Training Point "Train the Trainer" Event - Atlanta, GA

The Southeast ATTC and the Northeast ATTC are excited to bring you an uncommon learning exchange for addiction trainers:

"The Training Point- Skill Enhancement Train the Trainers"

Online Training Dates: 1/26 - 2/12
Face to Face Meeting: 2/16 - 18 (Atlanta, GA)
Online Training Dates: 2/22 - 3/09
Class Limit: 20 CEUs: 30
Registration Fee: $40.00

The Training Point is a seven-week course designed to enhance knowledge and abilities in addiction training, grounded in the principles of adult theory and practice. The first five weeks and final week of the course are held online. The middle week of the course is an intensive three-day, face-to-face learning exchange. Participants focus on the various components that create successful training experiences: the learners, the environment, the materials and the trainer.

If you are an experienced trainer, you can share your knowledge with others and pick up some new ideas yourself. If you are a counselor taking on the challenge of providing workshops for others, you can learn how your counseling skills can apply to teaching others what you know. If you are a researcher, you can get the feel for what it means to serve as an adult educator.

For more information, please contact Melissa Hinton at (404) 752-1016.

Save the Date!

4th Annual Georgia School of Addiction Studies
August 30-September 3, 2010
Hyatt Regency Savannah
Savannah, GA

For more information, please visit:
http://www.thegeorgiaschool.org/

Confirmed speakers include Dr. Drew Pinsky

2009 Leadership Institute Closing Ceremony Slideshow

Music slideshow from the 2009 Southeast ATTC Leadership Institute Closing Ceremony in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Southeast ATTC 2009 Leadership Institute Slideshow from Southeast ATTC on Vimeo.

YouTube Version:

"Training of Trainers": NIDA/SAMHSA Blending Product--Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives (PAMI) October 7 & 8th, 2009

This Training of Trainers (TOT) will focus on one of the five NIDA/SAMHSA Blending Team Products: “Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives." This SAMHSA/NIDA Blending Initiative specifically related to the NIDA Clinical Trials Network study, Motivational Incentives for Enhanced Drug Abuse Recovery (MIEDAR) – is the largest multi-site clinical study of motivational incentives to date. The TOT will be 1.5 days in length and is designed to provide a brief introduction/overview of the MIEDAR study, PAMI training materials and resources, and demonstration of an actual PAMI workshop.

For more information, or to obtain a registration form, please call us at 404-752-1016 or email dtyus@msm.edu

You're Invited to a Special Presentation of the Buprenorphine NIDA Workshop!

RSVP at 404-752-1016 or dtyus@msm.edu

Southeast to Offer CBT Training, September 11, 2009

This 6 hour training teaches the underlying philosophy and essential components of CBT. The training will provide a combination of education, with experiential exercises integrated into the day’s session. Each participant will learn the basics of CBT which will then be applied through practice of the CBT interventions and skills through practice case studies and role play. This training will not be geared towards any specific treatment populations or specific disorders. Each participant will develop a strong base with which to work from and will be able to effectively employ essential CBT skills.

Presenters:
Jerome Tilghman, LPC, CACII
Michael Horvath, MAC,CCS

Location: Goose Creek, SC

Registration Information

Southeast to Offer PAMI Training in Columbia, SC August 26, 2009

Research has shown that motivational incentive programs using low-cost reinforcement (prizes, vouchers, clinic privileges, etc.), delivered in conjunction with onsite urine screening promotes higher rates of treatment retention and abstinence from drug abuse. This Blending Team focused their efforts on informing the field about successful approaches in the use of motivational incentives (also referred to as contingency management).

When: August 26, 2009, 2:00-5:00

Where: LRADAC, Columbia, SC

Cost: Free

Credit: 3 Contact Hours

Presenter: Leslie Hipp, MA, NCACII

REGISTRATION

Send an email to: dbrockington@msm.edu with your name and place of employment and contact number or contact Djuanna Brockington @ 843-224-1411 for additional information.

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: August 24, 2009

Southeast ATTC to co-sponsor workshop with NIDA CTN November 2, 2009

SAVE THE DATE!!!

The National Institute of Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network Southern Consortium Node in collaboration with the Southeastern Addiction Treatment Technology Center is conducting a Regional Dissemination Workshop on Evidence Based Interventions in Community Substance Abuse Programs.

Location: Doubletree Guest Suites, Downtown Charleston SC*
Agenda and Online Registration to be announced

*A block of rooms have been reserved until Oct 1 at a special group rate of $135.00 for Oct. 30 through Nov. 5, 2009.

Southeast ATTC to co-sponsor Recovery Walk and Rally September 12th, 2009

Metro Atlanta Recovery Walk and Rally

In keeping with the spirit of the great Dr. King and his passion for leading civil rights marches and rallies, the Metro-Atlanta Recovery Connection (MARC), a coalition of recovery community organizations, treatment centers, healthcare organizations, service providers, and advocacy groups, will lead a group of people in recovery, their family members and allies on a one (1) mile Walk for Recovery. The walk will begin at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Site, located at 450 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA, and end with a rally in Central Park, located at 400 Merritts Street. More than 1,000 individuals from Metro-Atlanta's 12-step, medication assisted, and faith-based recovery communities will participate in the walk. The rally will include an additional 500 homeless substance users, many of whom will be in search of recovery programs and treatment options.

For more information:
Elizabeth Thompson
377 Westchester Boulevard
Atlanta, GA 30314
404-799-9652
jenesia@bellsouth.net

Website: http://www.metroatlantarecoveryconnections.org

Southeast to Co-sponsor with GA MHDDAD: Gangs 101: The Basics

Upcoming Workshop: Gangs 101: The Basics. Do you know what makes a gang a gang? Are there gangs in your area? Do you know what the gangs are doing now? Street gangs are very fluid and differ from location to location. Therefore you can’t afford to miss learning EVERYTHING YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT GANGS and EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT GANGS.

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, in conjunction with FTC Prevention Services and the South East Addiction Transfer Technology Center at Morehouse College (SATTC), is pleased to offer Gangs 101: The Basics. This workshop offers information on street gangs and their behaviors from a historical, yet contemporary, perspective. It is an informative, interactive course with expert instruction that covers components like intervention and prevention, while providing an in-depth knowledge of the current trends of criminal street level gangs and other gang types. Participants will leave with a greater understanding of the gang lifestyle and its appeal to some youth. Presenters will closely examine the customs of the traditional street gang and teach about their colors, rituals, organization, and practices. New information on MS-13, the Hispanic gang that’s quickly spreading across the country and some of their activities will also be shared.

Presenters: Marc Fomby and Chris Brown

Southeast Participates in ATTC Director's Meeting and CPDD Travel Awardee Events

Pictures below highlight the Southeast ATTC's involvement with the CSAT Satellite session on June 20th in Reno, NV, just prior to the CPDD conference. Southeast also provided support for the CSAT travel awardees who attended the conference.


Dr. Westley Clark presents at the CSAT Satellite session.


Slide show of Travel Awardee De-Briefing Workshop

Southeast ATTC to co-sponsor Mini-Medical School Training

You are graciously invited to attend the 2009 Mini-Medical School presented by African American Researchers and Scholars Workgroup at Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 in the Louis H. Sullivan Auditorium in the National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) building on Monday, July 20, 2009 from 8am to 5pm. This day-long event is sponsored by National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) and will deal with the important issue of Marginalized African American
Males.

The Mini-Medical School will highlight drug abuse and mental health
topics affecting African American males. This event is FREE and open to the public. Please access our online registration by clicking the link below and completing the registration form. There, you will also find the agenda for the complete list of speakers and important topics.

If you have friends or colleagues you would like to invite, please feel free to forward this email. A box lunch will be provided. Parking is $5. If you are eligible, you will receive six (6) CEU credits. You will be
able to sign up for CEU credits during registration.

We look forward to seeing you at Morehouse School of Medicine on Monday, July 20!

Directions to MSM

Registration Site

Southeast ATTC to co-sponsor presentation by Dr. Ruth Shim

Please join us at the Morehouse School of Medicine for the Health Disparity Luncheon presentation on Tuesday August 4, 2009 from 12-2pm. Presenting on Aspects of Integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Health is presenter Ruth Shim, MD, MPH , Assistant Professor for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Morehouse School of Medicine.

Faces & Voices June 30th Recovery Advocacy Teleconference

"Building Bridges to Long-term Recovery: Mutual support groups/Peer and other recovery support services/Clinical treatment services, their differences and relationships"

This will be an opportunity to better understand the differences and relationships between mutual support groups; peer and other recovery support services and clinical treatment services and how to fit the pieces together to make it possible for people to sustain their recovery.

Speakers will include: Beverly Haberle, Pennsylvania Recovery Organization – Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT), Phillip Valentine, Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR), William White, Chestnut Health Systems

Register here!

Cultural Compentency Training Announced for June 26, 2009

The Southeast ATTC is pleased to announce a Cultural Competency training to be held in Charleston, SC on June 26, 2009.

Click here for more information about this event!

This training is designed to provide the clinician with the necessary knowledge base and skill set to engage in counseling with clients from diverse cultures. The participant will be asked to consider the reality of ethnocentrism and how it impacts the counseling process. Didactic information will be presented about several different cultural groups, and important tools for effective multicultural counseling will be explored. The participant will be given opportunity for self-discovery through experiential exercises and for questioning his/her own assumptions in a safe environment.

PAMI Training Announced for May 29, 2009

The Southeast ATTC will host a Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives (PAMI) training in Charleston, SC on May 29, 2009.

Click here for more information about the training!

Research has shown that motivational incentive programs using low-cost reinforcement (prizes, vouchers, clinic privileges, etc.), delivered in conjunction with onsite urine screening promotes higher rates of treatment retention and abstinence from drug abuse. This Blending Team training focuses on informing the field about successful approaches in the use of motivational incentives (also referred to as contingency management).

Web 2.0 Survey

As the use of Web 2.0 technologies become more wide-spread, the ATTC Network is interested in gathering information on what Web 2.0 tools and applications addictions treatment and recovery services professionals are using, be it for personal or professional use. It is hoped that the information gathered will help the Network continue to meet the professional development and training needs of the field. Please take a moment to complete this survey by clicking on the link below.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=sIpHM0blgL7BIrk24gL8nQ_3d_3d

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