I Help Others but Can I Help Myself?
Robert Truscello, Supervisor of Special Education, ARIN Intermediate Unit 28
Sandy Shertz, RN, Sex Educator, Staff Development Specialist Supervisor, Consultant for TLC-Training and Learning Consultants

Wednesday Plenary Sessions:

A Federal Update
Fran Harding, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

A Hero’s Journey
John Amato, Director, Training & Consultation Services, FamilyLinks

Thursday Plenary Session:

Addiction: A Bad Case of Good Memory

Kyung-An Han, Associate Professor of Biology, Penn State University of Pennsylvania

Workshops include: Youth Gambling Issues in Pennsylvania – Majoring in Wagering? ~ An Overview: Prevention Specialist Certification & Preparing for the CPS Written Exam ~ Resource Center for Evidence-based Prevention and Intervention Programs and Practices ~ Be A Bridge-Working to Address Tobacco-Related Chronic Disease Disparities! ~ Gangs in Our Community ~ Prevention 101 ~ Co-occuring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents ~ Tell Me a Story: Using Data Effectively to Increase Awareness and Buy-In ~ An Inside Look at Drug & Alcohol Intervention ~ A Regional Exploration into Environmental and Evidence-based Programs ~ Alcohol/Environmental Strategies/Panel ~ Ethics for the Addiction Professional ~ Two Sides of the Prevention Coin: Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders ~ An Environmental Approach to Address the Prevention of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse ~ Can You Nerf? Can You Surf? Can You Sing Like A Smurf? ~ Cyber Bullying ~ Techniques for Optimizing Success: Identifying and Working with Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) ~ Engaging Youth For Positive Change (Political Advocacy for Prevention) ~
Intersections: Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse

Conference Brochure available by April 1, 2009 at:
www.commonwealthpreventionalliance.org/