Montgomery County Department of Drug and Alcohol and Montgomery County Community College’s Student Support & Referral Team in conjunction with The Council on Compulsive Gambling of PA will present a free educational workshop on the topic of Problem Gambling and the College Population on Thursday, May 10, 2012 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Blue Bell Campus Advanced Technology Center Room 101 with video-conferencing to the Pottstown Campus South Hall Room 213.
Guest Speaker - Joanna Franklin, MS, NCGC II
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will review and discuss the definitions of Gamblers and typology, the DSM IV and V criteria for Pathological Gambling
- Participants will be able to discuss prevalence rates among young adults and teens for problem and pathological Gambling
- Participants will be able to list important research findings on adolescent gamblers and college student gamblers
Target Audience: COLLEGE FACULTY, ADMINISTRATORS, COUNSELORS, COLLEGE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, STUDENTS, and DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
To register for this free workshop, please e-mail elaffert@montcopa.org or call: Eileen Lafferty, 610-278-3538
Directions to MCCC available at website: www.mc3.edu
Hope to see you,
Grace Spena, RN, MSN
Director of Health & Wellness Initiatives
gspena@mc3.edu