Red flags for substance abuse

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Teenagers that are beginning the experimentation with substances or may have already become addicted, usually give us clues if we are alert to it. Most notably there is a decrease in grades. Also, a big change in terms of the peer group that they are becoming involved with. In my experience, when I was a school psychologist, used to pick up a guidance folder. I had a student who was a very strong student, and suddenly the grades dropped. I would ask that student, "What are you taking?" They would look at me shocked that I would ask them and make that diagnosis. Those are the two major correlations. If a child is sleeping, if a child appears easily agitated, if the child's grades drop precipitously, and if there is a big change in their social environment. Those are all red flags that we are probably in the field of experimentation.

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Lee Hausner, PhD

Clinical Psychologist & Author

Dr. Lee Hausner is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, business consultant and family wealth advisor. She served as the senior psychologist for the Beverly Hills Unified School District for 19 years. She is currently the Senior Managing Director for First Foundation Advisors. An acknowledged expert on psychological issues involving wealth and wealth transfer, she was a presenter at the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, and is a frequent participant at the high wealth/private client conferences for major financial institutions. She is a frequent guest on national radio and television and a quoted expert in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Times, Forbes, Fortune, Privilege, Town and Country and Worth Magazine.

Dr. Hausner is the co-author with Doug Freeman of A Founder's Guide to the Family Foundation, published by the Council on Foundations and is the author of the seminal work regarding wealth and the family; Children of Paradise: Successful Parenting for Prosperous Families. In addition, Dr. Hausner incorporated her unique six-step transition model for succession in family business in the critically acclaimed family business resource book Hats Off to You 2: Balancing Roles and Creating Success in Family Business, of which she was a co-author.

Dr. Hausner is a graduate of Northwestern University (BA, Psychology), San Francisco State University (MA, Psychology), and Kensington University (PhD, Psychology).

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