Middle School parents and caregivers are invited to an evening presentation with Lee Anne Dodge at Friends School of Portland. Beginning a conversation about substance use with your child is important. Join Lee Anne and other parents for an evening conversation about the risk and protective factors of substance use prevention.
Learn about best approaches in connecting with your children about substance use and its impact on the brain, learning, and mental health. You will have the opportunity to connect with other parents/caregivers. This free talk will be held at Friends School of Portland.
It is geared towards parents and guardians of middle school-aged students, but all parents and guardians are welcome. This event is open to parents beyond FSP, please extend the invitation to your friends or better yet: bring a friend along from outside FSP!
The talk will be held on Tuesday, October 28 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm with refreshments provided.
Lee Anne Dodge is the Program Director at SoPo Unite - All Ages All In, a Drug Free Community Coalition in South Portland.
She has been in the field of substance use prevention for over twenty-five years. She is a certified prevention specialist and began her prevention career at the University of New Hampshire as a residence hall director and then worked at the New Hampshire Teen Institute and focused on underage drinking and tobacco prevention for middle and high school students. She moved to Maine in 2001 and worked at AdCare Educational Institute on a grant on underage drinking and worked with nine community coalitions and then with the Office of Substance Abuse on the One Me State Incentive Grant with twenty-three coalitions. She then worked at the University of Southern Maine as the Assistant Director of Student Life and focused on substance use prevention/intervention and wellness. She was a Prime For Life instructor and taught the program for those under twenty one who have been arrested for Operating Under the Influence. She has been the Program Director of SoPo Unite, a Drug Free Communities Coalition in South Portland Maine for the past nine years. She lives in Dresden, Maine with her husband Andy and their yellow lab: Minnie Pearl.