Rockville, MD — January 12, 2019, 1:00-5:00 pm —Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations and Montgomery County Public Schools will hold their 2nd annual Mental Health and Wellness Forum at Earle B. Wood Middle School, located at 14615 Bauer Dr. in Rockville. The forum is free and open to all MCPS parents, teachers, students and administrators. Please note, the mock teen bedroom is open to adults only.
“I watched my son fall into addiction after he injured his back at 15 and was given an opioid pain medication. We thought we were being cautious. Looking back, I saw signs of trouble, but I had no idea what I was seeing at the time,” said Laura Mitchell, Chair of the MCCPTA Substance Use Prevention Committee. The goal of the exercise is to make sure parents and teachers know the signs that a student is at risk of self-harm and/or substance use. “When you see these tell-tale things in your house, it’s your clue to start asking questions, but you have to know what to look for. The sooner you know, the sooner you can intervene and that can make all the difference in the world. It can easily be the difference between life and death. I’ve seen far too much of the latter,” Mitchell said. The interactive tour is provided courtesy of the Howard County Department of Emergency Management.
The Key Note Speaker, Jill Ortman-Fouse, former Montgomery County Board of Education, will open the forum with an impressive array of very informative sessions to follow, including:
• Mental Health First Aid Training *Sold Out!
• BTheOne Campaign for Peer Support & Suicide Prevention
• The LGBTQ Experience
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3 comments:
this is why we have the problems in our schools because of leftie loonies like this one, helping to set agendas? wtf? where are all the good people?
She ought to know all about it. Her and her methadone prescription!
So the grifter has resurfaced.
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