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How can adults support children in making healthy choices? Dynamic, thoughtful, honest, and smart--Jeanne Blake's evidence-based multimedia presentations give you strategies that enhance your skills.

Through multimedia presentations, Jeanne Blake, the creator of "Words Can Work", shows how even the most resilient of children need to be able to talk about their worries and concerns. Otherwise, they may internalize emotions and act out in violence such as bullying or self-harm, self-medicate with alcohol or other drugs, or show increased anger, anxiety, and depression. This powerful, multimedia presentation offers information, communication strategies, and the latest research about how to support kids in making lifesaving connections and healthy choices.

Blake has brought her expertise and knowledge to professionals and parents through speaking engagements nationwide. She has appeared twice on Oprah and on The Today Show, Christina,and CNN's American Morning and her work has been featured on NPR and Bloomberg Radio. Jeanne Blake is an award-winning medical journalist. "Words Can Work" is produced with advisors from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Harvard Medical School. Blake is an affiliated faculty member at Harvard Medical School's Division on Addictions and a trustee at McLean Hospital, Harvard's largest psychiatric facility. 

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