The U.S. Department of Education's Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, the Harvard School of Public Health, the Los Angeles-based Prevention Institute and the Education Development Center of Newton, Mass., will sponsor, "The Three R's to Dealing with Trauma in Schools: Readiness, Response and Recovery," a live satellite television and Web cast training session to help viewers of all backgrounds understand the benefits of mental health services in schools and the importance of incorporating mental health into school safety plans.

The show will air on Tuesday, April 23, 2002, from 12:30-3:30 p.m. EDT, and will be viewed by participants at downlink sites throughout the United States. The downlink sites are in Anchorage, Alaska; Birmingham and Montgomery, Ala.; Little Rock, Ark.; Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Salinas, Sacramento and San Francisco, Calif.; Denver; Washington, D.C.; Jacksonville and St. Petersburg, Fla.; Des Moines, Iowa; Chicago; Indianapolis and Elkhart, Ind.; Louisville, Ky.; Baton Rouge, La.; Baltimore; Boston and Worcester, Mass.; Detroit; Minneapolis; Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo.; Bridgeton, New Brunswick and Paramus, N.J.; Albuquerque, N.M.; New York City and Greater Utica, N.Y.; Greensboro, N.C.; Cleveland; Oklahoma City; Pittsburgh; Providence, R.I.; Nashville, Tenn.; Austin and Ft. Worth, Texas; and Salt Lake City. A list of addresses and contacts for downlink sites is available at: http://www.walcoff.com/cgi-bin/prevention/facil_site_list.cgi

The presentation will spotlight elements of mental health services related to trauma as well as promising school-based models for readiness, response and recovery.

Deborah Prothrow-Stith, director and professor of the Division of Public Health Practice at the Harvard School of Public Health and Larry Cohen, executive director of the Prevention Institute in Oakland, Calif., are leading the project.

Eric Andell, a former juvenile court judge and advisor to U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, will moderate the broadcast. It will include in-studio discussions with experts, including: Marleen Wong, director of mental health services for Los Angeles Unified School District; Mark Weist, director of the Center for School Mental Health Assistance and associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine; Robin Gurwitch, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Alan Steinberg, director of research, Trauma Psychiatry Program, UCLA School of Medicine and associate director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Los Angeles; Pamela Cantor, founder and president, Children's Mental Health Alliance, New York City; Deborah Prothrow-Stith, and Bill Modzeleski, director, Safe and Drug Free Schools Program. Practitioners, members of the community, parents and youths as well as pre-produced video segments highlighting model programs will also be featured.

For general information about the broadcast, visit: www.walcoff.com/prevention.

To view the broadcast live or via archives on the Web, visit: http://www.walcoff.com/prevention/view_web.html

Members of the Washington area news media may also view the live broadcast at ED's headquarters, 400 Maryland Ave., SW, in Room 3C100. Call the contact listed above to gain access. The downlink coordinates are: C Band satellite, Galaxy 3, Transponder 7.

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