Learn essential information to safely combat
vital issues affecting families of our community. The Prevention Conference, a
component of the Verizon Children’s Health Festival, focuses on four current
prevention issues impacting youth and parents.
10:15am
– 11:00am : Underage Drinking
Diane Eckert, prevention specialist with the Safe and Drug Free Youth Office of the Fairfax County Public Schools, will discuss:
Impact of early use of alcohol
Alcohol use by youth in Fairfax County – numbers paint
the picture
How youth obtain alcohol and where they drink
Influence of parents
Coalitions initiative to reduce underage drinking
11:15am
– 12:00pm : Bullying in Schools
Stefan Mascoll, ATOD Specialist, Safe and Drug Free Youth Office, will discuss:
The definition of bullying and cyber bullying
What to do if your child is the bully
What to do if your child is being bullied
12:15pm
– 1:00pm: Cyber-Bullying
Stefan Mascoll, ATOD Specialist, Safe and Drug Free Youth Office, will discuss:
Cyber-bullying
Navigating the internet safely
1:15pm
– 2:00pm: Inhalants:
The Silent Epidemic
Natalie
Sposato, Prevention Specialist with Fairfax-Falls Church CSB Prevention
Services, will discuss:
County 8th
graders use above national average
Awareness of
inhalants
Strategies to
address community concerns
This free Youth Prevention Conference will provide valuable
insight and informational tools to help Fairfax County families, communities or
schools combat pressing and often deadly activities.
Seating is on a first-come basis.
For more information, please feel free to contact Julie Childers,
Safe Youth Coalition at jclose3@yahoo.com.