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Bill Beacham, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Center for Drug-Free Communities since 1988, specializing in Treatment of Addictive Disorders and Training in the areas of Drug-Free Schools, Wellness in the Workplace.  He is California Board (BBS) Certified.

He is the former Director of Training/Clinical Services for CareUnit Hospitals where he trained over 30,000 educators, parents, law enforcement and mental health workers in substance abuse prevention and intervention.  He specializes in treatment of adolescents and adults with chemical dependency and psychiatric disorders.

He was a psychologist , teacher,  and coach in the public schools for 13-years and worked with the National Institute of Mental Health for 4-years in the study of race relations.

Bill is the co-author of the book What Did You Learn in School Today? and has contributed to several other books, including the Major League Baseball Player Association's It's OK to Say No to Drugs and It's OK to Say No to Drugs:  A Parent Child Manual for the Protection of Children.  He also contributed to Project Self-Esteem and the newly released book “That They Might Live”. Author of “SAFE” Substance Abuse For Educators Manual.

He has been the keynote speaker at many local, state & national conventions, including the “International Drug and Alcohol Conference”, the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) “Drugs and Today's Athlete” Conference, the “National Student Assistance Conference” and the “National DARE Officers Association” Conference.

Bill has been a writer/technical advisor for four movies. One Too Many, a movie about teenage drinking, aired on ABC.  Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs,  a video staring Burt Reynolds.  My Kid's Driving Me Crazy,  a parenting film.  The latest movie, Dare to Care stars Edward James Olmos.  Bill is the creator/presenter of the McGraw-Hill tape series The Drug-Free Family and The Drug-Free Workplace and with the U.S. Dept. of  Education developed the “Building Bridges”  training program with Dr. David Hawkins.

Bill is the founder of Peer Assistance Leadership (PAL®) Camp,  a week long peer helping training program for young people.  The focus is on peer assistance as it relates to resiliency skills, asset building, violence prevention, conflict resolution, and alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention/intervention  strategies. (4-8 Camps/year since 1985)

He’s been with the LAPD/DARE program since its inception in 1983 and the US Olympic Committee since 1989.  Bill has conducted workshops with many dignitaries including  former President Bush, the White House staff and testified at Congressional hearings.

Recipient-California ”Leadership Tomorrow” - Community Leadership Award (2002)