Know What to Look For

There are two more electronic seminar opportunities scheduled during 2007 by the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center, described below. 

 (To access recordings of past electronic seminars, go to:  http://www.udetc.org/audioconfpast.asp

 

National Electronic Seminars Schedule

November 15, 2007 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time

Social Host

State and local communities across the nation are working to implement statutes and ordinances that address the complex issues surrounding underage drinking. One of the most progressive approaches adopted involves strategies surrounding the issue of social hosting or people who provide the setting for gathering of underage drinkers. While the problems are quite similar, the strategies adopted by the various communities widely differ. This session will explore the differences between criminal strategies and civil strategies, and examine how effective each approach has been in the various adopting jurisdictions. Listeners will have the opportunity to question presenters on their initiatives and ask if you could do it all again would you take the same approach.

December 18, 2007 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time

Parental Involvement in Preventing Underage Drinking

Alcohol is a drug. Alcohol is also the number one drug of choice for teens. Clearly, parents can play a vital and proactive role in addressing underage drinking. Too often underage drinking is discounted as a "right of passage. Parents can be effective in reducing the use of alcohol by youth under 21 by using a number of environmental strategies, such as preventing access of alcohol to youth, creating clear, consistent no-use messages, as well as partnering with local and state key stakeholders to address the issues related to underage drinking. The presenters on the call will share resources and effective strategies that can be duplicated in your community.

Board Chairman Jonathan Martin (left) presents a plaque of appreciation to Billy Ussery for Oglethorpe Power Corp's support of the Georgia Summit to Prevent Underage Drinking.

Board Chairman Jonathan Martin (left) presents a plaque of appreciation to Keith Tallmadge for Millennium Benefits Consulting's support of the Georgia Summit to Prevent Underage Drinking.

President and CEO Chuck Wade (right) presents a plaque of appreciation to Jonathan Martin for Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP's support of the Georgia Summit to Prevent Underage Drinking.

                                    

The Georgia Underage Drinking Prevention Initiative is funded by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Addictive Diseases, Office of Prevention Services and Programs in response to the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking.