Substance Abuse Awareness and
Prevention Training

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

6 pm-9 pm

CHS Asheville
19 Zillicoa Street
Asheville NC 28801

Substance Abuse Awareness and Prevention

Substance use and addiction are big topics to handle when caring for children/youth today.  It’s important that foster parents feel prepared and supported in navigating such important topics with the children/youth in their home.

This training provides the following support:

• A general overview of trends in the use of substances by youth.
• signs and red flags to look for when worried a child/youth may be using substances
• ideas for how to have conversations with children/youth about substance use

Facilitators

This training will be facilitated by the Partnership for Substance Free Youth in Buncombe County.

April Baur, BSN, RN, NCSN

Heather Daniels, Prevention Specialist

Michele Barkett, Health Educator