(July 19, 2024) – The Kansas Children's Service League has announced free training through the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children. The Drug Endangered Children Academy 101 training is open to anyone who works with or impacts children or who wants to learn more. Children are impacted daily by their parent's or caregivers' substance misuse. Often, these children are the first impacted and the last to be identified and receive services. The DEC Academy 101 will provide foundational knowledge about how drug-endangered children are affected every day and everyone's role in identifying and helping them. DEC Academy 101 sessions are from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on the following dates:
- Aug. 15 – Orientation
- Aug. 20 – DEC Awareness
- Aug. 22 – DEC Approach
- Aug. 27 – Intersection of DEC and Human Trafficking
- Aug. 29 – Marijuana: The Danger Remains
- Sept. 3 – Drugs: What's impacting our children today?
--Karen Braman