COASA (Children of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse), RFK Community Alliance
South Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Maureen McGlame, LADC1, M.Ed., LCSW is the Director of COASA (Children of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse) a community-based program of the RFK Community Alliance.
COASA is an affiliate to NACoA (National Association for Children of Alcoholics). She founded COASA over 20 years ago in response to the lack of services and resources for children from families with alcoholism and other substance use disorders.
Maureen has been in the addiction field for 48 years, a member of the start-up team at SECAP, St Elizabeth’s Comprehensive Alcoholism Program for 10 years, founder and Director of Substance Abuse Services at Family Counseling and Guidance Centers, a multi-site outpatient resource, served as senior clinician at Mass General Hospital Addictions Service for 25 years, is an interventionist, has a private practice for individuals and families in Boston.
Ms. McGlame serves on the Board of the Greater Boston Council on Alcoholism, was on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Alcoholism, a former member of the Advisory Board of the Priests’ Recovery Program for the Archdiocese of Boston, has been a fellow at Harvard Medical School, and has taught at both Cambridge College and the University of Massachusetts. She is a member of NAADAC, MOAR, has received Partners in Excellence Awards at Partners Healthcare, NAADAC, MAADAC and the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care. Her primary purpose is to advocate and provide for the unmet needs of the one out of every four children who is directly suffering consequences of living in a home with addiction. She has presented at local and national conferences, is a program developer for children from families with alcohol and/or other substance-use disorders in schools, health-centers, community and faith-based organizations. She facilitates groups for children impacted by substance-use disorders, develops programs for them, is the director of Camp COASA, a summer camp for children from families with alcohol and other drug-related issues.
Thursday, September 8, 2022
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM