2006 Drug Abuse Prevention Colombo Plan DAP

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1 BIOGRAPHY Personal Name in Passport: Date/Place of Birth: Nationality: Marital status: Sex: Languages: Naveed Farheen 1 st July Karachi, Pakistan Pakistani Married Female Proficient in English & Urdu Academic Qualifications Date Institution Qualification Obtained 2010 Institute of Modern Sciences Diploma in Clinical Psychology 2011 Virtual University (currently MA Psychology enrolled as private student) 2006 University of Karachi MA (English) 2004 Khatoon-e-Pakistan College BSC (General Science) Professional Qualifications Date Qualification Obtained Institution 2003 to Drug Treatment practitioner New Horizons Care Center 2003 to Family support group facilitation for Family support group network codependent family members 2006 Drug Abuse Prevention Colombo Plan DAP

2 certification 2008 to Drug Abuse Prevention specialist Drug Free Pakistan Foundation 2009 to Life skills training National and international organization 2009 to Motivational speaker Youth based organization 2012 ACCE Training of trainers on CPACCE treatment of substance use disorder Present Position Director Drug Free Pakistan Foundation (DFPF) Reporting Coordinator New Horizons Care Centre Facilitator Family Support Group Network, Pakistan Chairperson Pakistan Youth Congress Social Action Committee (PYCSAC) Founding Member Shaheed Naveed Younus Center Wazirabad, Punjab Member Asian Federation of Therapeutic Communities (AFTC) & Pakistan American Cultural Center

3 Date Responsibilities/ Achievements 2008 to Drug Pakistan Foundation (Drug Abuse Prevention organization) Conception, Initiation, Planning, Management, Monitoring and Training to Pakistan Youth Congress Social Action Committee (PYCSAC) Chief organizer, Annual Pakistan Youth Congress Conception, Initiation, Coordination and Planning to Shaheed Naveed Younus Center (Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center) Coordination, Reporting, Projecting designing its planning and implementation, Facilitator Family support groups, team coordination and meetings, capacity building trainings of staff to Drug Free Karachi Planning and coordination for project Drug Free Karachi with City District Government Karachi and Governor Sindh to Shaheed Naveed Younus Center Wazirabad, Punjab Conception, Initiation, Planning, Coordination and Management of Shaheed Naveed Younus Center Drug Treatment & Rehabilitation Center in Wazirabad Women Treatment and Rehabilitation Center Conception, Initiation, Planning, Management and Monitoring of New Horizon s Women treatment and Rehabilitation Center Collaboration and partnership with Anti Narcotics Force RD Sindh for organizing series of Drug abuse prevention training programs for youth and teachers and development of peer pressure groups.

4 Facilitated National and International Conferences to Jan to April to and training programs: Facilitated as a trainer in 1 st Afghanistan Youth Congress 6-9 April 2010 in Kabul Presented papers in 22 nd Annual NPN Conference in Orange County Anaheim U.S.A Organizer of Annual Pakistan Youth Congress Facilitated 1765 youth throughout Pakistan in drug prevention and life skills Education. Trained 87 parents in Parenting skills program in Karachi Trained 600 teachers on Drug abuse prevention programs for teachers Trained 450 police officials in capacity building training programs on DDR. Facilitated 60 professionals of NGOs and CBOs, in training programs Organized 1 st conference for Pharmacists, and Para medical staff on misuse of prescription drugs Facilitated Social workers on their role in DDR. Supervised several drug awareness programs for general community through media campaigns, theaters, talks and seminars. Provided training on Life skills to drug recovering persons. Supervise Annual Recovery Symposium Facilitated codependent family members in their family education programs and conferences Supervised 198 drug abuse prevention programs of Drug Free Pakistan Foundation in last 2 years which has benefited people. And several national drug awareness campaign for youth Advocacy with Non Governmental and Community Based Organizations for establishing community networks for referral of clients, follow-up, support and collaboration with them for implementation of drug prevention programme in other areas. Networking and Collaboration with City government for establishing treatment and rehab centers, launching of drug prevention programs for youth as well as for general community.

5 Conferences and training Courses Attended Date Training/ Workshop/Conference 29 th May-3 rd June 2005 Colombo, Srilanka Joint 6 th Asian Federation of Therapeutic Communities & 2 nd Asian Recovering Symposium Beyond treatment and Rehabilitation Achieving Maturity in Recovery through Faith Sep, 2005 Penang, Malaysia 4 th Asian Youth Congress on Drug Abuse Prevention held in 3-8 Oct, 2005 Melaka, Malaysia Regional Training course for Asian Prevention specialist Drug Abuse 22 nd May to 4 th May 2005 Karachi Seminar & workshop on Drug Intervention, Prevention & Treatment Communities of Pakistan July 2006 Melaka, Malaysia) International Conference on creating Drug Free Workplaces / Industries in Asian Cities April, 2006 Islamabad 1-4 December, 2006 Melaka, Malaysia Nov, 2006 Bangkok, Thailand Workshop on National Drug Abuse Assessment 2006 Asian Recovery Symposium 16 th IFNGO ASEAN NGOs workshop on prevention of drugs and substance abuse 5-9 March 2007 Islamabad Training workshop on Counseling and treatment of women with substance abuse problem Sep 10-21, 2007 Training workshop for south Asian Treatment and Bangkok, Thailand rehabilitation specialist held in International Law Enforcement Academy 4-6 November, RD Asian Recovery Symposium

6 Tagatay city,philippine Nov, 2008, Asian Federation of Therapeutic Community Conference Bangkok, Thailand May, 2009 NGO s Consultation on drug demand reduction Islamabad organized by Ministry of Narcotics Control and Narcotics Affairs Section US Embassy, Islamabad 16-19Aug 2009 Presented papers in 22 nd Annual NPN Conference in Anaheim orange county USA 8-11 April 2010 Provided training to Afghan youth in 1 st Afghanistan Youth Congress in Kabul Abstract In family panel discussion, she would like to share her personal experience as a codependent family member. Since childhood how she and her family members suffered due to her father s addiction and the emotional, psychological, social and economical problems they faced during that time. She will then highlight the dysfunctional family behaviors and progressive deterioration. Her discussion will also help participants to know the issues faced during a loved one s recovering process from chemical addiction, power sharing problems and family coping patterns. In conclusion she will explain how 12-steps program for codependent family members helped her and her family in recovery process.