Using the LADC Rule of Professional Conduct found in 4747.1400, and portions of actual licensing actions, the presenter will explain the day-to-day requirements and prohibitions of being an alcohol and drug counselor.
This presentation will provide a basic introduction to the central nervous system and the medications used to treat addiction and other mental disorders.
We will present our personal experiences with Bipolar Disorder and Chemical Dependency and how these impact our work. We will identify symptoms of Bipolar Disorder, Types I and II, and discuss the continuum of severity of the illness. We believe that this will help participants screen for Bipolar Disorder so that they can refer clients for further assessment by mental health professionals. We will review current treatment modalities that have been used to work with various degrees of severity of Bipolar Disorder and chemical dependency. Our presentation will help participants develop efficacy in working with clients with co-occurring disorders and will promote the development of professionals who are cross-trained in working with chemical dependency and mental health issues.
The Juvenile Justice Coalition (JJC) has worked to develop a comprehensive map of the intersection between the substance abuse field and the juvenile justice system. The map will provide information about gaps in the system, opportunities for improvement and use of best practices, an analysis of the funding streams and how the two systems work together. Join us for a presentation of our findings and a roundtable discussion about the barriers that adolescents and their families face in accessing treatment. Let’s begin a discussion about how to restore the continuum of substance abuse prevention and treatment services to a viable model of care.
Across the country, the recovery community – people in recovery, familiies, friends and allies – are coming together to create organizations and opportunities for more of their friends and neighbors to recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Learn about the innovative strategies and programs that are offering hope and building a grassroots movement that is engaging policymakers and the media. Faces & Voices of Recovery’s Recovery Bill of Rights is a call to action for all Americans to have the opportunity to get well from addiction.
Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) is one of over 150 recovery community organizations around the nation that are promoting recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction through advocacy, education and service. CCAR organizes the recovery community to 1) put a face on recovery and 2) provide peer-based recovery support services. Find out how CCAR is working to end discrimination surrounding addiction and recovery, opening new doors and removing barriers to recovery while ensuring that all people in or seeking recovery are treated with dignity and respect.
This training session will familiarize the audience with the NIATx principals for process improvement. The presentation will also showcase the change that has been completed as a result of participating in this NIATx project in Hennepin county. Project participants will describe how the results from the “Walk-throughs” prompted changes to the assessment intake procedures and identified future change projects to help improve access treatment.
Neurobiologic research is changing the treatment of addiction. Medications are important to effective, evidence-based addiction treatment, and will play a bigger role in the future. Even the best medication will not eliminate the need for healing in recovery. Let’s discuss how to use the medicines appropriately.
The primary goal of this training is to create awareness about buprenorphine among multidisciplinary addiction professionals. Information about what to expect when someone is treated with this medication, legislation that permits office-based buprenorphine treatment, the science of addiction, the mechanism of buprenorphine, patient selection issues, and various patient, counseling, and therapeutic issues will be discussed. In addition, the administration of a 13-day buprenorphine taper for opioid dependent patients will be presented. Topics will include methods of evaluation and induction, the taper schedule, and use of ancillary medications during treatment.
This presentation will discuss how stress and obesity have hormonal effects which lead to altered brain function. When our brains and specifically our neurotransmitters are not firing on all cylinders, this can lead to abnormal thoughts, needs and impulses. These abnormalities can lead to a tendency for various addictions. We will also discuss what the sources of this stress and obesity are in socioeconomic classes, and some strategies to attack this “epidemic.”
This presentation will highlight the most common Rule 31 licensing violations over the past two years and describe easy steps at the program to prevent receiving these citations during a licensing survey.
This presentation will discuss how stress and obesity have hormonal effects which lead to altered brain function. When our brains and specifically our neurotransmitters are not firing on all cylinders, this can lead to abnormal thoughts, needs and impulses. These abnormalities can lead to a tendency for various addictions. We will also discuss what the sources of this stress and obesity are in socioeconomic classes, and some strategies to attack this “epidemic.”
The Stages of Change (Transtheoretical) model (SOC), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Solution-Focused Counseling (SFC) can (and should) be considered concurrently which is consistent with the professional literature. These models offer a respectful approach to counseling and regard the cultivation and utilization of client resources (i.e., strengths, abilities, intrinsic motivation) as the keys to positive change. This workshop will compare and contrast each model. We will look at how we can adopt a counseling posture wherein SOC, MI and SFC are appropriately intertwined and intentionally practiced in coexistence. We will explore these models and how they relate to, and can be integrated into, your work with individuals seeking work, etc. Practical tips and tools will be provided along with role-playing that will help instill the considerable skills and knowledge needed to effectively help clients change.
Building on the presenter’s prior seminars at MARRCH involving the struggle for authenticity and spiritual growth, this workshop takes it to the next level. Beyond helping clients reach sobriety, our counseling and use of the 12 Steps can open up the possibility of profound personal transformation. This transformation is the true reward of life changes based on sound spiritual development. Stable sobriety involves more than saying no to alcohol or drugs; it means saying yes to significant changes in self-concept, thinking, lifestyle, and values. For many, the spiritual dimension becomes a vital avenue to healing, serenity, acceptance, and the daily experience of an inner world that is more peaceful and an outer world that reflects fewer struggles. This seminar integrates research and insights from the work of Ernest Kurtz, Harry Tiebout, William White, Cardwell Nuckols, and Bill Wilson.
Persons with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders are common and their chances for recovery are lower than average. Three clinical examples will illustrate representative addiction treatment programs’ responses to these individuals. National data on the variation of services in addiction, mental health and primary care settings will be presented.
The DDCAT is a widely used measure to assess program and system capability to address co-occurring disorders. It is in various stages of implementation in 24 states and internationally. It has been described as a practical tool to inform and guide programming and clinical practice, and suitable to measure change.
Based on NIDA’s publication, this presentation is an overview of CSAT effectiveness principles and publications specifically tailored to MN Rule/Law/Statute/Funding streams.
This presentation has as its main goal to help addiction professionals avoid the types of legal and ethical problems that can impact one’s career and future. At the same time, Dr. Demask hopes to encourage addiction professionals to protect and promote their clients’ welfare by adhering to the highest standards of practice established for our profession. This presentation covers the addiction counselor as a person including personal therapy for counselors, maintaining wellness, transference and counter transference issues and the ethical implication of appropriate professioanl conduct. Dual relationships, addiction counselors in recovery, sponsorship, counselors in relapse, and value conflicts are examined in depth as they affect professional conduct. A model of ethical decision making provides structure and grounding to act in the best interest of the client.
This workshop will focus on the need for domestic violence programs and substance abuse treatment providers to work more collaboratively together. This is an important topic as traditionally these two types of programs have not worked well with each other and as a result clients, patients and families have suffered. This workshop will help you go back to your community determined to change the way that substance abuse and domestic violence services are delivered.
This interactive 2-part training session will focus on understanding the context and role culture plays in provision of alcohol, drug and mental health treatment services, and what techniques and methods can be helpful when providing services to African American clients. Participants will be challenged to look introspectively at their own beliefs, values, and behaviors in providing services to African American consumers. The session will include a review of supervisory techniques geared toward clinical supervision of African American practitioners and non-African American practitioners serving African American clients.
More people die from nicotine addiction than from all other addictions combined. But often it is not addressed in treatment. If you would like to learn more about how you might be able to increase your outcomes and enhance the likelihood of your clients living in long-term recovery, come and learn more about identifying and treating nicotine addiction.
Integrating Combined Therapies (ICT) brings together MET, CBT and TSF and expands these approaches to address not only substance use, but also co-occurring psychiatric disorders. Learning ICT will help improve services to persons with co-occurring disorders already in addiction treatment, and increase a counselor’s sense of effectiveness.
This workshop will describe the impact of alcohol and drug abuse on family life, the early recovery process and why it is a critical transition period. It will highlight successful, evidence-based programs that have significantly increased reunification and outcomes for families involved with the child welfare system, strategies to engage families in service delivery and design, as well as resources to improve child and family well being.
Current treatment models and theories fail to adequately consider the full spectrum of needs of modern men. Based upon work by Dr. Stephanie Covington, this presentation demonstrates the need for more comprehensive services for men. Participants will go through some of the exercises from the forthcoming curriculum, Helping Men Recover (Jossey-Bass March 2010).
Rule 31 licensing requires that all staff receive education in the Minimum Standards related to clients with AIDS/HIV on a regular basis. This workshop will given on those standards. Personal stories will be shared as well as handouts which can be used in the treatment setting. Clients are to be educated on this topic while in treatment and LADC staff can use this information as a basis for that education.
PTSD is common among patients in addiction treatment, and clinically vexing to those charged with their care. CBT for PTSD in addiction treatment is a brief, effective, and easy-to-learn approach to this co-occurring disorder, and has been shown to reduce PTSD symptoms, substance use and promote treatment completion.
An emerging trend in the broad arena of the helping professions is the effective utilization of cognitive skills approaches to help clients address and modify challenging behaviors. These methods, proven effective and usable, can be applied in a wide range of settings with a variety of client profiles. This training session will focus on cognitive skills as an effective strategy to apply when addressing challenging client behaviors.
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