HEC/News-Announcements

The Higher Education Center is pleased to make the following announcements:

1) Online Roundtable Discussion: FERPA, HIPAA and Your Health Center: Get the Facts!

Nuesoft Technoligies, Inc., is offering online roundtables on the subject of FERPA and HIPAA on December 9, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The featured presenter and chair will be LeRoy Rooker from the U.S. Department of Education.

For more information and registration, please visit the Online Roundtable Discussions section of the Nuesoft Web site: http://www.nuesoftxpress.com/services/roundtables.html.

2) NIAAA VideoConference Series: Adolescent Development and Alcohol Use

NIAAA has scheduled a VideoConference Presentation entitled Adolescent Development and Alcohol Use. The videoconference is scheduled for Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

The presenters are two of NIAAA's experts on underage drinking research: Dr. Vivian Faden, Deputy Director of NIAAA's Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, and Dr. Patricia Powell, Chief of NIAAA's Scientific Policy Branch.

Drs. Faden and Powell will cover a wide range of areas related to adolescence and alcohol: statistics, neuroscience, growth and development, influence of peers and parents, cultural and behavioral milestones in adolescence, and societal influences, among other issues. They will outline the "state of the science" in this area and how this pertinent information can be used by educators, counselors, community leaders, and parents when addressing this issue with today's youth. A Q&A session will follow.

To access the upcoming presentation and Q&A session, please follow these three simple steps:

At 2:00 pm on December 9, please call the toll-free conference line at 800-369-1707. The passcode for the conference is 6207. An operator will register you and put you on hold. Please keep this line open during the presentation as it will be used for the Q&A session immediately afterward.

Once you have registered with the conference operator, visit https://webmeeting.nih.gov/adolescent/ to view the presentation and slideshow, which will begin at 2:05. Please note that the audio for this presentation will be heard through your computer speakers, not the telephone line, so please make sure your speaker volume is sufficient.

At the conclusion of the presentation, the operator will automatically take the callers off hold and begin to accept questions for the Q&A session. All callers will be able to hear all the questions and the responses from Drs. Faden and Powell.

If you have any questions, please contact Fred Donodeo at fdonodeo@mail.nih.gov.

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The Higher Education Center news service (HEC/News) is provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention as a way to disseminate news and information related to alcohol and other drug abuse and violence prevention on campus and in surrounding communities. Through its Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the Department funds the Center under contract number ED-04-CO-0137. The contracting officer's representative is Tara Hill. The content of HEC/News does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.

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