Great Presenters: Jason Verhoosky

April 2, 2024 - "Building Comfort with Uncomfortable Conversations: A Conversation for Parents"
We often face situations in life where we have to have uncomfortable conversations with our children, family, friends and beyond. Discussing sensitive topics, setting clear boundaries, addressing expectations; these are all things that can come with stress and discomfort. Building capacity and developing tools and tactics to address these conversations head on, with goals, grace and compassion is what we aim for.
Join Jason Verhoosky | Director of Youth & Family Services, for an evening of conversation, interactive experiences and community.
Jason will lead the group in interactive communication exercises, answer questions and provide you with new tools and perspectives to help find comfort in these challenging times.
Jason Verhoosky is the Director of Youth & Family Services for the Town of Wayland. Jason started their career working for the Department of Social Services as a counselor in a short-term adolescent residential treatment program. While working with youth they developed a passion for providing substance abuse education and implementing harm reduction methods in response to youth drug use. Jason has worked in the field of youth development since 2001 and has focused on substance abuse prevention since 2008. Jason has worked as a regional and national trainer for The Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, The Office of National Drug Control Policy and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration. In addition to substance prevention work, Jason is passionate about communication strategies, healthy relationships and reducing stigma.
When Jason is not working with youth and communities, you can normally find them playing music somewhere in New England, spending all the time with their children, growing food or hiking with their dog Stella Blue and wonder cats Simon & Garfunkel.