Join IHR for our upcoming Lunch and Learn Community Conversations in the Southeast Region of Massachusetts
We are hosting a series of four independent Lunch and Learn Community Conversations. Each conversation is standalone and does not require attending the others, so please feel free to register for as many as you are able to attend.
Each conversation will include lunch, information, and an open discussion.
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Dates and Conversation Titles:
December 1: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Breaking Community Barriers and Growing Understanding
December 8: Beyond the Diagnosis: Women's Treatment and Recovery Journeys
December 15: Forging New Trails: Honoring Unique Pathways in Parenting and Recovery
December 22: Trauma and Addiction: What’s the Connection
Audience:
This is open to both community members and providers in the Southeast region.
Participants who attend all conversations will recieve a gift card.
Location:
Brockton Neighbor Health Center
21 Main Street Brockton, MA
Session Information:
December 1
Title: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Breaking Community Barriers and Growing Understanding
Trainer: Reuben Kittrell, FASD Services Coordinator
- Description: FASD is very common yet underdiscussed. This lunch and learn will provide participants with important foundational information about this disability, its associated characteristics, and general impacts on the individual, the family, and society. Additionally, we will use this time to encourage participants to share their experience, ask questions, and collectively address how FASD fits within our communities.
December 8
Title: Beyond the Diagnosis: Women's Treatment and Recovery Journeys.
Trainers: Cara Slaby, MSW, LICSW Program Manager of Parenting Services and Erica Streit-Kaplan, MSW, MPH Parent–Child Specialist
- Description: Come join us for an inviting conversation in which we explore women’s experiences in treatment and recovery across time. Together we will review past barriers for women, honor progress made, and continue to build relational, healing communities for all women.
December 15
Title: Forging New Trails: Honoring Unique Pathways in Parenting and Recovery
- Description: Our presenters will highlight and honor the unique journeys of parenting in recovery and explore how stigma creates hidden roadblocks to navigate. Together, we will talk through the ways our community collective can be the trail partners to help families safely carve their own paths.
December 22
Title: Trauma and Addiction: What’s the Connection
- Description: This session explores the complex relationship between trauma and addiction, including how traumatic experiences can increase reliance on substance use as a way of coping with emotional pain, distress, and other trauma-related symptoms. Participants will examine how stigma surrounding both trauma and substance use disorders can create barriers to recovery, and access to compassionate care. The training will highlight practical strategies that support recovery by reducing stigma, increasing awareness, and fostering trauma-responsive approaches that promote dignity, connection, and recovery.
Please note: IHR will be hosting Lunch and Learn Community Conversations throughout Massachusetts. Stay tuned for more upcoming region specific dates!