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Members of the panel spoke on the benefits of TeenTalk, a program by Cos Cob-based Kids in Crisis that places trained counselors in area middle and high schools. These counselors provide a confidential support system for students dealing with the wide range of issues that arise in adolescence. Area town officials and school leaders attended the summit. Other panelists included Dr. Alan Barry, director of social services of Greenwich; Suzanne Koroshetz, principal of Brien McMahon High School; Stuart Adelberg, president, United Way of Greenwich; Dr. Jill Barron, president of the Connecticut Council of Child and adolsecent psyciatry and director of medical student education in psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; and Rudy Marconi, first selectman of the Town of Ridgefield. Area schools interested in introducing the TeenTalk program into their curriculum can contact Denise Qualey, managing director, crisis and clinical services at Kids in Crisis, at (203) 622-6556. Kids in Crisis is Connecticut’s only free, round-the-clock agency providing emergency shelter, crisis counseling and community educational programs for children of all ages and families dealing with a wide range of crises.
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