Arlene Weisz

WHAT:
"What's Happening in Youth Prevention? Lessons Learned from Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault," featuring Arlene Weisz, PhD, associate professor and director of the doctoral program at the Wayne State University School of Social Work

• The event is free and open to the public, and is approved for 1.5 social work continuing education hours.

WHEN:
Friday, Nov. 13, 1:30-3 p.m.

WHERE:
Community Arts Auditorium, 450 Reuther Mall, Wayne State University Main Campus, Detroit.

MORE INFO:
The School of Social Work is hosting several events throughout the 2009-2010 academic year commemorating its 75th anniversary including What's Happening in Youth Prevention? Lessons Learned from Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault.

Weisz, along with co-author Beverly M. Black, a former Wayne State University faculty member and the current director of the master's degree program in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington, developed the 300-page book Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence: Perspective on What Works over five years. They combined the results of interviews with 52 prevention educators with knowledge from research literature.

The discussion will offer information on the format and content used by successful teen dating violence and sexual assault prevention programs across the country. New trends in prevention programming for youth, as well as the major rewards and challenges revealed by the experienced practitioners will be shared.

Arlene Weisz has been a faculty member at Wayne State University since 1995. Prior to that, she spent time working as a psychotherapist in several different settings in Chicago. She completed her MSW and PhD degrees at Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently she is director of the doctoral program at Wayne State University's School of Social Work.

Registration Information: Call 313-577-4464.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research university offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 31,000 students.