Building Bridges to Long-Term Recovery - Teleconference

Providing recovery support to teens presents some challenges -- to pick one example, it's not always a great idea to send teens to adult-focused AA or NA groups, not least because the teens themselves may not feel at home there.  But getting a teen-specific recovery group going can be hard going.
Fortunately, here's an upcoming opportunity to tap experts for insights on this: Faces & Voices of Recovery is sponsoring four one-hour "recovery advocacy" teleconferences in 2009, and the first one's coming right up on June 30th, at 3 pm EST / 9 am PST.

It's called "Building Bridges to Long-Term Recovery." Though not specifically focused on teens, it's described as "an opportunity to better understand the differences and relationships between mutual support groups; peer and other recovery support services and clinical treatment services and how to fit the pieces together to make it possible for people to sustain their recovery."
Speakers include Beverly Haberle (Pennsylvania Recovery Organization – Achieving Community Together [PRO-ACT]), Phillip Valentine (Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery [CCAR]), and William White (Chestnut Health Systems).