Like any other chronic medical illness, a major burden is on caregivers, who need and deserve education and support.

Through its Parents Translational Research Center (PTRC), TRI evaluates and develops evidence-based tools and resources helping parents and caregivers convince a teen not to use in the first instance, or when an adolescent is using, engaged in harmful use, or is addicted.   The PTRC offers training for parents to initiate and support their adolescent’s treatment – including through the aftercare process.