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The modern world is filled with new devices, tools, and information platforms. What was unimaginable a few years ago has become integrated into our daily lives, moving rapidly from luxury to indispensable. At the same time, we are seeing drastic increases in stress, anxiety and depressive disorders, which are often assumed to be related to the use of tech and social media.
Program Objectives:
• Understand the impact of technological devices and social media platforms on cognition, learning, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
• Develop strategies and school policies to minimize the negative impact of these innovations.
• Teach students how to make informed decisions about their use of tech and social media.
• Recognize cyberbullying and develop appropriate interventions.
All families, interested community members, are encouraged to attend this program.
Certificates of Attendance (for PDPs) and Contact Hours for nurses and Braintree staff/faculty will be provided for this event.
Speaker:
Julie Love, MSN, APRN, PPCNP-BC
Director, McLean School Nurse Liaison Project
Presented By:
Braintree Alliance for Safe and Healthy Youth
Contact:
Melonie Bennett, Director of Health and Wellness; melonie.bennett@braintreeschools.org
Jean Afzali, Director of Nursing Services; jean.afzali@braintreeschools.org
Representatives from Milton High School, Milton Police, BID-Milton Hospital, Milton Health Department and Milton’s Youth Task Force talk about changes that have been made since the release of the findings from MSAPC’s first community health assessment. Question and answer time to follow.
- Minimizing youth access to alcohol, tobacco, nicotine delivery devices, marijuana, opioids and other drugs
- Supporting individuals and families struggling with addiction.
The Braintree Community Partnership on Substance Use meets from 6:30pm to 8pm in the Cahill Auditorium at Town Hall on or around the fourth Wednesday of the month (with the exception of July and December).
Interested in becoming a member?
Please contact:
Lyn Frano, Substance Use Prevention Coordinator
Email: lfrano@braintreema.gov
Summary
Walk (or run) to support friends, family and neighbors affected by mental illness and addiction.
Description
Nearly everyone in our community knows someone who has been affected by mental illness or addiction. How can we bring awareness to these issues? Each spring walkers and runners fill the streets of Quincy to show our community that mental illness is not a cause for shame; it is a reason for us to unite in support of our loved ones. Now in its 45th year, the Stop the Stigma 5K has become an annual tradition for hundreds of families and individuals from all over the Greater Boston area. The funds raised through this event allow Interfaith Social Services to assist thousands of local families every year. After the race, join us for a family fun celebration including food, ice cream, kids’ crafts, music, air brush tattoos, face painting, a bouncy house, raffles and more!
More details at https://racewire.com/register.php?id=9933
A Summit for the Faith Community
Lunch Will Be Provided
The Massachusetts Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative (MOAPC),* representing the communities of Braintree, Randolph, Stoughton, Quincy, and Weymouth, cordially invites you and leaders from your organization to join us.
The goal of the Summit is to share (with official and lay leaders) education and resources that support:
- Communities in addressing substance use,
- Individuals and families struggling with substance use
- Persons in recovery
Keynote Speaker: David Sheff: Journalist and Bestselling Author and Advocate on US Drug Crisis, Prevention & Treatment of Addiction.
Authored books include:
- Beautiful Boy
- Clean
- High: Everything You Want to Know About Drugs
- Schizo (by Nic Sheff)
- Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamines (by Nic Sheff)
More info to come.
Presented by To the Moon & Back and SENSE.
Join some of the top minds behind research and best practices in care for children born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). The Beyond NAS 2019 Conference is for families caring for children with NAS as well as providers such as behavioral health clinicians, teachers, nurses, pediatricians, early intervention providers, early childhood educators,..
Dr Elisa Wachman (BMC) and Dr Grossman (Yale), the founders of Eat, Sleep, Console will present. Dr Marilyn Augustyn (BMC) will be discussing the long term developmental outcomes of children with NAS. Meghann Perry, CARC, will discuss parenting while in recovery. Lauren Langevin, RN from So Bay Early Intervention, SENSE, & To The Moon And Back will discuss early intervention and NAS. Ed Jacoubs MSW, LICSW will discuss trauma informed care. We’re also excited for our Caregiver’s Panel to give the perspective of foster, adoptive families and grandparents raising children with NAS.
Enjoy a continental breakfast and lunch. Opening remarks from State Representative Mathew Muratore.
If you have any questions or want to be involved in this event, please email Theresa Harmon at theresaharmonLISCW@gmail.com or Lauren Langevin at lauren@2themoonandback.org!
- Minimizing youth access to alcohol, tobacco, nicotine delivery devices, marijuana, opioids and other drugs
- Supporting individuals and families struggling with addiction.
The Braintree Community Partnership on Substance Use meets from 6:30pm to 8pm in the Cahill Auditorium at Town Hall on or around the fourth Wednesday of the month (with the exception of July and December).
Interested in becoming a member?
Please contact:
Lyn Frano, Substance Use Prevention Coordinator
Email: lfrano@braintreema.gov
The Knowledge is Power conference focuses on families impacted by their loved one’s disease of addiction. Amidst the opioid crisis in our country many conferences/resources have been made available to help the professionals in the field working with individuals struggling with substance use disorder. This conference seeks to highlight the ways that families can find recovery through education, peer support and self-care strategies. This is a family disease; through education, our hope is to empower the family.
Who Should Attend: Anyone that has a family member or loved one that is struggling with the disease of addiction or is in recovery. Professionals in the recovery field that want to learn more about how to help families are invited to attend.
Cost: $40 (lunch included)
For more details (class descriptions & speaker bios) please visit www.learn2cope.org.
- Minimizing youth access to alcohol, tobacco, nicotine delivery devices, marijuana, opioids and other drugs
- Supporting individuals and families struggling with addiction.
The Braintree Community Partnership on Substance Use meets from 6:30pm to 8pm in the Cahill Auditorium at Town Hall on or around the fourth Wednesday of the month (with the exception of July and December).
Interested in becoming a member?
Please contact:
Lyn Frano, Substance Use Prevention Coordinator
Email: lfrano@braintreema.gov