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The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
Go to https://takebackday.dea.gov/ to locate collection sites near you.
National Prevention Week (NPW) is a public education platform that promotes prevention year-round through providing ideas, capacity building, tools, and resources to help individuals and communities make substance use prevention happen every day.
NPW culminates in May recognizing the important work that has been done in communities throughout the year to inspire action and prevent substance use and mental disorders.
SAMHSA’s NPW is May 9 through 15, 2021. Each year around this observance, communities and organizations across the country come together to raise awareness about the importance of substance use prevention and positive mental health.
This year for SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week (NPW) they are inviting youth leaders to participate in the 2021 NPW #YouthLeadingPrevention video challenge.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-talk-having-good-conversations-with-kids-tickets-153719863249
This interactive webinar will share strategies for having meaningful and connected conversations with kids, with a focus on adolescents.
About this event
Please join us for our next ParentIN event:
"Let's Talk." Having Good Conversations with Kids
Talking to children of all ages can have its challenges, particularly when it’s about difficult or sensitive subjects. In this presentation, child psychiatrist and author Dr. David Rettew will share general concepts and specific suggestions to help have meaningful and connected conversations with children and adolescents. He'll include everyday subjects such as, moving beyond, “How was school?” to more sensitive dialogue regarding sex, substance abuse, racism and others.
This is a virtual event. Everyone who registers will be emailed a link to attend the live online event on May 19th from 7:30-8:30pm. If you are unable to attend at that time, register anyway! We'll follow up to all who registered after the event with a recording you can watch on your own time.
Prizes Offered!
ParentIN is excited to invite Dr. Rettew back again for another event! This time it is just on the heels of the release of his most recent book: Parenting Made Complicated: What Science Really Knows about the Greatest Debates of Early Childhood. As a special treat we will be raffling off 10 copies of his new book – signed by the author! To be eligible to win you must register for and attend the event and include your mailing address as part of registration, so we can mail you your copy.
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About the Presenter:
David Rettew, M.D., is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. His newest book is Parenting Made Complicated: What Science Really Knows about the Greatest Debates of Early Childhood. Dr. Rettew is also the Medical Director of the child division of the Vermont Department of Mental Health He received his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania before working at the National Institute of Mental Health. He received his medical degree at the University of Vermont and did both his adult and child psychiatry training at Harvard Medical School within the Massachusetts General and McLean Hospital program. He joined the UVM faculty in 2002 where he divides his time between clinical, teaching and research activities. His main research interest is the role of temperament and personality factors in childhood psychiatric disorders. Dr. Rettew has over 100 published journal articles, chapters, and scientific abstracts on a variety of child mental health topics. He delivers a regular television feature for WCAX in Burlington, Vermont entitled "Peace of Mind with Dr. Rettew" and is a contributing writer for Psychology Today. He is married and the father of three boys of his own.
This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what the World Health Organization (WHO) is doing to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations.
The Member States of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. In 1987, the World Health Assembly passed Resolution WHA40.38, calling for 7 April 1988 to be a “a world no-smoking day.” In 1988, Resolution WHA42.19 was passed, calling for the celebration of World No Tobacco Day, every year on 31 May.
Learn more at:
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day
Meet on tables outside the library (if weather is nice)
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
Go to https://takebackday.dea.gov/ to locate collection sites near you.