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Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Second Saturday Workshop - May 12, 10 a.m. to 12 noon 
"Navigating Adolescent Substance Abuse" presented by Lori K. Holleran Steiker, Ph.D., CISW, ACSW.

  
Join Lori Holleran Steiker, Ph.D, ACSW, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work for a discussion of Adolescents Substance Abuse. Dr. Holleran Steiker will braid her personal, professional, and research perspectives in order to explore the current issues related to adolescent substance abuse. She will discuss the dilemmas that adolescents encounter, the elements of evidence-based prevention programs, what parents or friends can do upon discovery of a child's experimentation (or beyond), how to recognize adolescent substance problems, and how to effectively intervene when a substance problem develops. 
Second Saturday Workshops are held the second Saturday of each month except December and are free to the public. No registration is required. 2 CEUs available to LCDC, ADC, LMSW and LCSW. Second Saturday is held at Austin Recovery (8402 Cross Park Dr., Austin, TX, 78754).   
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