This webinar for parents/families of 10 to 18 year olds will focus on:

• helping parents/families delay adolescents introduction to alcohol
• share latest research on impact of alcohol, and why it impacts young people so badly
• provide simple but practical advice, to help stall teenage alcohol use.

Expert speakers:

Paul McLoughlin

Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Family Therapist,

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, HSE

Kathy Ann Fox

Kathy Ann Fox has a background in health science and health promotion, with a research focus on adolescent health and risk behaviours. She recently completed her PhD in NUI Galway, on the topic of alcohol-related social norms and their relationship with alcohol use during early and middle adolescence. She investigated how adolescents’ perceived peer and parental norms change during this time-period, alongside changes in drinking behaviours, and will share some of her key findings.