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Strategizing a community response to our MetroWest Data, Tuesday December 10 @7:30pm
The Metrowest Adolescent Health Survey results have told us that LS students are using alcohol 15% more (lifetime usage) than their peers in other MetroWest Communities. How do we feel about this? What can we, as a community, do to impact this statistic? The students also let us know that 32% of them find "life very stressful." Are there ways we can work with the school and our kids to bring about a change in this area? We all own the results of the survey. Let's own the changes we want to see too. Come to the high school at 7:30 on December 10th in the cafeteria to take a closer look at the MWAHS results and to start discussing what we can do to positively impact our students in the areas they are asking for help. This will be a working meeting, so bring a friend and a neighbor and let's roll up our sleeves for the kids in our L-S community.
Recent Events
November, 2024 - Virtual Planning Meeting & Brainstorming with Dr. Meisel
Calling all interested Connections parents!
Now that we've had a chance to look at the MetroWest Adolescent Health data we will be hosting a brainstorming session to talk about next steps and figure out what direction we want to go in and what we should do for our next event(s). We are fortunate to have a fellow community member, Dr. Sam Meisel, with us on the call.
Dr. Meisel is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor at Boston University in the psychology department. His research and clinical work focuses on adolescent substance use (why teens start using, why they escalate their use, and how we can best prevent and treat adolescent substance use) and how friendships and caregivers influence adolescent substance use. Dr. Meisel's support and expertise in these topics will positively impact on the work we are trying to do and we are grateful for his interest!
Join our virtual call on Tuesday November 5th at 7:00 pm (in case you need something to distract you from other happenings) and lend us your ear and your ideas.
Connections brainstorms with Dr. Meisel
Tuesday, November 5 · 7:00 – 7:45pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/wyh-ynnw-txy
Or dial: (US) +1 470-485-9454 PIN: 578 036 744#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/wyh-ynnw-txy?pin=5333675862430
October, 2024 - MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey - Data Presentation
May, 2024 - Drug Story Theater
"Back to Life"
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