Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 1:45 PM
To: 'e-news@listserv.issaquah.wednet.edu'
Subject: May 16 Community forum re: Healthy Youth Survey results

Public forum for parents, students, school staff, and community

Preliminary results of last October's Healthy Youth Survey indicate Issaquah's students are less likely to engage in most harmful activities than are other Washington students - with the exception of older students' marijuana use and more negative feeling about being in school.  You may see more details about the results in the April 20 edition of the Issaquah Press.

On May 16, from 7 - 9 pm, Dr. Kevin Haggerty, a member of the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington, will review Issaquah's Healthy Youth Survey results as compared to those across Washington and demonstrate ways parents and the community can increase protective measures for students and foster healthy choices among Issaquah's young people.

The forum is for parents, school staff, community members, and students - anyone with an interest or stake in the health and safety of students in this community.

Location:        King County Library Annex, 960 Newport Way NW

Date:               Monday, May 16

Time:              7 - 9 pm

About Dr. Haggerty

Kevin Haggerty, MSW, is a faculty member at the Social Development Research Group, University of Washington, School of Social Work.  He is the Principal Investigator of the NIDA funded Family Connections study and Co-PI, project director of the NIDA funded Raising Healthy Children project.  Mr. Haggerty has specialized in the development and testing of prevention programs at the community, school and family levels, including the development and testing of the Focus on Families program for parents in methadone treatment, the school-based Raising Healthy Children program and the Communities that Care operating system for community prevention planning. Mr. Haggerty is an international trainer and speaker in the areas of substance abuse and delinquency prevention and has written extensively in the field.  He has more than three dozen articles and book chapters in print.

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