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Grandparents as Parents Support Group
Third Tuesday of Each Month during the School Year,
October 17, November 21, December 19, January 16
6 pm – 7:30 pm, Saints campus, Second Floor Board Room, FREE
Are you a grandparent or family member raising a child? Join other caregivers to discuss challenges and joys, financial realities, legal and custody issues, health of grandparent and child, resources available, support and growth, and more. This is a drop-in group meets the third Tuesday of each month during the school year*; no registration required! For more information, visit the hospital’s website or contact Kate Elkins at ext. 87224 for more information.
Grandparents as Parents Support Group
Third Tuesday of Each Month during the School Year,
October 17, November 21, December 19, January 16
6 pm – 7:30 pm, Saints campus, Second Floor Board Room, FREE
Are you a grandparent or family member raising a child? Join other caregivers to discuss challenges and joys, financial realities, legal and custody issues, health of grandparent and child, resources available, support and growth, and more. This is a drop-in group meets the third Tuesday of each month during the school year*; no registration required! For more information, visit the hospital’s website or contact Kate Elkins at ext. 87224 for more information.
Screening of “The S Word”
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Galvin Middle School, Auditorium, 525 Main Street, Wakefield
Cost: Free (registration required)
Register for Ticket Here
The S Word is an award winning film by Lisa Klein
“Viewers will leave informed, inspired, and uplifted” – a psychologist after viewing the film
Trauma, Parents and Substance Use Disorders: The Complexities of Intervention
Time: 9am-4pm
Location: Boston University, Charles River Campus
Cost: $110 (6 CECs)
Register here
Seminar hosted byRuth Paris, PhD, LICSW, Associate Proffeser and Chair of Clinical Practice Department BUSSW
Engaging Youth in Preventing Opioid Abuse
November 13 & 14, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts
Join us at Partners HealthCare in Boston for a training presented by Blake Works and Health Resources in Action (HRiA)
Register today! Space is limited for our popular training.
Join peers from across the country to build skills needed to talk with youth about opioids. We also include the latest research about marijuana use.
You’ll learn proven strategies for engaging youth in prevention activities and policy change, plus best practices for incorporating our evidence-based DVDDrugs: True Stories into your programming.
Featured Guest Expert
A Harvard-affiliated addiction expert joins Words Can Work creator Jeanne Blake with the latest research about substances and answers your questions.
Register Now!
Two-day training ($999*) includes complimentary Drugs: True Stories (25-min DVD with discussion guide). Read more and register. Drugs: True Stories is included in SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
*Non-refundable after 10/13/17. Cancellations made prior to 10/13/17 will receive partial refund. Please contact Blake Works prior to booking airline reservations.
Presenters
Jeanne Blake Creator, Words Can Work; Executive Producer, Drugs: True Stories; Affiliated faculty member, Harvard Medical School’s Division on Addiction
Laurie Jo Wallace Director, Training and Capacity Building, HRiA; 25 years of experience in youth development, substance abuse prevention and coalition building
Who Should Attend
Counselors, educators, prevention specialists, coalition members, program supervisors and managers, school health and support staff, youth workers and after-school personnel
What Training Attendees Say
“Great training. Excellent curriculum. So many great activities! I plan to use them all.”
“The training was wonderful. Your ideas and experience were outstanding. I’ll feel more confident about doing role-play with youth!”
“Great training – wonderfully facilitated and helpful opportunities for shared learning and networking!”
“Excellent training! The facilitator was extremely knowledgeable, engaging and energetic in the delivery of the materials.”
Special Hotel Offer
The Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Harbor on Tudor Warf offers our training participants a discounted rate of $219 (plus tax) per night booked by 10/12/17. Two-night minimum stay. For reservations call 800.331.3131. Reference Blake Works Room Block or book online.
Questions? Contact Kettie MacLean at or call 978.282.1663
Samaritans of Merrimack Valley Walk For Hope
Registration: 8:30-9:15am
1.5 mile walk begins at 9:30am
Location: Willows Professional Park, 811 Turnpike St., N. Andover, MA
Register here
For additional information contact Anna Peicott at 978-327-6672
INVOLUCRATE 2017
INVOLUCRATE 2017
A celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month through a one-of-a-kind immersive civic engagement experience
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2017
Time: 10am – 2pm
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate
210 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125
FOR FREE TICKETS
MCSP-Northeast Region 11th Annual Leadership Breakfast
MCSP-Northeast Region 11th Annual Leadership Breakfast
Time: 8:00 am – 8:45 am is registration and breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 am is the program
Location: UMass Lowell, Alumni Hall, 84 University Ave, Lowell, MA.
Details:
-RSVP to Debbie at dhelms@fsmv.org – 978-327-6671 or to Larry at lberkowitz@riversidecc.org by October 11, 2017
–Suicide Prevention Annual Breakfast
Unwanted Medication Disposal Day
Unwanted Medication Disposal Day
Time: 2-6 pm
Location: Lowell Health Department, 341 Pine St., Lowell, MA
Details: Accepting Prescription Medication, Over the counter medication, Liquid medication, Inhalers, Epi pens, Sharps