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Drug and Alcohol Education – What You Should Know
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As part of our comprehensive program on Drug and Alcohol Education, The Agnes Irwin School provides several opportunities for students and parents to discuss the impact of substance abuse. Each year, the 9th grade participates in the online education program Alcohol.Edu. In December, faculty and staff from all divisions will join in a professional development discussion with Patti Anne McAndrews, Founder of Adolescent Advocates of Bryn Mawr, about the warning signs of substance abuse, whether in the home or by the student. Beginning in January, the following programs will be held for students and parents. We hope that you will join us for the parent events! |
SAVE THE DATES
CRUISIN' NOT BOOZIN' (CNB) – Tuesday, January 3 from 7-8:30 p.m. • West-Wike Theatre
CNB, an award-winning program developed and sponsored by Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, will present to students and parents. CNB brings children, teenagers and young adults face to face with the potentially devastating consequences of distracted or impaired driving. The program is a peer-to-peer approach and features testimony and first-hand stories from survivors of motor vehicle accidents that were the result of distracted or impaired driving. Our speakers sustained life-changing injuries and they tell their stories about recovery, rehabilitation and the long-term effects and consequences they live with every day. CNB has proven effective in changing the attitudes of young people about driving while impaired or distracted. More than 500,000 students from elementary school through college in the tri-state region have participated in CNB presentations since the program began in 1989. Please feel free to contact Deanna Mayer, US Dean of Students, at 610-526-1676 or dmayer@agnesirwin.org, with questions or for additional information
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A. MICHAEL BLANCHE, MSW, LCSW, PREVENTION SPECIALIST – Wednesday, February 29 from 7-9 p.m. • West-Wike Theatre
A. Michael Blanche www.amichaelblanche.com will speak to 8th grade and Upper School parents about the enormous challenges today's youth face in avoiding the use of drugs and alcohol. By the time parents meet with Blanche, he will have spent time with students during his visiting week to discuss substance abuse use and prevention. Ninth graders will also have completed the online course AlcoholEdu, which measures student’s attitudes, experiences and expectations regarding alcohol. Blanche is currently in private practice in West Chester, PA, where he
provides comprehensive assessments, diagnostic evaluations, individual,
group and family therapy and parent consultation. In 2010, he was
recognized by the Council on Addictive Diseases/C.O.A.D., for excellence
in the field of community prevention. In 2006 he received the
Addictions Professional of the Year award. He is a highly sought-after
speaker and seminar presenter. Please feel free to contact Kim Beamon, Director of Student Support Services, at 610-526-1665 or kbeamon@agnesirwin.org with questions and for additional information. STUDENT VISIT SCHEDULE with A. Michael Blanche
(Blanche will meet three times with 8th and 9th graders in small groups and once with seniors)
February 13-16, & February 21: 8th & 9th grades
February 27: Seniors
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