
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Alcohol & the Adolescent Brain

Alcohol & the Adolescent Brain

Adolescence is a challenging time of life. As young people attempt to navigate the bridge between childhood and adulthood, they are face with a host of changes, difficult decisions and a changing social landscape.
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Alcohol and Drugs: A Parent’s Guide

Alcohol and Drugs: A Parent’s Guide

Practical advice to help you communicate with your child about alcohol and other drugs
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HSE Drug and Alcohol Helpline

HSE Drug and Alcohol Helpline

Need support with your drug and alcohol use, call our confidential freephone helpline on 1800 459 459from Monday to Friday between 9:30 am and 5:30 pm or email us at any time on helpline@hse.ie
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MaCYSS Leaflet

MaCYSS Leaflet

With a Young Persons (12-18yrs) consent we give support when alcohol and other drug (AOD) use may be affecting their lives.
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Busy Bodies

Busy Bodies

A booklet about puberty and adolescence for you and your parents.
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Welcome to Monaghan and Cavan Youth Substance Support (MaCYSS), where we provide comprehensive alcohol and drug services for young people and their families.

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Contact Us

macyss@alcoholforum.org

085 744 2857

57 Market Street, Cavan, Cootehill, H16HY50

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