North Battleford Comprehensive High School and John Paul II Collegiate are hosting a parent/community presentation on Wednesday, March 9 titled Adventures in the Teenage Brain – Understanding and Supporting Your Teen.
The presentation will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the NBCHS Lecture Theatre, given by Rand Teed, who has been working with teens for over 40 years, and for the past 15 years has been helping them understand how substance use can get in the way of having the life they want.
Teed is the developer of the Drug Class program (www.drugclass.ca) and is the writer and host of the award-winning Drug Class TV series.
Teed regularly presents to educators on dealing with substance use and abuse in high schools.
Parents, students and community members are encouraged to attend.
Teed, B.A, a B.Ed, is an Internationally Certified Prevention Specialist. He is also an experienced addiction counselor and represents 42 years of continuous sobriety.
Other topics Teed addresses as a speaker are: Adolescent substance use issues; impaired driving; effects of substance use on the brain; everything you need to know about marijuana; drug and alcohol use in the workplace; and the presentation titled There is More to Quitting than Quitting – What Recovery is about.
