[Prevention] York & Cumberland County Juvenile Justice Biannual Meeting

[Joanna Morrissey]

Greetings,

 

The Challenging Times Forum Series presents another exciting forum on
the topic of Youth and Substance Use:  Prevention, Intervention and
Postvention on Thursday, October 29th from 2:30 to 5:00 (registration at
2:15) at the Saco City Auditorium.  

 

This free forum will include presentations by:

 

Kristen Jiorle,  from Maine's Office of Substance Abuse will present a
brief overview of the research, trends, and spectrum of use on the
developing brain and how that affects approaches to prevention and
treatment in Maine, particularly Cumberland and York Counties

 

Personal Stories from addicts who are in recovery

 

In Addition...an exciting panel from Project AWARE, 21 Reasons, Day One
and Bruce Dyer, Westbrook High School substance abuse counselor to talk
about resources and strategies.

 

Please register if you would like to attend.  We want to make sure we
have enough materials for everyone.  Directions are on the second page

 

Please send your name, address, school or agency, city, state,  zip,
phone, and email to Sally Petit at sally.petit at maine.gov  or fax at
822-0295.  Please include whether you are a parent, agency case manager,
school counselor/social worker, hospital social worker, teacher, etc. If
you have any questions you can reach her at 822-0821.

            

Please feel free to share this information with your colleagues.!!!

 

See you in October!

 

Forum Planning Committee,

            Betsy Morrison

            Will Brillant

            Jay Pennell

            Judy Entwistle

            Kate Chichester 

Lynn Silva

            Jen Baillargeon

            Rachel Phipps

            Rosemary Whitaker

            Sara Tremblay

            Susan Lieberman

 

Jo Morrissey

Assistant Project Director

21 Reasons

Medical Care Development, Inc.

175 Lancaster Street, Suite 220A

Portland, ME 04101

207-773-7737

jmorrissey at mcd.org

21 Reasons is a coalition of individuals, organizations, and businesses
with a common goal: to build a healthy community environment with
policies, practices, and attitudes that support the drug-free
development of all youth. Please join us! For more information, visit
www.21reasons.org <http://www.21reasons.org> .