Teens Using Drugs: What To Know and What To Do

We'd like to thank ALL the people who make this program possible! Ron Harrison contributes his time and expertise to present this workshop series as a community service, and has been doing so since the program began in 1999. Dawn Farm, the Livingston/Washtenaw Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act Consortium, and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Mission Services co-sponsor the program, and provide support and assistance. The series is funded with a grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation, courtesy of the Ypsilanti (Michigan) Wal-Mart store. For several years the Hazelden Foundation has generously contributed a variety of booklets and literature for parents, teens, and others who attend the program, from their Hazelden Publishing and Book Store. Huron Valley Printing & Imaging has generously helped us with our printing needs for several years, including copying of handout materials for program participants. Many local service providers contribute printed materials. The hundreds of parents, family members, teens, professionals, and people in our community who attended past programs have 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 support!

About Our Program Presenter:

Ronald E. Harrison, SW, presents the programs. Ron is a social worker with over 35 years of experience working in diverse settings with substance-involved teens and their families. He has presented numerous education and training programs on teen substance abuse, addiction, recovery, and family issues. To contact Ron Harrison, call 734-214-5883.

About Our Sponsors:

Dawn Farm
The goal of Dawn Farm is to assist addicts and alcoholics in achieving long-term recovery. To accomplish this, 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, sub-acute detoxification, jail outreach education and intervention, community/"street" outreach and intervention, transitional housing, and other support services for recovering addicts and alcoholics. Day Break, a treatment program for adjudicated adolescents with substance abuse problems, was begun in March 2004 as a collaborative program of Dawn Farm, the Washtenaw County Family Court Juvenile Center and Washtenaw County Children’s Services Department. Dawn Farm also provides 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 located on their resources page.

For more information about Dawn Farm and Dawn Farm programs, please contact:

Jim Balmer (President) or Jason Schwartz (Clinical Director)

Mailing address: 502 West Huron Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103-4208.
Phone: 734-485-8725 (office.)
Fax: 734-485-6103 (office.)
E-Mail: info@dawnfarm.org
Web site: http://www.dawnfarm.org

Livingston/Washtenaw Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) Consortium:

The Livingston and Washtenaw SDFSCA Consortium provides staff development, program activities, consultation and technical assistance to school districts in order to meet the requirements of the Principles of Effectiveness for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.

For more information, please contact:

Mary Beno
Phone: 517-546-5550, extension 168
E-mail: benom@gwise.lesa.k12.mi.us.

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Mission Services
Mission Services is part of the Saint Joseph Mercy Health System. The Mission Services Department provides leadership to integrate the mission, values and Catholic identity into the strategies and operations of the Saint Joseph Mercy Health System.

We are located at 5305 East Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106.

For more information, please contact:

Deb Young, Community Liaison

Phone: 734-712-4543.

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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/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" section for sources of help and information.

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