Symposium Registration! By Bob Stutman Web Sessions Are Still Available The “insider’s view” into how you do it all and make it look easy is priceless! – Kathy Speedy Eugene, OR By Shaida Ghomi
Sept 2009 dealing with the potential use of drugs or alcohol by our kids. This disease, as with any other, does not get better by pretending it isn’t there. Parents must do their absolute best to make sure their child, when confronted with the choice to try drugs (at average age of 12 years 3 months in the U.S.) has been trained to deal with that choice. How important is parent involvement? The single most accurate indicator of whether or not your child will have a drug/alcohol problem is: The number of times a week the family has dinner together. Given that, can you look at yourself in the mirror and say, “I’ve done the best I can” or can you do better? Bob Stutman was a DEA agent for 25 years, five of which he worked under- cover. He had a contract placed on his life by the Colombian Cartel that lasted two years. For the last six years of his career, he headed the New York office of the DEA, the world’s largest. Bob has appeared on hundreds of televi- sion shows, including Oprah, a number of times. He has been a drug consul- tant for both CBS and PBS News. His autobiography, “Dead on Delivery” was published by Warner Books and was the basis for the television movie “Mob Justice.” He has also been a drug consultant on a number of films. Bob delivers approximately 100 presenta- tions each year, providing programs to corporations, colleges and schools. He also works with thousands of students across the country. The three words that I hear all too often after a Seattle Study Club pre- sentation (and all presentations) from attendees are “not my kid.” I will then be given all of the reasons why my presen- tation was interesting but “thank God it doesn’t refer to our family.” In many cases that statement may be accurate, but unfortunately in too many cases it is just denial. Last year death by drug overdose (the vast majority prescription drugs) was the second leading cause of death by accident in the U.S.; second only to automobile accidents. In many loca- tions in the U.S. more kids are abusing prescription drugs than smoking mari- juana. Who among us ever thought that marijuana would be the second illegal drug of choice? The scariest part about prescription drug abuse is the source of supplies for kids. No longer is a dope peddler required, these drugs come from their own home medicine chests. We are now facing a situation in our country where parents, unbeknownst to themselves, are actually the drug suppliers. I have dealt with dozens of families who have had children die from drug overdose. These kids are usually bright, middle and upper income kids who thought they could handle drugs but couldn’t. They are very often children with above average intelligence who go to “nice” suburban schools or private schools and have parents who care but have never dealt with the issue of sub- stance abuse. Parental involvement is crucial in NOT MY KID! By Bob Stutman Symposium Registration! By now everyone should have received their 2010 Symposium brochures (one for each club member). We are quite proud of Janell’s design and we trust you will be able to place this beautiful brochure in your members’ hands no later than the end of September. Registration is now open, and may be accomplished by phone, fax, mail or by using the secure form at www. seattlestudyclub.com. The 2010 clinical program has as its focus overcoming the chal- lenges of real-world den- tistry. With an impressive speaker line-up, the clini- cal sessions will be filled with tips and techniques that can be used chair- side the first day back in the office. The corresponding non-clinical program ad- dresses a wide variety of life’s challenges and of- fers resources and tools to meet them. Although the non-clinical program is primarily designed for spouses, Coordinators will find much to appre- ciate in this education- packed program.
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Sept 2009
dealing with the potential use of drugs or alcohol by our kids. This disease, as with any other, does not get better by pretending it isn’t there. Parents must do their absolute best to make sure their child, when confronted with the choice to try drugs (at average age of 12 years 3 months in the U.S.) has been trained to deal with that choice.
How important is parent involvement? The single most accurate indicator of whether or not your child will have a drug/alcohol problem is: The number of times a week the family has dinner together.
Given that, can you look at yourself in the mirror and say, “I’ve done the best I can” or can you do better?
Bob Stutman was a DEA agent for 25 years, five of which he worked under-cover. He had a contract placed on his life by the Colombian Cartel that lasted two years. For the last six years of his career, he headed the New York office of the DEA, the world’s largest. Bob has appeared on hundreds of televi-sion shows, including Oprah, a number of times. He has been a drug consul-tant for both CBS and PBS News. His autobiography, “Dead on Delivery” was published by Warner Books and was the basis for the television movie “Mob Justice.” He has also been a drug consultant on a number of films. Bob delivers approximately 100 presenta-tions each year, providing programs tocorporations, colleges and schools. He also works with thousands of students across the country.
The three words that I hear all too often after a Seattle Study Club pre-sentation (and all presentations) from attendees are “not my kid.” I will then be given all of the reasons why my presen-tation was interesting but “thank God it doesn’t refer to our family.” In many cases that statement may be accurate, but unfortunately in too many cases it is just denial.
Last year death by drug overdose (the vast majority prescription drugs) was the second leading cause of death by accident in the U.S.; second only to automobile accidents. In many loca-tions in the U.S. more kids are abusing prescription drugs than smoking mari-juana. Who among us ever thought that marijuana would be the second illegal drug of choice? The scariest part about prescription drug abuse is the source of supplies for kids. No longer is a dope peddler required, these drugs come from their own home medicine chests. We are now facing a situation in our country where parents, unbeknownst to themselves, are actually the drug suppliers.
I have dealt with dozens of families who have had children die from drug overdose. These kids are usually bright, middle and upper income kids who thought they could handle drugs but couldn’t. They are very often children with above average intelligence who go to “nice” suburban schools or private schools and have parents who care but have never dealt with the issue of sub-stance abuse.
Parental involvement is crucial in
NOT MY KID!By Bob Stutman
Symposium Registration! By now everyone
should have received their 2010 Symposium brochures (one for each club member). We are quite proud of Janell’s design and we trust you will be able to place this beautiful brochure in your members’ hands no later than the end of September. Registration is now open, and may be accomplished by phone, fax, mail or by using the secure form at www.seattlestudyclub.com.
The 2010 clinical program has as its focus overcoming the chal-lenges of real-world den-tistry. With an impressive speaker line-up, the clini-cal sessions will be filled with tips and techniques that can be used chair-side the first day back in the office.
The corresponding non-clinical program ad-dresses a wide variety of life’s challenges and of-fers resources and tools to meet them. Although the non-clinical program is primarily designed for spouses, Coordinators will find much to appre-ciate in this education-packed program.
Web SessionsAre Still AvailableIf you’ve been trying to come
up with a way to enhance your program without breaking the bank you may want to con-sider taking part in one of the SSC web sessions. This is a great way to deliver a tal-ented and interesting speaker to your membership without paying a large honorarium or travel expenses.
There are still some spaces in a few of the sessions, in-cluding Bob Stutman, featured on the front of this newsletter on October 8, 6:30 Central and April 22, 6:30 Pacific.
Dr. Gerard Chiche has a few openings discussing all-ceramic systems on November 17, 6:30 Eastern and March 16 at 6:30 Pacific. If you are in the central time zone and looking for treatment planning Dr. Bill Robbins has an opening in his two part series on March 23 and May 11, both at 6:30 Cen-tral. Dr. David Garber will also be presenting on tooth prepa-ration for porcelain laminate veneers on November 10 at 6:30 Pacific and Tim Twigg will talk about important employ-ment law issues for dentists on February 16 at 6:30 Pacific.
For additional details or to sign up for one of these or other web sessions call one of the SSC sherpas.
Coordinators Conference: It’s a Wrap! By Shaida Ghomi
Judging from the following com-ments we received from Coordi-nators, the 2009 Seattle Study Club Coordinators Conference was a smashing success! In ad-dition to informative presentations from our outstanding panel of speakers, Dr. Jerry Teplitz, Ms. Laura Jamison, Mr. Nate Booth and former DEA agent, Mr. Bob Stutman, the meeting was filled with opportunities for peer-to-peer learning in interactive sessions and “hands-on” workshops. Co-ordinators also received the first-ever Seattle Study Club “Events Guidebook.” This book contains helpful tips to use when planning your event, and is based on the SSC sherpas’ years of experi-ence. Recognizing this book to be an invaluable tool, we decided to ship one to every study club in the network. Be sure to keep an eye out for yours!
The “insider’s view” into how you do it all and make it look easy is priceless!
– Kathy SpeedyEugene, OR
2010 Directors SummitPlease mark your Director’s calendar now for Directors Summit 2010 from July 16-17 at the Ritz-Carlton
Dallas, Texas. Your Director should plan on arriving Thursday evening (July 15th) and checking out on Sun-day morning the 18th. Cain, Watters & Associates is also offering the opportunity to take advantage of a 20-30 minute free consultation to provide answers to personal financial questions. These will take place on Wednesday afternoon the 14th and Sunday morning the 18th. There will also be some limited consultation time available during the meeting. Advance sign-up will be necessary and more information on this will follow. A special SSC room rate has been negotiated at $195 per night in one of the nicest Ritz hotels in the country. Directors that did not attend the 2009 meeting should make plans to attend this next meeting. Those Direc-tors that did attend will be able to look forward to another great and very productive meeting.
2010 Coordinators ConferenceWe are pleased to announce that the 2010 Coordinators Confer-
ence will be held at the historic Fairmont Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle, Washington from May 13-15, 2010. Our conference room rate for the hotel is $199 per night. Plan to arrive on Wednesday the 12th and depart on Sunday the 16th. For reservations call 800.441.1414. More details will follow after the first of the year.
SSC presentations on logis-tics, A/V and negotiations have already been put to use with a recent meeting that received rave reviews from the speaker and participants. My favorite part of the meeting was when SSC staff spoke on their specific jobs and how their knowledge can help us plan our meetings. I am on my fifth year as coordinator and dis-covered I still have a lot to learn.
– Fredi BensdorfBuffalo Grove, IL
I have attended many different conferences, but never anything like this. I take a lot of pride in our club and was so glad to meet oth-er coordinators that feel the same. I came home with so many ideas I don’t know where to begin.
– Katrina HardyDaytona Beach, FL
I think this conference is very valuable and I wish every Coordi-nator had to come at least once. We learn as much from each other as from SSC here!
