EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND
YOUTH COUNSELING SECTION
 University of Utah
School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies


Section Leader
 Verne Larsen
 Specialist, Substance Abuse
 Prevention Program,
Utah State Office of Education,
Salt Lake City, UT

 


Assistant Section Leader
 Nikki Lovell
 Region 7 Director,
National Community
Education Association,
Ogden, UT

 

PLANNED FOR

Anyone desiring an awareness and understanding of the prevention of alcohol and other drug use among our youth.

OBJECTIVES

  1. To help participants gain an understanding of the nature of alcohol and drug use among our youth, including those factors that serve to place youth at risk or protect them from, substance abuse.

  2. To facilitate the participants' development of a working knowledge of the components and characteristics of successful prevention strategies and programs.

  3. To provide participants an opportunity to learn about and discuss model substance abuse prevention programs targeted at youth and the resources available through the schools and the community.

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Mary Lou Emerson, M.S.; Craig PoVey, LCSW

Education & Prevention Program