Prevention Science in Action: Supporting Families & Schools in Raising Healthy Kids
December 11, 2024
Dr. Crystal Collier & Jake White
Join Dr. Crystal Collier, therapist and author, and Jake White, founder of Vive18 Youth Prevention, for practical strategies to guide young people toward healthier choices. Dr. Collier will share her expertise in neurodevelopment and prevention programming, offering tips for parents to shape decision-making skills and for schools to implement a cohesive prevention approach. As a youth prevention speaker, Jake White will provide insights on encouraging a drug-free lifestyle and making prevention messaging more engaging and memorable for today’s youth at school and at home. Learn age-appropriate ways to help students build confidence, resist peer pressure, and avoid high-risk behaviors.
Sarah Kimmel is a digital parenting coach and family tech expert. She has spent the last 20 years of her career working as a Microsoft Certified IT Manager supporting over 100 small businesses. During that time she started Family Tech LLC to help families understand and manage the technology in their home. She has regularly appeared as a family tech expert on local NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX news affiliates, BYUtv and Studio 5, and has been invited all over the world from tech companies like Lenovo, Verizon, Microsoft, Dell, and Samsung.
Crystal Collier
PhD
Dr. Collier, herself a person in long-term recovery, is a therapist, researcher, and educator who has been working with adolescents and adults suffering from mental illness, behavioral problems and substance use disorders since 1991. Her area of expertise includes adolescent brain development, prevention programming, parent coaching, and addiction. Dr. Collier teaches the neurodevelopmental effects of risky behavior in her book The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide and in BrainAbouts, an online prevention program powered by the John Fontaine Jr Charity.
Aaron Weiner
PhD
Dr. Weiner is a strong advocate for evidence-based care in treating chemical dependency and behavioral addictions, as well as a proponent of integrating behavioral health services into medical settings. He has spoken nationally on the topics of opioid addiction, marijuana commercialization, and the vaping epidemic, as well as serving as a context expert for both policymakers and media outlets.
Beth Tyson
MA
Beth Tyson, is a childhood trauma consultant, best-selling author, and an advocate for children in the child welfare system. She provides trauma-informed education/training and project implementation based on her work as a trauma therapist for foster, kinship, and adoptive families. Her tender-hearted children's book, A Grandfamily for Sullivan, is a resource to teach children how to cope with ambiguous loss, while also providing age-appropriate language for adults to communicate with children about adversity. Most importantly, Beth is the mom to a spirited little girl with a secret chocolate stash in her room, just like her mama.
Erin Terada
PsyD, CEDS-S
Dr Terada is the director of clinical training at Relief Mental Health in Oak Brook, Ill. She is highly regarded by her peers and has decades of experience in treating feeding and eating disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, and trauma disorders. Over the years, she has practiced in multiple treatment settings throughout the Greater Chicagoland Area. A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Terada knows that many factors can prevent people from seeking treatment during times when it is truly needed. Whether it is due to anxiety, depression, or other struggles, Dr. Terada wholeheartedly believes that everyone is worthy of help and support to live their best life.
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