The Family & Youth Services Bureau is offering a free workshop for parents as part of the Family Life Workshop Series.
Titled “Undoing Drugs: What Parents Need To Know,” the workshop is led by Dr. Mann Spitler on Tuesday, January 29th from 6 to 7:30 pm, at the FYSB downtown Valparaiso office, 253 W. Lincolnway, Valparaiso.
Topics included are how to discover the most predictive risk factor for drug use; learning why adolescents seek to alter their consciousness; developing effective parenting prevention techniques; and learning the signs and symptoms of drug use.
Dr. Spitler is a Certified Prevention Professional and speaks to schools and organizations about teen drug use. His genuine presentation can be useful to parents as he speaks from the perspective of a parent whose daughter died from an self-induced overdose of heroin in 2002. At the workshop he will focus on parental methods to protect children from drug experimentation and subsequent addiction.
Seating at the workshop is limited; please register early by contacting the Family & Youth Services Bureau at 219-464-9585 or by emailing lreimink@fysb.org. Please RSVP no later than Monday, January 28.
The Family & Youth Services Bureau has been providing an opportunity for families and kids to create a new, responsible path for their lives since 1972. Offering seventeen different programs and services the agency has over 20,000 contacts per year with its 3,600 clients throughout Porter County.
For more general information about the agency, information about volunteering, or to make a tax-deductible donation to the Family & Youth Services Bureau, call 219-464-9585 or visit www.fysb.org.