[BHS etree] PARENT EDUCATION: Important Dates! Teens and Substances AND Teens and the Law

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Dear Berkeley High School Parents and Guardians:
Last year, the PTSA worked together with the BHS Development Group to 
organize parent education events on issues of concern to many BHS 
families.  Last year we held parent education evening discussions 
on how to talk to teens about sex and teenage anger management. 
These two events were very well attended and we received a great deal 
of positive feedback from parents who expressed hopes that 
these events would continue.

Parent Education 2008-09
We are very excited to announce the first two parent education events 
for the 2008-09 school year.  Please save the dates.  Make sure to 
attend and bring other BHS parents and guardians with you!

Date: Thursday, November 13, 7:00 to 9:00pm
Topic: Drugs, Alcohol and Teenagers
Presentor: Sally Cohen, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Location: Library, Berkeley High School

and

Date: Monday, December 8, 7:00 to 9:00pm
Topic: Teenagers and the Law - What Every Parent Should Know
Presentor: Mary Carey, Juvenile Defense Attorney
Location: Library, Berkeley High School
(we will publish more details about this event in the next few weeks)

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Thursday, November 13, 7:00 to 9:00pm
Drugs, Alcohol and Teenagers

Sally Cohen has been facilitating teen substance abuse groups and 
doing individual therapy with adolescents for over twenty years.  She 
has worked at high schools throughout the Bay Area and is currently 
developing a substance abuse program at BHS where she leads substance 
use/abuse therapy groups. She has supervised graduate students 
attending JFK University as well as interns at Berkeley Mental 
Health.  Currently she is on the faculty at the Women's Therapy 
Center.  She is also in private practice in Berkeley where she works 
with adolescents, couples, and adults.   Ms. Cohen will be discussing 
adolescent substance use and helping parents differentiate between 
recreational use and dependence.  She will also talk about  what 
parents can do to help their teen and present various treatment 
options. There will be time at the end for questions and discussion.

ALL Berkeley High School parents and guardians are warmly invited to 
attend.  The PTSA parent education events are sponsored by the PTSA 
and funded by the BHS Development Group.

If you know you plan to attend, please RSVP to Audrey at 
<http://us.mc802.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=audrey12@comcast.net>audrey12 at comcast.net 
or Wendy at <mailto:wlukas at sbcglobal.net>wlukas at sbcglobal.net (this 
helps us plan for space/chairs).  Whether or not you RSVP, you are 
more than welcome to join us!

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, November 13 at 7:00pm.

Kind regards,

Audrey Spector
<mailto:audrey12 at comcast.net>audrey12 at comcast.net
and
Wendy Lukas
<mailto:wlukas at sbcglobal.net>wlukas at sbcglobal.net
PTSA Parent Volunteers