Posts tagged “Youth Treatment”
HAS to Sponsor talk by Dr. Luis Zayas
HAS is excited to co-sponsor a talk by Dr. Luis Zayas, Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor of Social Work / Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Zayas will be discussing his recent book, Latinas Attempting Suicide, which explores the sociocultural and developmental processes that influence suicidal behavior among adolescent Latinas. The … [Read More…]
Helen C. Peirce School Supports HAS with Bake Sale
On June 9, 2011, HAS CEO Marco Jacome and Youth Treatment Manager Julia Romero visited Edgewater’s Helen C. Peirce School of International Studies to talk about the importance of avoiding drugs and alcohol—and to thank Spanish teacher Maria Roche and her class for their support. Earlier in the year, Ms. Roche’s class completed a research … [Read More…]
HAS Youth Treatment Program Featured in La Raza
The HAS Youth Treatment Program and its manager, Julia Romero, are profiled in La Raza’s feature article for May 21, 2011. The article, “Jovenes en las Garras del Alcohol” (Youth in Alcohol’s Clutch), is available here.
Melva Q., Youth Treatment

Melva Q used to think that alcohol use—sometimes heavy alcohol use—was a normal teenage pastime, just another way to have fun. “I was going to parties all the time,†she says. “I thought I was just enjoying life, living it to the fullest.†That changed in 2009 when Melva, then seventeen, was charged with underage … [Read More…]