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NEO Teen Helpline, Inc. was established in 1990 as a program of CONTACT Ashtabula County, Inc., the local crisis hotline. The first training class started in February 1990 and the first phone call was received in June 1990. NEO Teen Helpline, Inc. was spun off from CONTACT Ashtabula County as an independent not for profit corporation in February 1996. A Board of Trustees governs us.
Since then there has been over 25,000 telephone calls placed to our 800 number, 800.272.8336. Originally our service area was restricted to Ohio and Pennsylvania. In 1998 our service area was expanded to include all of the U.S. and Canada.
The Executive Director is Mr. Peter D. Kovalesky. He may be contacted at director@neoteenhelp.org. Teen and adult volunteers are trained to listen and respond to teen's problems non-judgmentally.
All calls are confidential, within legal and ethical standards, and free. Teens can call and talk about subjects like: family life, grief and loss, suicide, abuse, drugs and alcohol, sex and other problems. When possible, referrals will be made to local social service agencies. We have a database of many social services available in the U.S.
NEO Teen Helpline, Inc.
P.O. Box 2881
Ashtabula, Ohio 44005-2881
t. 1-800-272-TEEN (8336)
e. NeoTeen@NeoTeenHelp.org
You can call and talk about anything, including: drugs, STD's, relationships, friends, school, pregnancy, divorce, grief, depression, parents, abuse, incest, dating, runaway and peer pressure.
Normal hours of operation (Eastern Time Zone) -- Monday, through Friday from 2 to 9 PM. We will open at other times, especially Saturdays, when volunteers or staff are available. Teen and adult volunteers and staff man our telephone line.
DISCLAIMER -- We are a listening service. We do not tell callers what to do, but help callers identify their own solution(s) to their problems. We believe that each person has the resources to solve their own problems and just need some help in finding or identifying those resources.
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Workshops
 Our staff is available to present various interpersonal communication skills workshops to teens and adults, with an emphasis on listening to teens. Contact us for pricing and availability of workshops.
Standard Training Interpersonal Communication Skills Workshop
A three day (24 hour) workshop of in-depth interpersonal communication skills. Skills covered include paraphrasing, reflecting feelings, pacing, predicate matching, caring confrontation, problem solving and internal dialog.
Teens and Parents - Listening to Each Other
A four-hour or eight-hour workshop designed to get parents and teens listening to each other. The four-hour workshop concentrates on basics of listening. The eight-hour workshop adds the basic active listening skills to the four-hour workshop.
Specialized Workshops
Let us help your organization or clients communicate more effectively. We can design workshops to meet most interpersonal communication needs from "How to be More Effective in a Job Interview" to negative assertion training for customer service representatives.
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