New Monograph from the Southeast ATTC: How do We Pave the Way Home?

On June 17, 2009, 150 civilian and military service providers, community stakeholders, service members, veterans, and family members gathered in Forsyth, Georgia. This Georgia Collaborative Meeting was the first step in a year-long process designed to find a definitive answer to the question: How do we pave the way home? The meeting was sponsored by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and organized by the Division of Addictive Diseases, in partnership with the Southeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center.

The process begun at this meeting has one overarching goal, the creation of a seamless system of care and support for service members, veterans, and their families. To that end, this monograph is designed to A) build a statewide interagency coalition of military and civilian stakeholders dedicated to finding collaborative ways of addressing the challenges facing Georgia’s returning and transitioning service members and veterans and their families and B) draft a State Action Plan to support the mental health and addictive disease-related needs of veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF, the war in Afghanistan). Download the new monograph at the Southeast ATTC website!

September is National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month

The Georgia Addiction Counselors Association & the Dept. of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Alcohol & Drug Abuse Certification Board of Southeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center Georgia Association of Recovery Residences Invite You to Join the Voices for Recovery:

WHAT: Declaration Proclaiming September as Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Georgia - Signing by Governor Perdue!

WHERE: The Georgia State Capitol (Meet in the Rotunda)

WHEN: Tuesday, August 17, 2010; 10:30 A.M.

WHO: Addiction Prevention, Treatment & Recovery Advocates, Supporters & Allies

Please RSVP If You Will Be In Attendance via email to Neil Kaltenecker, Executive Director neil@gasubstanceabuse.org or call the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse at 404.523.3440

Thank You for your continued support of Addiction Prevention, Treatment and Recovery!

New Web Resource: National Center for Primary Care

The National Center for Primary Care is a national resource for encouraging doctors to pursue primary care careers, for making primary care practice more effective, and for supporting primary care professionals serving in underserved areas.

The mission of the National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) at Morehouse School of Medicine is to promote excellence in community-oriented primary health care and optimal health outcomes for all Americans, with a special focus on underserved populations and on the elimination of health disparities.

The NCPC team provides training for primary care practitioners, conducts practice-based research to improve health outcomes, creates protocols and tools for improving primary care effectiveness, and undertakes policy analyses focused on how to make primary care more accessible and more effective.

Webinar: Substance Abuse: Impact on HIV, STDs, and TB Prevention and Treatment in the Southeast

SUBSTANCE ABUSE and addiction is known as a gateway to HIV, STDs and other infectious diseases. This webinar will address issues such as drug and alcohol use, the influence of substance abuse on poor judgment, and the impact of addiction on disease prevention and treatment, particularly in the Southeast region. Drug-to-drug interaction and demographic trends within substance abuse will be discussed.

BY THE END OF THIS WEBINAR, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

· Identify and describe the demographic trends of substance use and abuse as the relate to HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB co-morbidity in the Southeast region

· Access a practical screening tool to be used in a DEBI or clinical setting

· Understand the impact and interaction of recreational street and prescription drug and alcohol use on HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB medication (drug-to-drug interaction)

WEBINAR FORMAT:

· Participants will call a toll-free number and listen to the presentation while following along online at GoToWebinar (link provided upon registration) OR with printed materials. Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions following the presentation.

DATE: Thursday, May 13, 2010
TIME: 11:00 AM—12:30 PM (EDT)
LOCATION: Your computer

AUDIENCE:

Title X providers only!

FACULTY:

· Randall Tackett, PhD Professor and Graduate Coordinator, UGA College of Pharmacy, Athens, GA

· Ronald Wilcox, MD Director/Principal Investigator, Delta Region AIDS Education & Training Center, New Orleans, LA


REGISTRATION:

· There is no fee to register.

· To reduce costs, Cicatelli Associates, Inc, is requesting that callers from the same location share one telephone line by using a speaker phone whenever possible.

· On the registration form please designate a “webinar coordinator.” The complete information for each additional listener should be included on the form. Please use additional forms as needed.

· Fax the registration form to 404-506-9479

· For additional information email pbunya@cicatelli.org

SPRING 2009 TRAIN THE TRAINER EVENT

The Training Point - Skill Enhancement Train The Trainers

"An uncommon learning exchange for addiction trainers."

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.


Visit our website for more information and an informational flyer about this exciting new training for addictions trainers and educators!

Methods for Disseminating Evidence-Based Treatments from the Frontlines of Community Treatment Programs

Workshop held at the CTN Steering Committee meeting, Bethesda, MD, March 24, 2009.

Abstract: This 2-hour workshop, organized by the CTN Research Utilization Committee, highlighted different methods CTPs have used to disseminate evidence-based treatment into their practice settings. Representatives from five CTPs presented, covering such topics as 1) the use of opinion leaders in promoting dissemination; 2) adapting contingency management for clinical practice; 3) the use of written materials to disseminate information to patients about treatment and recovery; 4) implementing a trauma-focused practice for women; and 5) dissemination through organizational change. The session ended with a live demo of the CTN Dissemination Library website along with tips on how the site can also be used to transfer evidence-based treatments from research to practice. View the workshop agenda.

For a small fee, 3 NAADAC contact credit hours are available from the National Office of the Addiction Technology Transfer Center, upon viewing the video and taking a quiz. You will need to view all the presentations in order to answer the quiz questions. The video shows all presentations in sequence, automatically advancing the slides in sync the video. It works best when viewed on a PC (e.g. with Firefox or Internet Explorer browsers), and may not run properly on Macintosh computers.

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.