Drugs, Alcohol, and Independent Schools: A New Look at A Confounding Problem
October 23rd, 2010 by Varghese AlexanderHealth, Wellness, and Residential Life (HWRL) Program November 3 at 8PM.
Drugs, Alcohol, and Independent Schools: A New Look at A Confounding Problem
“My son Jeff is a heroin addict. He wasn’t born this way, or maybe he was and the addiction was there, hiding all through his childhood years. That’s the thing with addiction. No one knows the cause.” It’s difficult to overlook the opening lines of this article by Libby Catladi, former Head of The Calverton School for seventeen years (1987-2004), author, mother, wife, and Board member to the International School of Florence. The article will be the focal point of a guided, small discussion for our residential community November 3 at 8PM. Her words are a first-hand account of one family’s struggle with addiction; the shame, secrets, stigma and silence associated with alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and abuse, and how schools might be of support to students, families, and faculty. We are asking students and parents of Asheville School to use the link provided above to print out a copy of the article and discuss with their children. Ms. Cataldi’s book Stay Close: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction (2009, St. Martin’s Press) is available from the Asheville School library.
Click on Website that follows for article: http://www.nais.org/publications/ismagazinearticle.cfm?Itemnumber=153686&sn.ItemNumber=145956
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