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About Us
Please see our “About the
Program” page for information about the “Teens Using Drugs” program.
The "Teens Using Drugs: What To Know and What To Do" program was
developed by Ronald E. Harrison
in 1999, and was presented by Ron until his death in April 2011. Dawn Farm has
continued this program since Ron’s death. The series is coordinated by Tamara
Shirey, MA, LLPC, NCC; Dawn Farm Project Manager. The program is co-sponsored
by Dawn Farm, the Livingston
and Washtenaw Regional Coordinated School Health Program Council,
and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Greenbrook
Recovery Center.
A
Thank-you to Our Supporters:
We'd like to thank ALL the people who make this
program possible! Ron Harrison
developed this program and contributed his time and expertise to present this workshop
series as a community service from the program inception in 1999 until April
2011. Ron was an extraordinarily generous, dedicated, talented and wonderful
person and is deeply
missed. Nancy Quay, LMSW provided expert back-up on the evenings Ron
was unavailable to present, sometimes on short notice. Dawn Farm has stepped up to enable this program
to continue, with Dawn Farm and Growth Works staff
providing their expertise for the presentations. Matt Statman, LLMSW, CADC; Debbie Snyder, MS, LLP, CAADC, CCS; Brian
Spitsbergen, MA, LLPC, CAADC; Vince Swain, CADC; Ray Dalton, MA; Jules Cobb
LLPC, and Isaac Williamson LMSW presented the 2011 – 2012 series. Tamara
Shirey, MA, LLPC, NCC; Dawn Farm Project Manager, and Debbra Snyder, MS, LLP,
CAADC, CCS; Assistant Director of Adult Behavioral Health, The Guidance Center
and former Dawn Farm Program Coordinator for Outpatient and Adolescent
Programs, assumed the responsibility of coordinating the 2012 – 2013
series. The 2013 - 2014 series will be
coordinated by Tamara Shirey, MA, LLPC, NCC; Dawn Farm Project Manager. The 2013 - 2014 series presenters will
include Vince Swain, CADC; Recovery Support Specialist, Dawn Farm Adolescent
Programs; Debbra Snyder, MS, LLP, CAADC, CCS; Assistant Director of Adult
Behavioral Health, The Guidance Center; Brian Spitsbergen MA, LLPC, CAADC;
Director, Community Intervention and Treatment (CITx,)
Growth Works, Inc.; Tamara Shirey, MA, LLPC, NCC; Dawn Farm Project Manager. Dawn Farm,
the Livingston
and Washtenaw Regional Coordinated School Health Program Advisory Council,
and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Greenbrook
Recovery Center co-sponsor the program, and provide support and
assistance. Allegra
Print & Imaging of Saline, Michigan has for several years been
generous in helping us with our printing needs, including copying of handout
materials for program participants. Huron Valley Community Network (HVCN) provides web
hosting for our web site along with patient
technical support whenever we have needed help with this web site. Many service
providers have contributed printed materials. Our long-term volunteer Rob
provides highly proficient audiovisual support, and takes care of everything
that needs to be taken care of to ensure all goes smoothly on the evenings of
the presentations. To the numerous young people in recovery who have shared
their stories, their experience, their strength and their hope with our part
two audiences – hope is a wonderful gift, thank you for sharing yours! Thank
you to all the educators and other professionals who refer families to this
program. Thank you to the hundreds of parents, family members, teens,
professionals, and people in our community who attended past programs and
provided feedback that has helped this program improve, evolve and grow in being
a useful resource for people in our community. Every contribution to this program is part of its success in
assisting people to learn how they can help substance-involved teens. We're
very grateful to all who have provided and are providing support!
The series is coordinated
by Tamara Shirey, MA, LLPC, NCC; Dawn Farm Project Manager.
The programs will be
presented by staff from Dawn Farm and Growth Works, on the
following (tentative) schedule:
2013 – 2014 series:
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October 2013 - Debbra
Snyder, MS, LLP, CAADC, CCS; Assistant Director of Adult Behavioral Health, The
Guidance Center (former coordinator of Dawn Farm’s Outpatient and Adolescent
programs.)
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November 2013 - Debbra
Snyder, MS, LLP, CAADC, CCS; Assistant Director of Adult Behavioral Health, The
Guidance Center (former coordinator of Dawn Farm’s Outpatient and Adolescent
programs.)
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January 2014 - Tamara
Shirey, MA, LLPC, NCC; Dawn Farm Project Manager and “Teens Using Drugs” series
coordinator.
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February 2014 - Vince
Swain, CADC; Recovery Support Specialist, Dawn Farm Adolescent Programs.
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March 2014 - Tamara
Shirey, MA, LLPC, NCC; Dawn Farm Project Manager and “Teens Using Drugs” series
coordinator.
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April 2014 - Brian
Spitsbergen MA, LLPC, CAADC; Director, Community Intervention and Treatment (CITx,) Growth Works, Inc.
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May 2014 - Tamara Shirey,
MA, LLPC, NCC; Dawn Farm Project Manager and “Teens Using Drugs” series
coordinator.
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June 2104 - Brian
Spitsbergen MA, LLPC, CAADC; Director, Community Intervention and Treatment (CITx,) Growth Works, Inc.
Ronald E.
Harrison developed the series in 1999 and regularly
presented the programs until his death in April 2011.
About Our Sponsors:
Dawn Farm
Dawn Farm provides a continuum of quality
services for men and women with alcohol and other drug problems. The goal of
Dawn Farm is to assist addicts and alcoholics in achieving long term recovery.
Dawn Farm will identify and remove barriers that prevent addicts and alcoholics
from joining the recovering community. The Dawn Farm
community of programs includes residential
treatment services for ages 17 and over, outpatient
treatment services for ages 18 and over and for adolescents, sub-acute
detoxification at their Spera
Recovery Center, community corrections education and intervention, community/"street"
outreach and intervention, transitional
housing, and other support services for people recovering from
alcohol/other drug addiction. Dawn Farm offers a free, annual community
education series, hosts weekly 12-Step meetings and other events,
and participates in many community initiatives. Dawn Farm’s Web site
has many documents and references related to chemical dependency and recovery.
Here is a short video about Dawn Farm.
For more information
about Dawn Farm and Dawn Farm programs, please contact:
Jim Balmer
(President) or Jason Schwartz, LMSW, CAADC (Clinical Director)
Tamara Shirey, MA, LLPC, NCC; Dawn Farm Project Manager and Teens Using
Drugs series coordinator
Mailing address: Dawn
Farm,
Phone: 734-485-8725 (office)
Fax: 734-485-6103 (office)
E-Mail: info@dawnfarm.org.
Web site: http://www.dawnfarm.org.
Livingston and Washtenaw Regional
Coordinated School Health Program Advisory Council:
The Livingston and
Washtenaw Regional Coordinated School Health Program Advisory Council provides
staff development, program activities, consultation and technical assistance to
school districts in Livingston and Washtenaw Counties.
For more information,
please contact:
Mary Beno
Phone: 517-546-5550, extension 168
E-mail: BenoM@livingstonesa.org.
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Greenbrook
Recovery Center:
Greenbrook
Recovery Center is part of the Saint Joseph Mercy Health
System Ann Arbor. Greenbrook Recovery Center is dedicated to providing
comprehensive services to individuals who are experiencing alcohol and
drug-related problems, and offers a full range of chemical dependency services
and programs to individuals and their families.
For more information,
please contact:
Suzie Antonow, LMSW, CAAC; Manager, Greenbrook Recovery Center
St. Joseph Mercy Greenbrook Chemical Dependency Services
5401 McAuley Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48197-1011
Phone: 734-786-4900
Fax: 734-786-8501
E-mail: antonows@trinity-health.org.
Web site.
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"TEENS USING DRUGS: WHAT TO KNOW and WHAT TO
DO" Disclaimer PLEASE NOTE: this site is not a counseling
or treatment service. We welcome comments and requests for information about
the "Teens Using Drugs: What To Know and What To Do" program and/or
about this Web site, but the people who maintain the Web site are not
substance abuse professionals and can not provide advice about substance
abuse problems. Parents, family
members, teens, professionals, and concerned community members are all
welcome to attend the free "Teens Using Drugs: What To Know and What To
Do" program to learn more about adolescent substance abuse problems and
what can be done to help adolescents with alcohol/other drug problems. If you
are not able to attend this program, you can click on the "referrals" section to find suggestions for
other options, and check the "information/links"
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