Youth Series Part 1: Not A Chance: A Problem Gambling Prevention Curriculum
Includes a Live Web Event on 10/21/2025 at 11:00 AM (CDT)
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Join us on October 21, 2025 from 11:00 am-12:30 pm CT with Emma Bowen for part one of our three part youth series! Part one will focus on Not A Chance: A Problem Gambling Prevention Curriculum.
Did you know that teens who gamble are up to four times more likely to develop a gambling problem than adults? With gambling becoming more accessible and embedded into everyday life—from sports to social media—youth are facing greater risks than ever before.
That’s why Chestnut Health Systems created Not A Chance, a six-lesson prevention curriculum designed specifically for early high school students in Illinois. The program helps build protective factors, reduce risk factors, and spark important conversations about gambling before problems begin. After successfully piloting the curriculum with more than 1,000 students across four schools, we are now preparing to expand—and your agency could be part of it.
In this session, you’ll get an inside look at the Not A Chance curriculum, learn how it equips teens to make healthier choices, and hear how your organization can apply to bring this program into local schools.
Live and On Demand CE Pending Approval.
This training is sponsored in whole or in part by the Illinois Department of Human Services Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery.
ICPG workshops and trainings provide CEU (continuing education units) through the Illinois Certification Board based on approval for individual trainings.
The State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Division of Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has approved all ICPG workshops and trainings as a Registered Social Worker CE Sponsor. This program is recognized as providing CE hours for: LSW/LCSW and LPC/LCPC under IDFPR license #159.001302.
The International Problem Gambling and Gaming Certification Organization recognizes ICPG as a preferred partner for workshops and trainings in line with the ICGC Level I & II.
Emma Bowen
Chestnut Health Systems
Emma Bowen is a Community Health Specialist in the prevention department at Chestnut Health Systems. She went to Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville where she received both her MSW and BSW degrees through the Social Work Department. Her passion has always been prevention. In her time in the field, she has worked in prevention roles related to gender-based violence in college communities, youth mental health, and now problem gambling.
In her role at Chestnut, Emma works on outreach and education around problem gambling. One of the primary focuses of Chestnut’s gambling outreach includes writing a prevention curriculum for high school students in Illinois. Over the past three years, Chestnut has been creating, implementing, and improving a curriculum called Not A Chance.
