The Crucial Role Schools Can- and Do- Play in Addressing Student Substance Use and Addiction

                                9:00 am-1:00 pm

March 6, 2020

Virutal Conference-Registrants will get Access Link 

Ninety percent of addiction begins with adolescent substance use prior to age 18.  This impacts not only the student but the family, school and community.  A substance use disorder (SUD) has an adverse impact on academic achievement, school culture, behavior and attendance, and ultimately graduation, and post-secondary college and career readiness. School educators struggle with this issue and too often students are punished rather than helped.   This conference will provide:

1. An overview of student substance use, treatment and recovery  
2. The effects of substance use on a youth’s emotional, social and academic development
3. School based strategies and solutions educators can use to address them such as Alternative Peer Groups (APGs)

$30.00 Includes:

4 PD Clock Hours/CPDUs

Keynote Session

Workshops

Resources

Opportunity for School Mini-Grant



This conference is sponsored by Serenity Academy Chicago (SAC) https://www.serenityacademychicago.org/,

Chicago State University & JBV Grad School