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Addressing Substance Abuse: Promising Community Partnerships

Ramapo College School of Social Science and Human Services
and Platinum Series

promisingCommunityPartnerships

Monday, April 15, 2013
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Friends Hall (SC-219)

This event is free and open to the public. Free CEUs for social workers and PDs for teachers provided.

Registration Required

Keynote 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

REACHING OUT FROM WITHIN  Stanley Leone, Jr., Leadership Consultant at The Flippen Group

Program Sessions

EMPOWERING SURVIVORS: SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Chrisula Tasiopoulos, Senior Director, and Pam Saxena, Clinician, healingSPACE: A Sexual Violence Resource Center, YWCA Bergen County

THE NEED FOR INTEGRATED CARE FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH EXPLAINED THROUGH PRACTICE AND POLICY
Eileen Klein, PhD, LCSW, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Ramapo College

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION – IT TAKES A VILLAGE
Ellen Elias VP, Prevention and Addiction Services Children’s Aid and Family Services and Director, The Center for Alcohol and Drug Resources

THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
John Ward, Chief of Police at Ridgewood Police, Adjunct Instructor at Farleigh Dickenson University and Bergen Community College

UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF A STUDENT ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR
Adrienne Williams, MA, SAC Student Assistance Coordinator, Teaneck Public Schools

COMING TOGETHER: AN EVIDENCE-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PROJECT
Stephanie Sarabia, PhD, LCSW, LCADC, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Ramapo College; Jillian McGuire and Tinamarie De George, Students at Ramapo College

COLLEGE DRINKING: WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW   |   SUCCESSFUL ALCOHOL-FREE PROGRAMMING – THINK LIKE A STUDENT
Judy Green, Psy.D., Director, Center for Health and Counseling Services at Ramapo College, Corey Rosenkrantz, MS, Psychological Counselor, Coordinator Substance Abuse & Violence Prevention, Ramapo College, Angelica Russo, GA Center for Health & Counseling Services, Ramapo College, and Danielle Corcione, Jonathan Lopes, Anthony Darakjy, and Hannah Kucks