NEW! COMING FALL 2009!
"RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE:
INHALANTS PREVENTION FOR PARENTS"
Especially designed for parents of elementary through
middle school students
.
MARILYN GRIFONI BELMONTE
Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist
Drug Abuse Recognition Specialist
Burlington Drug & Alcohol Task Force, Co-Chairperson

"You share a lot of good information and are very knowledgeable in your area – thank you!"
Sue Blaney, Author of Please Stop the Rollercoaster! How Parents of Teenagers
Can Smooth Out the Ride

"Your presentation fit very well into the Norfolk School Partnership's focus on substance
abuse prevention. We are always looking for new and exciting programs that will further
schools' efforts to decrease substance abuse among their students.  I am confident that
hearing you speak last month provided many educators in attendance with new information
that they can use to help their students make healthy choices."
Michael P. Jackman, Norfolk County District Attorney's Office

"Thank you so much for your wonderful presentation.  Everyone was so appreciative of your
knowledge and expertise.  I believe that you competently accomplished what I had hoped you
would:  you broke through the denial and gave people very concrete
signs to observe.  We are all very grateful."
Ellie Griffin, Director of Health & Counseling Services, Milford Academy, Milford MA

"There is something positive parents and other concerned residents can do: attend the next
Citizens Drug Recognition Academy.  I attended last November, and the presenter, Marilyn
Belmonte, is a dynamic and informed speaker who may not tell you what you want to hear but
will tell you what you need to hear. It’s never too early to learn,
so don’t think you have to wait until your children are in high school!"
 
Susan Craig-Gerson, Letter to the Editor, Melrose Free Press

"My daycare providers were telling me about a speaker they heard last night.  They were so
impressed and said they learned SO much. The speaker was so great that the time flew by and
the information they learned was just amazing.  They look forward to the next time!!!  Marilyn,
they were talking about you and your presentation.  I just thought you would like to know.  It’s
always great to hear good things about the work that you do and I know that what you do is
very important to many people."  
Pamela S. Milman, Esq.,
Education Consulting, Advocacy & Legal Services, Lynnfield MA

"
A captivating, informative, dynamic presentation on a variety of drugs affecting our culture
and our teens; every high school and community needs this presentation to correct
misinformation being given over the internet to our kids."
Sandy DiVincenzo, School Counselor, Chelmsford High School, Chelmsford MA
DRUG ABUSE
RECOGNITION
FOR
COMMUNITIES
SPECIALIZED PRESENTATIONS
FOR YOUTH PROFESSIONALS, MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS & PARENTS
ON DRUG ABUSE
AND
UNDERAGE DRINKING
"Reducing Drug Abuse Through Recognition
And Community Awareness"

ABBOTT NEUROSCIENCE mini-grant award
to print “Empowering Parents To Talk About Drugs”
 
This prevention partnership is to raise awareness about prescription    
drug abuse, safeguard the home and increase parent-teen conversation
skills about substance abuse.
December 2008

"Service To Science" Nomination
by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Bureau of Substance Abuse Services
to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA)
March 2008

"ALL-STAR" National Award Winner
Cough Medicine Abuse Prevention Award
Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA)
February 2008

Author of Screening Assessment Of A Student For Suspected
Drug or Alcohol Use In School
(Exhibit 14-7)
Published in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's           
"Comprehensive School Health Manual"
Revised 2007

"Citizenship in Action" Certificate of Recognition
Project Alliance
Office of Middlesex County District Attorney, Martha Coakley
Middlesex Partnerships for Youth, Inc., Mary Sullivan
October 6, 2006
"Marilyn Belmonte’s mind-
blowing information aids
adults in recognizing what
their children are exposed to
on a daily basis.
‘Amazing awareness’ is the
best way to describe it.”
-Pat Mooney, Tewksbury
CARES,
Tewksbury Advocate,
January 23, 2008
Marilyn Grifoni Belmonte
Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist
Program Director, Certified Instructor

Phone:
781-572-1478
Email:
Marilyn@DrugAbuseRecognition.com
Co-chairs
Charlie Franich
and Marilyn
Belmonte in
2008, when the
Burlington Drug
& Alcohol Task
Force
celebrated its
25th year
reducing youth
substance
abuse with a
new logo!
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