david pating i have known for over almost 30 years since working with the federal government in samhsa he was a well known expert in that field and sought after many times for his expertise for that scheduled agency. he works for kaiser, a psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. he's also he has a long cv so i will be short and a professor at san francisco school of medicine. he is past medicine much the california addiction of medicine and a member of the medical society here and currently and probably will not continue in this role once he starts with the commission he is vice chair of the california's mental illness oversight and accountability commission for proposition 63 so i know you will welcome him when he's here at our next meeting. dr. chow i'm not sure if you wanted to add to that. >> i think you've said everything. >> okay. >> we're looking forward to him being here and he was unable because his swearing in was just a few days ago to make today's meeting but he will be here at our joint meeting with the commission for the citizen of women. >> i also wanted to cl

it is a free mobile app developed by samhsa in conjunction with partners. no bullying puts the power to prevent bullying in your hand. that is you as a parent, you as a caregiver, educator, school administrator. research shows that may not be 15 minutes a day talking with your children can help prevent bullying. the know bullying nap empowers caregivers to provide information and communications support that can help other closer relationship with children and in turn children find it easier to go to them when they have a problem. as my colleagues have mentioned, studies show almost a fifth of students in grades nine to 12 have been bullied on school property anomalous 15% have experienced cyberbullying. there is a very real need for the know bullying app. we hope everyone will use it. here's some of the cool features. parents have access to age-appropriate conversation starters at their fingertips. parents tell us over and over again whether alcohol use or bullying or something else that they don't now to start the conversation. these are conversation start

that's what we actually call samhsa and you hear from samhsa.if you explain schools obligations to respond to bullying and harassment under federal civil rights law. it provides helpful information for schools to ensure students learn in safe, healthy and nondiscriminatory climates. we hope it will be shared widely so schools will both be better informed of the responsibility and students will understand their rights. secretary of education arne duncan provides opening comments, and i join my colleague, katherine lehman, the assistant secretary for surprised at the department of education, to discuss what schools can and must do in response to bullying and arrested by other students. we're excited this video features narration by morgan freeman narration by morgan freeman. i featured a story. adobe when they talk me into filming that because i don't do this will as you'll see shortly, i am not meant to be an actress. but morgan freeman was doing this i walked in looking for morgan freeman and no, he's not there. he narrates. and does a wonderful