Event Co-Sponsored by Franklin & Medway Public Schools, Norfolk County DA and Reps. Jeff Roy and Shawn Dooley
Dr. Ruth Potee will speak at Franklin High School, 218 Oak Street, Franklin, Mass. on March 16 at 7 p.m. The event is being co-sponsored by the Public Schools of Franklin and Medway, Mike Morrissey and the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office, the Offices of Representative Jeffrey N. Roy (10th Norfolk District) and Shawn Dooley (9th Norfolk District). Additional co-sponsors are expected. We are very pleased to bring this presentation by Dr. Ruth Potee to our communities and urge everyone to attend!
About our speaker: Dr. Potee is a Greenfield MA physician and chair of the Healthcare Solutions Committee of the Franklin County/North Quabbin Opioid Task Force. She will speak at this community forum on brain development and risk taking behavior.
Dr. Potee’s expertise in adolescent brain development and its impact on teenage risk taking, including alcohol and substance use, has been featured nationally in 2014 and 2015. She blends scientific research with a hands-on understanding of the challenges of raising healthy teens. She received the Community Clinical of the Year Award in 2015 from the Franklin District Medical Society, a part of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Dr. Potee is the school physician for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District (Towns of Leyden, Northfield, Warwick and Bernardstown, MA) and the medical director for the Franklin County House of Corrections.
Parents/guardians, grandparents, relatives and anyone who interacts with middle- and high school-aged students are urged to attend. Attendees will gain insight into how the teen brain develops and functions, and how to apply this knowledge in daily interactions with teens.
For more information, please email info@safecoalitionma.com
These event are open to all residents.
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March, 2017
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