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"On behalf of the eighth grade students and all of us at GA, thank you once again for a terrific week with the class of 2013. The feedback from students, parents and faculty has been uniformly glowing, as you might well imagine. We're delighted to be a regular part of your itinerary and look forward to working with you in the years to come." Richard House - Middle School Head, Germantown Academy
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 At no other time in life does the fire burn as brightly as during youth – nothing has the power to put that fire out as quickly as addiction. Indeed, chemical use of any kind or duration can handicap one’s ability to interact with loved ones and meet life goals. Facts alone are simply not enough – drug education has to find its way into a young person’s heart for it to have a lasting effect. Prevention must transcend the school day and resonate with a teen’s reality. Brenda Conlan combines the best in current prevention research with vast national and international teaching experience to assist young people in reaching their full potential. Brenda creates a safe forum where students can explore their own decisions and feelings around drug use (alcohol included) and understand the more subtle ways in which substance abuse can impair their social, emotional and spiritual well-being. The objective of all the seminars is to increase abstinence, delay first use of alcohol and enable young people to make lower risk choices for their lives. Brenda has mastered the art of weaving her personal story of addiction and recovery into the discussion that doesn’t glamorize drugs or eclipse the more important theme of the program; inviting students to reflect on their own attitudes and beliefs towards substances in a meaningful way. When students reach their own conclusions, real learning has begun…Brenda typically spends a week in a community working intensively with a particular grade. Recognizing that underage drinking and other drug use are community issues, she also provides workshops for parents, faculty and other concerned groups. My Blog
A Deeper Drug Talk
I wrapped up my school year at a girls school where I facilitated an interactive 8th grade student/parent evening that was a wild success. The activity is fascinating, as families are put into discussion groups about alcohol/drug issues with other people's family members - the...
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