Substance Use & Brain Development Impacts & Interventions

March 22 – 24, 2007

Valley River Inn, Eugene, Oregon

This regional conference will provide cutting-edge research, prevention methods and best  intervention practices regarding the impact of maternal and paternal substance use on child brain development. More than 30 seminars and skill building workshops will be offered.

Keynote Speakers

• Donald R. Vereen, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. Special Assistant to the Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Keynote address: "Drug Abuse and Addiction are Pediatric Disorders:  A Review of the Research"

• Barry M. Lester, Ph.D., Director, Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Brown Medical School and Women & Infants Hospital

Keynote address: “Prenatal Drug Exposure and Child Outcome: Time for Policy to Catch Up with Research”

• Robert F. Anda, M.D., M.S., Co-Principal Investigator, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE Study)

Keynote address: “The Health and Social Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences Throughout the Lifespan”

Register by February 15^th and save!

For more information and to register, visit our website at: www.healthybraindevelopment.com.   NASW, CPS, CADC CEUs pending.

Questions?  Contact Sandy Moses, Lane County Health & Human Services,541-682-3650; or e-mail  sandy.moses@co.lane.or.us