Brainstorm: Understanding the Mysteries of the Adolescent Mind

For Immediate Release
November 6, 2017
 

Contact:
Morgan McArthur
Sauk County UW-Extension
(608) 355-3250

Brainstorm: Understanding the Mysteries of the Adolescent Mind

Children increasingly are coming into contact with illegal drugs. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the average age of first time marijuana use is 14. The average age of first time alcohol use is 11 for boys and 13 for girls. By the time they graduate from high school 40% of all teens have used marijuana. We cannot assume that all children who smoke marijuana will become heroin addicts. However, the danger does exist, and research supports the progression of use. Parents are still the most powerful influence in their children’s lives. Children who learn about the risks of drugs and alcohol from their parents are 50% less likely to use than those who don't.

They experience unimaginable pressures and their individual stressors can lead them to make bad decisions with a brain still under construction. These choices can have lifelong consequences. This event will help you understand how young people’s behaviors, choices and vulnerabilities connect to their developing brains. Also, hear an amazing young couple’s inspiring story of making a positive life change after starting down the wrong road.  Please join us on Monday, November 13, 2017 to learn how you can be part of the solution to this ever-growing concern in our community.

Monday, November 13, 2017
Sauk Prairie River Arts Center, 105 9th St, Prairie du Sac, WI

5:45PM          Resource Fair in Lobby

6:30PM          Program begins – emceed by Dannika Lewis of WISC-TV 3

6:40PM          Dr. Brian Fidlin – Milwaukee-based adolescent psychologist and nationally-recognized speaker on brain development and substance abuse

7:45PM          Cora and Eddie – Exiting the Heroin Highway to reach the Recovery Road

8:15PM          Audience Questions & Answers

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