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Superior

Court Judge Christopher C. Edwards will host a panel

workshop for parents on how to detect and prevent

criminal behavior in children and teens.

The

discussion is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Thursday, June 10,

at the Fayette County Administrative Complex meeting room

(suite 212) at the corner of Ga. highways 54 and 85 in

Fayetteville.

"This

is not to be a general discussion of juvenile crime. We

have enough of that," said Edwards. "These

professionals will instead offer various specific

instructions in how to predict, detect and prevent our

children from going wrong. The focus is on various

specific how-to's."

Joining

Edwards on the panel will be school psychologist Luanne

Moore, juvenile detective Sgt. Roland Floyd, drug abuse

prevention specialist Charla Reese of McIntosh Prevention

Services, and a representative of the state's Department

of Correction trained and experienced in juvenile crime.

"Of

course, this workshop cannot address specific legal cases

and is not intended as a substitute for individualized

professional mental health services," said Edwards.

"It is intended to educate parents on what is going

on in their children's world and, specifically, how to

guard against it."

The panel

has also created a written list of specific suggestions

parents can use which will be provided at no charge.

"Parents

need very specific advice," said Edwards. "For

example, parents must make it a routine practice to speak

in detail with the parents of their children's friends to

know who the friends' parents are. This creates

accountability and prevents heartache.

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