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13 Jan

2020

Yancey County, last session of 2019!

January 13, 2020
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We wrapped up our Powerful Communities sessions this week (12-16-2019). Our session was powerful because of the panel guests that joined us. The panel consisted of two sisters who had high ACE scores based on their childhood experiences. They had experienced substance abuse in the home, neglect, foster care, and more. They were both open..

13 Jan

2020

Parent session discussing arning signs in their youth

Yancey County sessions 2 & 3

January 13, 2020
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This week (12-9-2019) we combined sessions 2 and 3 of the Powerful Communities curriculum. These lessons focused on the brain and how it is affected by substances – specifically opioids, and how these substances can change our behaviors. The youth learned more about opioids and the brain with hands-on activities like building a brain from..