FREE Gang Prevention Training

At Seattle University

Contact:  Tanya Kim at 206-386-1189 ortanya.kim@seattle.gov

Registration at Brown Paper Tickets begins on July 5th

The Seattle King County Gang Prevention and Outreach Work Groupwill host a training on gang prevention.  Our presenter will be Dr. James Garbarino, author of Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save them and See Jane Hit, Children in Danger: Raising Children In a Socially Toxic Environment, Parents Under Siege: Why You Are the Solution, Not the Problem, in Your Child’s Life, and other books and articles.

Dr. Garbarino is a well known psychologist, researcher and speaker on issues of youth at- risk and prevention strategies.  He currently is a professor at Loyola University in Chicago and has done much research on what makes youth at-risk and how to prevent at-risk behaviors.  He is a past president of the Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development and has been involved with programs addressing child abuse, clergy abuse, National Black Child Development Institute and National Institute of Mental Health.

We are also proud to feature a community presentation of youth and service providers from around the Northwest who will discuss their own use of or participation in evidence-based strategies to help prevent youth from being at-risk for legal involvement, school failure and gang involvement.

You will leave this training with new information about recognizing risk factors and proven gang prevention strategies.  The training will be helpful to those working with or interested in working with youth and their families in social service and education settings.  This event is funded by a Juvenile Accountability Block Grant.