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Event will be held at Naperville Country Club on Oct. 2

A tasting of culinary delights from the best restaurants and chefs in the western suburbs, featuring celebrity host David Kaplan.

Enjoy the cuisine of these great restauraunts:

- Casey's Foods
- Hugo's Frog Bar and Fish House
- Hyatt Regency Chicago
- Ivy
- Kuma's Asian Bistro
- Labriola Bakery Cafe
- Naperville Country Club
- Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus
- SugarToad
- Tasso's Greek Cuisine
- Vie
- Yerbabuena Mexican Cuisine
- Zak's Place

Tickets are $125. All proceeds from this event will provide charity care to help Chicago-area youth and their families who seek substance abuse treatment at Rosecrance.

Click here to purchase tickets online.

For for more information, call 815.387.5602 or email Rosecrance Senior Vice President of Development Lynne Vass.

CLIENTS EXPRESS STRUGGLES, TRIUMPHS AT 'ART OF HEALING'

Gallery part of Rockford Area Arts Council's Fall ArtScene

In honor of Mental Illness Awareness Week, Rosecrance and Barnes & Noble are sponsoring the "Art of Healing" art gallery this October at the bookstore at CherryVale Mall.

About 40 pieces of artwork will be on display beginning Oct. 1, the same day as the second annual Mental Health Fair in the mall.

An artists' reception will be held Friday, Oct. 14, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Barnes & Noble.

This reception is part of Rockford Area Arts Council's Fall ArtScene, which takes place Friday, Oct. 14, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 15, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

More events at Barnes & Noble from Oct. 1 to Oct. 16:
- Storytime for children on Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. and Oct. 14 at 7 p.m.
- A book fair in conjunction with ArtScene times, Friday, Oct. 14, through Sunday, Oct. 16. All sales that utilize the special book fair voucher will provide cash back to Rosecrance.
- Special displays of mental health, wellness and recovery-related books throughout the store from Oct. 1 through Oct. 16.

TRAINING: ETHICAL PRACTICE IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011

2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Rosecrance Berry Campus

8616 Northern Avenue, Rockford, IL 61107

Participants will learn:
- The differences between laws and ethics
- General ethical principles
- Common current ethical issues
- Ethics and clinical supervision
- Principles that support ethical practice

This course meets the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation requirement of three hours of training related to the ethical practice of social work for social worker license renewal. Presented by Betty Bartos, MS NCC LCPC.

Registration is $25 and includes three CEUs for social workers, counselors, LMFTs, IAODAPCA and three CPDUs for teachers.

Seating is limited. Click here to register online or call 815.332.8003 to register by phone.

TRAINING: WHAT CAN I SAY TO CONVINCE THEM TO QUIT?

Three event dates and locations:

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2011, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., in Wilmette, IL

Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., in Orland Park, IL

Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., in Oak Park, IL

Why is it so difficult to get a loved one to stop abusing drugs and alcohol? What can a parent do in advance to prevent serious problems?

This workshop is offered in various communities for family members and others who are concerned about a loved one's substance use and want answers to these and other questions.

Attendees will learn new ways of interacting with a loved one regarding their use of substances. Participants will hear a personal story of addiction and recovery; learn what to avoid when talking with a loved one who abuses drugs or alcohol; and connect with helpful resources for intervention and treatment.

The speaker is David Lee, co-founder of Intervention Services and Technologies.

Registration is free, but seating is limited. Click on one of the event dates above to register online, or call 815.387.5615 to register by phone.

ABOUT ROSECRANCE

Rosecrance is a private not-for-profit organization offering behavioral health services for children, adolescents, adults and families. Rosecrance offers comprehensive addiction services for adolescents and adults, including prevention, intervention, detoxification, inpatient and outpatient treatment, experiential therapies, dual-diagnosis care and family education. Rosecrance also offers high-quality, efficient and effective outpatient mental health services for children, adults and families through a variety of programs. Rosecrance serves more than 13,000 families each year.