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NIDA BLENDING CONFERENCE: "Smart Practice, Practical Science: Blending Treatment and Research," June 6-7, 2005. Don't miss "A Conversation with Bill Miller" featuring Dr. William Miller, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, on Tuesday, June 7. |
05/02/05 |
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH: Sponsored by the National Mental Health Association and the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Click here for more information. |
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Reminders,
projects, activities & minutes! |
04/18/05 |
NATIONAL OFFICE: Scheduled the next Network Orientation, August 9-10, 2005, in Kansas City, Missouri. Contact Erin Fridley with questions. |
03/14/05 |
NETWORK MEETING: UPDATED Now scheduled for the week of November 14, 2005, in Portland, OR. The meeting will be held at the Benson Hotel, 309 Southwest Broadway, Portland, OR, 97205. The room rate is $93 + taxes and the cut-off date to make your reservations is October 17, 2005. Make your reservations by emailing Benson Hotel or call 888-523-6766. Look for more information on the Network Meeting coming soon. |
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MEETING: UPDATED Scheduled for June 16-17, 2005, Orlando
FL. The College
on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) 67th Annual
Scientific Meeting follows on June 18-23, 2005 Orlando,
FL. CSAT Satellite Session scheduled June 18, 2005, at the Wyndham Palace Resort and Spa Hotel. Logistics Fact Sheet and Registration Form now available. |
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NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Conducting a 15-hour workshop on Group Counseling Skills at the Annual Idaho Conference on Alcohol and Drug Dependency, May 16-19. |
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NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Chairing a panel presentation titled "Challenges of Clinical Supervision for Empirically Supported Treatments" at the NIDA Blending Clinical Practice and Research Conference, June 6-7. |
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NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Conducting 3 workshops related to the adoption of evidence-based practices at the annual Washington Institute on Addictions Treatment, June 23-24. |
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PRAIRIELANDS: Will conduct the Clinical Evaluation: Screening module of the Toolbox Training Program over the ICN in Iowa and IVN in North Dakota on May 27, 2005. Candace Peters, MA, CADC, will be the presenter for the 4 1/2 hour session. |
05/09/05 |
CARIBBEAN BASIN & HISPANIC: This month Caribbean Basin has programmed a series of trainings for community-faith-based organizations and for the Puerto Rico Drug Courts. read full description. |
05/09/05 |
CARIBBEAN BASIN & HISPANIC: From May 9-13, the Caribbean Basin will host its first Leadership Institute Immersion Training. read full description. |
05/09/05 |
CENTRAL EAST: Cynthia Moreno Tuohy will be offering TA to NAADAC at the 3rd Annual Providence Summit on Addiction on May 10-11, 2005, sponsored by Manissess Communication Group, Inc, per the contract with Central East. Cynthia and Ronald Hunsicker from the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers will be facilitating the group on "Healthcare Professionals." |
05/09/05 |
CENTRAL EAST: The next meeting of the DC Addictive Disorder Service Provider Consortium (ADSPC) will be facilitated by Cynthia Moreno Tuohy on May 9 from 3-5pm. Cynthia offered TA to the creation, formation and development of this new providers group serving prevention, intervention, treatment and community support providers in the Washington, DC area, as the ADSPC readied for hearings to address gaps in the provider system to the DC government. |
05/02/05 |
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Will participate and display at the "Designing the Roadmap: Research Policy-Shaping the Future of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services" in Sacramento, CA on May 4-6, 2005. Richard Rawson, Ph.D., will present the latest research on Methamphetamine. read full description. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Will sponsor Jacqueline Feldman, M.D., Director of Public Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, as the speaker for the Alabama Mental Health Center Clinical Directors Spring Meeting. Dr. Feldman will speak on "Co-Occurring Disorders" in Orange Beach, Alabama, on May 12, 2005. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Will sponsor two week-long tracks at the Florida School of Addiction Studies, July 24-28, 2005: "Certification Exam Preparation" by Jonathan Lofgren, MS, CAP; and "Advanced Group Skills - The Use of Metaphors and Experiential Techniques" by Robert L. Chapman, M.S.W. |
05/02/05 |
NORTHEAST: Will hold a graduation celebration for thirteen Leadership Institute attendees on Tuesday, May 10, 2005, in Weehawken, NJ. |
05/02/05 |
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Richard Poppy, M.A., LISAC, and Glen Matchett-Morris, Ph.D., LPC, are presenting "Clinical Supervision: Building Chemical Dependency Counselor Skills" on May 11-12, 2005, in Flagstaff, AZ, and June 9-10, 2005, in Las Cruces, NM. read full description. |
05/02/05 |
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Robert Rhode, Ph.D., is presenting "Motivating Incentives" May 12, 2005, in Phoenix, AZ, and June 10, 2005, in Albuquerque, NM. read full description. |
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Addiction
Severity Index (ASI) Blending Team ~ Dick
Spence, Team Lead |
05/02/05 |
ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America is collaborating with a Kansas City, MO, Methadone Treatment program to pilot a Mentoring Model as a supplement to the ASI-Based Treatment Planning Curriculum classroom version. read full description. |
05/02/05 |
ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America and Mountain West are collaborating on an ASI S.M.A.R.T. Treatment Planning Training to be held in Denver, CO, on May 25, 2005. Mid-America Director Pat Stilen and Mountain West Director Nancy Roget are co-trainers for this event. For more information contact the Mountain West office at (775) 784-6265. |
04/04/05 |
ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America with Mountain West supported a one-day pilot workshop on the NIDA ASI Treatment Planning curriculum package on March 24, 2005. read full description. |
04/04/05 |
ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America participated in an ASI Treatment Planning software training/technical assistance project for the state of Wyoming at the invitation of Deni Carise, Ph.D. of the Treatment Research Institute. THe 3-day training and TA project took place in Cheyenne, WY, on January 18-20, 2005 |
03/21/05 |
ASI BLENDING TEAM: Gulf Coast will be providing two one-day workshops as part of the ASI Blending Team efforts. The ASI and Treatment Planning workshops are New York City, April 26, and Austin, TX, May 3. |
12/20/04 |
ASI
BLENDING TEAM: Classroom/face-to-face
version piloted a third time, in Oklahoma in
October 2004, and based on revisions, submitted for
NIDA review December 6, 2004. |
12/20/04 |
ASI
BLENDING TEAM: Attending the State of
Wyoming DENS/ASI Training with Deni Carise. Exploring
how to adapt and interface ASI Treatment Planning
curriculum with DENS/ASI software training. This training is scheduled for January 18-20, 2005. |
12/06/04 |
ASI
BLENDING TEAM: Package approved for
dissemination. |
08/23/04 |
ASI
BLENDING TEAM: Conducting a second pilot
training on the newly developed ASI Curriculum, How
to Make Paperwork Useful: Using the Addiction Severity
Index (ASI) in Treatment Care Planning. The pilot
will take place September 1-2, 2004, Reno, Nevada. |
07/12/04 |
ASI
BLENDING TEAM: Meeting scheduled July 19-21, 2004, Reno, NV. |
05/10/04 |
ASI
BLENDING TEAM: Products for this Blending initiative
have been redefined to delete the previous emphasis
on a specific software module. The primary focus will
remain on a training package
for integration of clinical assessments with treatment
planning, using the ASI as the primary example for the
clinical assessment. |
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Buprenorphine
Awareness Blending Team ~ Tom Freese, Team Lead |
02/21/05 |
BUPRENORPHINE AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: Sent package to each Regional Center. Materials on three of the package's CDs including the trainers manual, PowerPoint slides, the bibliography, and the Bup brochure are on the iNSiDER. read full description |
12/06/04 |
BUPRENORPHINE
AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: Package approved
for dissemination. |
11/29/04 |
BUPRENORPHINE
AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: ATTC National
Office will host the awareness training and the training for
trainers on the Buprenorphine
Awareness package developed by the Blending Team,
January 25-27, 2005, Kansas City, MO. |
05/10/04 |
BUPRENORPHINE
AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: Completed the
first Blending Initiative package entitles “Buprenorphine
Treatment: A Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction
Professionals.” The package includes the following
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Detoxification Blending Team ~ Tom Freese, Team Lead |
01/24/05 |
BUPRENORPHINE
DETOX BLENDING TEAM: Conducting a pilot and
focus group of an early draft of the Blending Team
package at the Clinical Trials Network Steering Committee
meeting in February 7, 2005, San Francisco, CA. For
more information, please contact Tom
Freese. |
09/20/04 |
BUPRENORPHINE
DETOX BLENDING TEAM: The first blending team
meeting has been scheduled for November 18-19, 2004.
Location and logistics to be announced soon. For more
information please contact Tom
Freese. |
09/20/04 |
BUPRENORPHINE
DETOX BLENDING TEAM: The handoff meeting was
conducted on July 16, 2004 with members of the CTN investigative
team, blending team members and CTP representatives.
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04/25/05 |
MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Lonnetta Albright, chair of the Motivational Incentives Blending Team, will deliver a brief presentation on the ATTC's dissemination plans for an awareness campaign related to the MIEDAR CTN protocol at the NASADAD/NIDA/CSAT Conference on June 5, 2005. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
04/25/05 |
MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Blending Team members Amy Shanahan, Joe Rosenfeld, and Anne-Helene Skinstad will deliver a workshop and focus group discussion with CTN members regarding planned activities for the Motivational Incentives Awareness Campaign that incorporates findings from the MIEDAR CTN Study. The team will solicit feedback and reaction to planned dissemination products. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
04/11/05 |
MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Great Lakes held a Blending Team Meeting March 15-16, 2005, in Chicago, IL, to develop a dissemination packet of products/activities as a Motivational Incentives Awareness Campaign that incorporates examples from the MIEDAR (CTN protocol) such as the Fishbowl technology. read full description. |
02/21/05 |
MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Will convene its first meeting March 15-16 in Chicago to determine dissemination activities and products for the MIEDAR protocol. This meeting starts the six-month clock to prepare materials for national roll-out. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
12/13/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The Motivational
Incentives for Enhanced Drug Abuse Recovery (MIEDAR)
successfully held its hand-off
meeting December 3, 2004, Washington DC. |
12/13/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The first Blending
Team meeting will be held in late February or March
2005, Chicago, IL. |
11/22/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The hand-off meeting
is scheduled for December 3, 2004, Washington, DC. Dr. Maxine Stitzer will present her study. Great Lakes,
Northeast and Prairielands are the collaborating Regional
Centers. |
08/02/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Initial hand off
meeting scheduled for July in Los Angeles, CA was cancelled
due to scheduling conflicts. |
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Motivational Interviewing Blending Team ~ Steve
Gallon, Team Lead |
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MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Submitted draft of Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency (MIA: STEP) for content clearance by NIDA in March, 2005. |
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MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Revised Taper Rating Guide, tools and demonstration tapes for the MIA: STEP package in April and May, 2005. |
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MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Conducting a preview of MIA: STEP with Dr. Kathleen Carroll for NASADAD on June 5, 2005. |
05/09/05 |
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Caribbean Basin recorded two sample audio tapes using Motivational Interviewing in an evaluation interview. The transcripts are available through the Blending Team. |
12/20/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Draft products
for the roll-out package, tentatively titled MI
Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency
(MIA:STEP), have been developed and are being reviewed
by the Team. Summary of the products under development
can be found in the Blending Team minutes of November
4-5, 2004. |
11/22/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Met
November 4-5, 2004, in Washington, DC. Reviewed draft
products, made revision recommendations and a work
plan to submit content to NIDA for review by January
15, 2005. |
10/04/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Next Blending
Team meeting is scheduled for November 4-5, 2004.
Northwest Frontier, Caribbean Basin and Hispanic and
Mid-Atlantic attended May Hand-Off and Blending Team
meetings in July. Package of MI products to include
supervisory tools for the building and maintenance
of counselor MI skills. |
07/26/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: (Northwest Frontier,
Caribbean Basin & Hispanic, Mid-Atlantic) met
July 15-16 in Portland, OR. |
07/12/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Meeting
scheduled for July 15-16, 2004, Portland, OR. |
05/24/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Sherry Ceperich
(Mid-Atlantic), Steve Gallon (Northwest Frontier) and
Edna Quinones (Caribbean Basin) attended the Motivational
Interviewing Hand Off meeting May 17-18, in Bethesda,
MD. |
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PRAIRIELANDS: In collaboration with ASAM will be sponsoring the Opioid Awareness: A Collaborative Treatment Approach workshop on June 3, 2005 and the Buprenorphine and Office-Based Treatment of Opioid Dependence on June 4, 2005. Both workshops will be held at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center in Minneapolis. |
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MID-AMERICA: Held the second Buprenorphine Awareness workshop in its region Thursday, May 12, 2005, in Wichita, KS. 40 persons attended. read full description. |
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NORTHEAST: Will offer "Buprenorphine for Non-Medical Personnel" training at the Regional Training Institute in Erie, PA, June 22-24. Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Kenneth Dickenson will lead the program for SUD treatment professionals. |
05/09/05 |
CARIBBEAN BASIN & HISPANIC: "Buprenorphine Treatment: A Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction Professionals" has been translated and adapted by the Caribbean Basin for the Spanish speaking population. Dr. Angel Gonzalez and Professor Maria del Mar Garcia (Caribbean Basin Faculty) will be delivering the training. Contact Maria de Mar Garcia, 787-625-9891 ext 2110 or 787-798-3001, for more information. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Gail Dixon and Judy Micale are members of the Conference Planning Committee for the "Smart Practice, Practical Science: Blending Treatment and Research," the 2005 NIDA Blending Conference. They have coordinated the scheduling of conference presentations for the Buprenorphine Awareness and ASI Blending Teams. The Conference will be held in Miami Beach, FL, on June 6-7, 2005. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: The Florida Coalition for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence was contacted about the possibility of offering the Buprenorphine Awareness training at their upcoming annual meeting or in stand alone events. |
05/02/05 |
NORHTEAST: Will be offering a Buprenorphine Awareness training/workshop on May 9, 2005, in New York City for the New York/New Jersey AIDS Education Training Center. |
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Facts/statistics
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ATTC IMPACT SURVEY: With 11 newsletters published nationwide, over 145,000 newsletters, including 10,000 in Spanish, were disseminated by the Network to approximately 35,000 people in 2004. Information from the ATTC Impact Survey. |
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This
section has been created to insure that the efforts
of the Network are not duplicated, it will feature a
listing of curricula and other products Regional Centers
may be developing or completed so that the Network is
aware of their plans. This way, Regional Centers can
avoid the duplication of efforts and ideally promote
collaboration on specific work. |
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MID-AMERICA: Published the final reports on the Workforce Needs Assessment Surveys conducted in 2004 in three states in the region: Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. read full description. |
05/09/05 |
NORTHEAST: Will publish a new Resource Links newsletter titled, "Preventing Underage Drinking and Other Drug Use: What Schools and Colleges Can Do." This guide is designed to raise awareness of evidence-based practices and existing resources. It will be distributed to nearly 10,000 high school and college educators in NJ, NY and PA and will be available to the Network via the Northeast Web site (under "Products") for download and printing the week of May 23. |
05/09/05 |
NORTHEAST: In conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) and the Mental Illness Education Project, are please to announce the addition of free online access to the popular co-occurring video: "An Integrated Model for the Treatment of People with Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders," by Dr. Ken Minkoff to the PA-Co-Occurring.Org Web site. Continuing education credits are offered for viewing the video and completing a post test. |
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PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Presented with the Applied Behavioral Health Policy at the University of Arizona and introduction to motivational interviewing at the Yavapai Corrections meeting in Cottonwood, AZ, on Friday, May 13. |
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NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Chaired the program committee for the Northwest Institute of Addiction Studies, scheduled for July 28-20, 2005, in Portland, OR. Featured speakers include Tom McLellan, several NIDA CTN researchers, RWJ Fellows and others sharing evidence-based practices. The program and registration information is available at www.nwias.org. |
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NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Regional workgroup convenes May 20 to complete first draft of a thorough revision of the Performance Assessment Rubrics for the Addiction Counseling Competencies. |
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NORTHWEST FRONTIER: SVORI training of trainers for the Northwest Region took place on May 10-13 in Portland, OR. Participants include SVORI grantees and drug court representatives. |
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NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Continuing a state wide pilot project on treatment system improvement. Conducted the 5th and 6th learning session for all participating agencies and technical assistance coaches on May 12. |
05/09/05 |
CARIBBEAN BASIN & HISPANIC: There has been a change in the Caribbean Basin phone numbers. You can now reach them at 787-798-3001 or 787-625-9891. Unit extensions are as follows: Director, 2108; Director's Assistant, 2116; Administrator, 2109; Administrator's Assistant, 2110; Continuing Education Program, 2113 or 2118; Academic Program 2112 or 2117; Educational Resources Unit, 2114 or 2115; CTN 2119. |
05/09/05 |
CENTRAL EAST: Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, Project Director, continues to facilitate NAADAC/NCC's collaboration with ICRC/S.CAP. Meetings to continue the process were held in Washington, DC, April 29-30. |
05/09/05 |
CENTRAL EAST: Through the contract with Central East, Cynthia Moreno Tuohy will be attending the NIDA sponsored meeting on "Building Research Capacity of Community-Based Drug Abuse Provider Organizations" in Bethesda, MD, on May 4. |
05/02/05 |
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Displayed at the CADA 2005 Public Policy Conference on April 25 & 26, 2005, in Sacramento, CA. For more information, contact Bethany Plain. |
05/02/05 |
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Beth Finnerty is participating in the 7 week Training Point Series and attended the Face-To-Face meeting in Kansas City, MO, on April 27-29, 2005. For more information contact Beth Finnerty. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Sponsored Nancy Rosenshine, MS, as the trainer/facilitator for a workforce development event in Birmingham, AL, on April 25, 2005. read full description. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Judy Micale and Joan Leary are participating in "The Training Point: An Uncommon Learning Exchange for Addiction Trainers." They joined their fellow students in Kansas City on April 27-29, 2005, for the Face-To-Fact portion of the curriculum. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Added a new feature to the home page of their Web site - Free On-line Alcohol Screening. read full description. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Jim Knorp, Southern Coast Project Director, was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Florida School of Addiction Studies. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Gail Dixon has been appointed to the State Advisory Committee for the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG). Ms. Dixon will serve as Chair of the Workforce Development Committee. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Gail Dixon has been appointed to the Advisory Board for the Center for Community Change International's PULSE online learning community. PULSE provides Internet resources for mental health providers, family members of individuals with mental illness, consumers of mental health services and consumer advocates. Ms. Dixon will coordinate the forum on Co-Occurring Disorders. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHEAST: Attended the 7th Annual Lonnie E. Mitchell National HBCU Substance Abuse conference which was held April 19-23, 2005, at the Wyndham Inner Harbor Hotel, located in Baltimore, MD. read full description. |
05/02/05 |
NATIONAL OFFICE: Will be exhibiting at the NADCP 11th Annual Drug Court Training Conference in Orlando, FL, June 9-12, 2005. |
05/02/05 |
NATIONAL OFFICE: Monika Masuda has joined the National Office as the I-Net Administrator. read full description. |
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05/09/05 |
CARIBBEAN BASIN & HISPANIC: This month Caribbean Basin has programmed a series of trainings for community-faith-based organizations and for the Puerto Rico Drug Courts. These trainings are: May 6, "Care Levels (ASAM) and Opiates Pharmacology," Correction Academy, Ponce, PR, Contact Marymar Rivera; May 14, "Ethical Principles of Substance Abuse Counseling," Contact Marymar Rivera; May 20, "Confidentiality of the Substance Abuse Client," Hogar Jesus, Mayaguez, PR, Contact Leonilda Ruiz, 787-826-0924. Also, the Caribbean Basin will be holding a one-day conference on May 19, "Drug Use Among Adolescents: Prevalence and Consequences," Condado Plaza Hotel, San Juan, PR, Contact Carmen Andujar. |
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CARIBBEAN BASIN & HISPANIC: From May 9-13, the Caribbean Basin will host its first Leadership Institute Immersion Training. Participating will be 15 protégés and 15 mentors representing public and private sectors related to the addiction and mental health fields, including community and faith-based organizations, government agencies, and private practice clinicians, among others. Ellen Brinkley will be attending from Southeast, who will be functioning as a mentor and has been lending a hand in the training logistics. A Booster Session will be in August 2005 and Project presentation and Graduation will be in November 2005. Requests have been received for a second Leadership Institute, if there is anyone interested in nominating for a next round, please contact Caribbean Basin, (787) 798-3001 ext. 2114 or candujar@uccaribe.edu. |
05/02/05 |
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Will participate and display at the "Designing the Roadmap: Research Policy-Shaping the Future of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services" in Sacramento, CA on May 4-6, 2005. Richard Rawson, Ph.D., will present the latest research on Methamphetamine. Thomas Freese, Ph.D., will present Best Practices in Addiction Treatment and Beth Finnerty, M.P.H., will present information on substance abuse policy issues. For more information contact Bethany Plain. |
05/02/05 |
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Richard Poppy, M.A., LISAC, and Glen Matchett-Morris, Ph.D., LPC, are presenting "Clinical Supervision: Building Chemical Dependency Counselor Skills" on May 11-12, 2005, in Flagstaff, AZ, and June 9-10, 2005, in Las Cruces, NM. This is a workshop that focuses on the teaching and mentoring aspects of clinical supervision in addiction treatment settings. We have found this training to be beneficial to clinical supervisors in related disciplines. The goal of the training is to provide participants an opportunity to increase their understanding and skill in assessing the clinical skills of counselors and develop learning plans that will assist in their continued professional development. More information is available: Click here for more information on the Flagstaff event. Click here for more information on the Las Cruces event. |
05/02/05 |
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Robert Rhode, Ph.D., is presenting "Motivating Incentives" May 12, 2005, in Phoenix, AZ, and June 10, 2005, in Albuquerque, NM. This workshop describes how clients have reliably used contingency management to modify their substance use in favor of less use by making abstaining or attending treatment more attractive immediately. This session will describe how to identify a client behavior for reinforcement, how to select rewards, and how to start using those rewards to help the client make progress toward treatment goals. More information is available at the following Web site: Click here for more information on the Phoenix event; Click here for more information on the Albuquerque event. |
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05/02/05 |
ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America is collaborating with a Kansas City, MO, Methadone Treatment program to pilot a Mentoring Model as a supplement to the ASI-Based Treatment Planning Curriculum classroom version. With the support and "buy in" from clinical and administrative leadership, 8 counselors have participated in the 6-hour classroom training and will next be receiving one-to-one mentoring to enhance their treatment planning skills. Products developed from this pilot study include a Counselor Treatment Plan that encourages counselors to develop problem statements, goals, objectives, and interventions for the purpose of evaluating and improving their own treatment planning skills; and Self-Evaluation Checklists for both treatment planning and clinical documentation activities. The Mentoring Model will be refined based on feedback from counselors and their leadership and next incorporated with MO COSIG participating treatment agencies. |
04/04/05 |
ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America with Mountain West supported a one-day pilot workshop on the NIDA ASI Treatment Planning curriculum package on March 24, 2005. The training took place in Las Vegas, NV. Mid-America sent David McWilliams, National Certified Psychologist with the Missouri Department of Mental Health Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse as a participant. Deni Carise and Megan Love from Treatment Research Institute (TRI) and Pat Stilen with Mid-America, have begun the next phase of ASI Treatment Planning curriculum development. The subsequent product will blend the 6-hour ASI Treatment Planning classroom training with the ASI Treatment Planning Software manual materials. |
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ASI
BLENDING TEAM: Meeting scheduled July 19-21, 2004, Reno, NV.
The purpose of the meeting is to develop an online version of the
curriculum, How to Make Paperwork Useful: Using the Addiction
Severity Index (ASI) in Treatment Care Planning. Contact Pat Stilen or other members
of the ASI Blending Team for more information. |
05/10/04 |
ASI
BLENDING TEAM: Products for this Blending initiative have been redefined
to delete the previous emphasis on a specific software module. The
primary focus will remain on a training package for integration of
clinical assessments with treatment planning, using the ASI as the
primary example for the clinical assessment. Redefined products in
development: (1) Curriculum package to include handouts, resources
related to assessment, treatment planning, and documentation guidelines.
ASI-based examples will be utilized throughout (Mid-America ATTC),
(2) On-line Course (Mountain West ATTC), (3) Briefing Package. An
overview presentation of the blending initiative, its rationale, design,
and products (Gulf Coast ATTC) and (4) Resource Kit in electronic
media including presentations, handouts, bibliographies, sample forms/reports,
and other resource listings. |
02/21/05 |
BUPRENORPHINE AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: Sent package to each Regional Center. Materials on three of the package's CDs including the trainers manual, PowerPoint slides, the bibliography, and the Bup brochure are on the iNSiDER. The package includes: a paper copy of the manual, a DVD of the "Put Your Smack Down," a CD of the Central East on-line course, and 3 CD's containing the training, the PowerPoint slides, and the Bibliography. It is the responsibility of the Regional Center to make any copies needed in their region of this material. All materials are designed so that Regional Centers can customize the information to meet the needs in their areas--and add their name, etc. to the training. |
11/29/04 |
BUPRENORPHINE
AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: ATTC National Office will host awareness
training and the training for trainers on the Buprenorphine Awareness
package developed by the Blending Team, January 25-27, 2005, Kansas
City, MO. Tom Freese will facilitate the three-day training.
Day 1 of the training will focus on the package content and
be open to approximately 20 providers in the Kansas City area and
trainers and/or representatives from the ATTC Regional Centers. Day 2 and 3 will be the actual Training of Trainers and is intended
for Regional Center trainers and/or representatives. |
05/10/04 |
BUPRENORPHINE
AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: Completed the first Blending Initiative
package entitles “Buprenorphine Treatment: A Training for Multidisciplinary
Addiction Professionals.” The package includes the following
materials: (1)Printed copies of: The Training Guide for the 6-hour
training and a draft informational brochure about the product. This
draft can be customized by individual centers to meet local needs.
(2) Two CD Cases each with 2 CD-ROM disks. (a) The clear case contains:
the Power Point presentation for the training and the video, “Put
Your Smack Down! A Video about Buprenorphine” This video is
used during Module VI of the training. (b) The blue case contains:
supporting material for the training, a training Guide and a informational
brochure and an Annotated Bibliography (Draft) and “Buprenorphine
Treatment of Opioid Addiction: A Guide for Counselors,” an online
course develop by the CEATTC. These materials have been submitted
to Dr. Suman Rao from NIDA and Dr. Karl White from SAMHSA for review
and will be sent to Regional Centers and CTN Nodes as soon as final
approval is given. |
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MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Great Lakes held a Blending Team Meeting March 15-16, 2005, in Chicago, IL, to develop a dissemination packet of products/activities as a Motivational Incentives Awareness Campaign that incorporates examples from the MIEDAR (CTN protocol) such as the Fishbowl technology. Products and activities are designed to educate, inform and generate interest in adoption of Motivational Incentives as a science-based approach with proven efficacy for behavioral change. Product - Tentative concepts: 1) Motivational Incentives Awareness Powerpoint Presentation that includes Flash Media technology - audience includes NASADAD, CTN, Policy Makers; 2) Motivational Incentives Brochure; 3) Newsletters; 4) Motivational Incentives Video and "How to Use" the video as a workshop or in-service; 5) Compact Disc and 6) Testimonials from clinicians and/or clients who were part of the CTN study. Testimonials will be used as part of Powerpoint presentations, brochures, videos, etc. Present were ATTC Members Lonnetta Albright (chair) and Joseph D. Rosenfeld (Great Lakes), Anne Helene Skinstad (Prairielands), and Amy Shanahan (Northeast). Also present were Tim Condon and Denise Pintello from NIDA, Roxanne Kibben from Synergy Inc, Dr. Scott Kellogg, Therese Killen and John Hamilton. The Dissemination Package Completion date is September 16, 2005. Scheduled presentation: June Blending Conference for NASADAD. |
12/13/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The Motivational Incentives for Enhanced
Drug Abuse Recovery (MIEDAR) successfully held its hand-off meeting
December 3, 2004, Washington DC. Dr. Tim Condon facilitated
the meeting. Mady Chalk and Karl White, SAMHSA participated. Dr. Maxine
Stitzer, Lead Principal Investigator presented an overview, background
and results of the study. Drs. Scott Kellogg and Nancy Petry
presented adoption and training experiences. Three community
treatment providers involved in the study shared lessons learned.
Preliminary dissemination strategies were recommended and the Blending
Team membership was finalized which includes: Dr. Nancy Petry Department
of Psychiatry University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington,
CT; Dr. Scott Kellogg, Clinical Psychologist, The Rockefeller University,
New York, NY; John Hamilton, Executive Director, LMG Programs, Inc,
Stanford, CT; Amy Shanahan, Northeast ATTC/IRETA; Anne Helene Skinstad,
Director, Prairielands ATTC; Joseph D. Rosenfeld, Great Lakes ATTC;
and Lonnetta Albright, Blending Team Chair, Great Lakes ATTC. |
11/22/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Met November 4-5, 2004, in Washington,
DC. Reviewed draft products, made revision recommendations and a
work plan to submit content to NIDA for review by January 15, 2005.
Formatting and production to follow NIDA review. Contents to include
a briefing package, summary of the CTN results, MI Assessment protocol
description, supervisor audio tape rating manual, portfolio of supervisor
tools for building/maintaining counselor MI skills, demonstration
audio tapes and expert ratings in English and Spanish, and a training
design for introducing the blending products to administrators and
supervisors. |
07/26/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: (Northwest Frontier, Caribbean Basin & Hispanic, Mid-Atlantic) met July 15-16 in Portland, OR. Guests
included Karl White, CSAT, Tim Condon, NIDA, and Suman Rao, NIDA.
Team decided roll-out products will include: briefing package for
the ATTC Network, briefing package for SSA Directors and CTP CEOs,
description of the MI Assessment intervention, summary of clinical
trials results, strategies for building MI competency in counseling
and clinical supervision staff, and a supervisor's tool kit for
building and maintaining MI skills. Draft package of products due
to NIDA January 15, 2005. Next meeting of the blending team will
be November 4-5, 2004. |
07/12/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Meeting scheduled for July 15-16,
2004, Portland, OR. The purpose of the meeting is to establish
objectives, discuss products and brainstorm strategies for the Motivational
Interviewing CTN Protocol. NIDA representatives include: Tim
Condon and Suman Rao. CSAT representatives include: Karl White
and Mady Chalk. ATTC representatives include: Steve Gallon,
Sherry Ceperich, and Edna Quinones. |
05/24/04 |
MOTIVATIONAL
INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Sherry Ceperich (Mid-Atlantic),
Steve Gallon (Northwest Frontier) and Edna Quinones (Caribbean Basin)
attended the Motivational Interviewing Hand Off meeting May 17-18,
in Bethesda, MD. The MI Blending Team meeting tentatively is set for
mid-July, which will start the six-month clock to prepare materials
for the roll-out of materials from the CTN MI protocol of MI infused
intakes. |
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MID-AMERICA: Held the second Buprenorphine Awareness workshop in its region Thursday, May 12, 2005, in Wichita, KS. 40 persons attended. Trainers were: Jan Campbell, M.D., an authorized Buprenorphine physician, and faculty member at the University of Kansas Medical Center since 1982; and Percy Menzies, M.Pharm., President of Assisted Recovery Centers of America (ARCA), a treatment center for alcohol and drug use disorders based in St. Louis, MO. Both were participants in the Buprenorphine Awareness training of trainers held in Kansas City in January 2005. Participants at the May 12 training included substance abuse treatment professionals, mental health professionals, nurses and physicians. A representative of Reckitt Benckiser, the Pharmaceutical company that markets Suboxone (buprenorphine), was also present at the workshop and provided information and literature for participants. For more information contact Debbie Rockford, 816-482-1175. |
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MID-AMERICA: Published the final reports on the Workforce Needs Assessment Surveys conducted in 2004 in three states in the region: Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The survey gathered current workforce information on frontline workers, agency directors and their agencies. The 48-page publications are organized around five guiding questions: 1) What are the characteristics of the workforce? 2) What types of services are being provided and to whom? 3) How does the workforce perceive their skills and training needs? 4) How is the work environment perceived in terms of supports/constraints and job satisfaction? and 5) What are the future challenges to the workforce? Reports were disseminated April 2005 to SSA offices, treatment center staff and directors who participated in surveys, Mid-America Coordinating Council members, and other stakeholders in the region. The three Reports can be downloaded from the Mid-America Web site. Note: The Kansas Addictions Workforce Study was completed in 2002 by Kansas Addiction and Prevention Services. For more information contact Alicia Wendler, 816-482-1199. |
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05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Sponsored Nancy Rosenshine, MS, as the trainer/facilitator for a workforce development event in Birmingham, AL, on April 25, 2005. This event brought together 77 substance abuse professionals from the University of Alabama Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, Substance Abuse Programs to address workforce retention strategies for this team such as: team building, diversity, leadership, problem solving, decision making, workforce retention, communication. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHERN COAST: Added a new feature to the home page of their Web site - Free On-line Alcohol Screening. This online alcohol screening tool is a syndicated service provided by Join Together to help individuals assess their own alcohol consumption patterns to determine if their drinking is likely to be harming their health or increasing their risk for future harm. Through education and referral, it urges those whose drinking is harmful or hazardous to take positive action, and informs all adults who consume alcohol about guidelines and caveats for lower-risk drinking. This feature must be coordinated through Join Together, but it is free. |
05/02/05 |
SOUTHEAST: Attended the 7th Annual Lonnie E. Mitchell National HBCU Substance Abuse conference which was held April 19-23, 2005, at the Wyndham Inner Harbor Hotel, located in Baltimore, MD. This year's theme was "Navigating New Pathways in Addressing Substance Abuse and Mental Health Challenges." The conference focused on bringing cutting-edge substance abuse research, policy development and health disparity issues of African Americans to the attention of the public and HBCU students and to identify connection between alcohol, illicit drugs and communities. |
05/02/05 |
NATIONAL OFFICE: Monika Masuda has joined the National Office as the I-Net Administrator. Monika Masuda has transferred from UMKC’s Institute for Human Development, where she assisted the Systems Administrator. In her role as I-Net Administrator she will support the office staff and be responsible for the National Office sponsored Web sites. She has a BS degree in Computer Science from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. Her contact information is (816) 482-1130 or masudam@umkc.edu. |
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