2020 Northeast Nebraska Drug Symposium flyer

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8

SESSION 2

1:00 – 3:15 PM

Identifying Drug Endangered Children: A Collaborative Approach

DAVE CLOSSON, Director, Mid-America PTTC

STACEE READ, Director of DEC Network Development, National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children

ERIC NATION, Director of Training and Development, National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children

• The National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children defines drug endangered children as children who are at risk of suffering physical or emotional harm as a result of drug use, possession, manufacturing, cultivation or distribution. They may also be children whose caretaker’s substance misuse interferes with the caretaker’s ability to parent and provide a safe and nurturing environment.
• The primary challenge with drug endangered children is in identifying children at risk and coordinating the various systems and disciplines charged with intervening and providing services to these children and families.