Carbon School District will be hosting its annual Parent Seminar on Youth Protection for all parents on Nov. 17 at Mont Harmon Middle School.
As in past years, the program will start out with a free spaghetti dinner at 5:30 p.m. and at 5:45 the keynote speaker, Julie Schwartz of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), will start her address.
Schwartz is the School Based Prevention Manager, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion at NAMI Utah. She manages two education programs which are Hope for Tomorrow, a 13-lesson mental health education program for 7-12th grade students and Parents and Teachers as Allies, a two-hour in-service for school personnel which educates them on mental illnesses in children and teens.
She is a trainer and presenter statewide for suicide prevention and mental illness education for parents, students and school personnel.
After the keynote there will be breakout sessions on various subjects for people to attend. Each breakout session will last about one half hour. The sessions include:
•Mental health issues will be addressed by Heath Earl, an associate professor of psychology at USU Eastern.
Bullying, substance abuse, Internet
•Bullying prevention will be covered by Arthella Williams, a teacher from Carbon High who is the adviser for Rachel’s Challenge. Rachel’s Challenge is a national non-profit organization dedicated to creating safe, connected school environments where learning and teaching are maximized. Based on the life and writing of Rachel Scott, the first victim of the Columbine tragedy in 1999, Rachel’s Challenge provides a continual improvement process for schools designed to awaken the learner in every child.
•Substance abuse and awareness will be covered by Jason Marshall of the Utah Highway Patrol.
•Internet safety will be discussed by Brian Judd, the school resource officer at Mont Harmon.