More than 100 area prevention organizations, recovery groups, healthcare professionals, school district personnel, law enforcement, parents and school students met on Thursday, November 5, 2015, to discuss how by improving and connecting systems – school, judiciary, health, and community – the Travis County community can improve youth substance abuse prevention efforts.
The 2015 Summit was sponsored by the Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention (YSAP) Coalition and Children’s Optimal Health (COH) held LifeWorks’ East Austin facility.
Highlight of the Summit was a Youth Panel with students from University High School and LBJ High School.
A system discussion panel included question and answer opportunity by:
–School systems: Manor ISD Superintendent Kevin Brackmeyer, M.Ed.
— Judiciary systems: Honorable Judge Elisabeth Earle
— Health systems: Joe Dias, M.Ed., LPC-S, Memorial Hermann Prevention & Recovery Center
— and Community systems: Dr. Susan Millea, Community Health Systems Analyst, Children’s Optimal Health.
Objectives:
• Increase active membership in the Youth Substance Abuse Prevention (YSAP) Coalition
• Improve knowledge of systems and resources supporting prevention
• Identify gaps in systems and resources
• Inform the coalition’s action steps to impact policies
Presentation by Crystal Collier, PhD, LPC-S
Director, The Behavioral Health Institute Center for Recovering Families
Crystal Collier
The Choices program is a comprehensive, systemic, multiple high-risk behavior prevention program for high school students. Choices utilizes a novel research-based prevention approach with interactive components such as student, faculty, and parent action groups to assist in curriculum dissemination which targets students’ decision-making skills around high-risk behaviors. Participants will learn how the Choices program in Houston was integrated into school systems and created normative change.
Presentation PDF: attached
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What: 2015 YSAPC Summit
When: November 5, 2015
Time: 8:30 am – 1:00 pm (see below for schedule)
Where: LifeWorks East (835 North Pleasant Valley Rd, 78702).
A Call to Leaders: Keeping Kids Sober in Travis County
The focus of this year’s Summit is on systems-building to better address youth substance abuse prevention in Travis County.
8:30 am – 9:00 am: Registration and Coffee
9:00 am – 9:15 am: Introduction & Welcome
9:15 am – 10:00 am: Keynote Speaker
Crystal Collier
Prevention Science: Achieving Lasting Change
Crystal Collier, PhD, LPC-S
Director
The Behavioral Health Institute Center for Recovering Families
The Choices program is a comprehensive, multiple high-risk behavior prevention program for high school students. Choices utilizes a novel prevention approach by building a student’s executive functioning skills while simultaneously targeting certain high-risk behaviors. Participants will learn how the Choices program in Houston, TX, integrated into school systems and created normative change.
10:00 am – 11:00 am: Youth Panel and Youth PSA Showcase
11:00 am -noon – Systems Panel –
School System: Kevin Brackmeyer, Manor ISD Superintendent
Judiciary System: Honorable Judge Elisabeth Earle, Travis County DWI Court
Information System: Dr. Susan Millea, Children’s Optimal Health
Treatment System: Joe Dias, Memorial Hermann Prevention & Recovery Center
12-12:15 – PSA Finalist and Winners Recognized – Youth Engagement workgroup
12:15 – Closing Remarks
