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March 31, 2008 archives

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	Regional Center Spotlight
	Our brightest idea and/or new project/program is...
	MOUNTAIN WEST: The Mountain West ATTC announces the new academic online course, Clinical Supervision for the Addiction Counseling Field. This three credit undergraduate/graduate level online course will be piloted during the summer (May 19-August 6) of 2008 through the University of Nevada, Reno. The Mountain West ATTC will sponsor three clinical supervisors from each of the six states in the Mountain West ATTC region to participate in the pilot offering of this course. Students will be oriented to major current theories and models for clinical supervision counselors in the fields of addiction and mental health; Supervision of beginning counselors and interns; The supervisory relationship; Supervision models; Cultural issues in supervision; Supervision settings (institutional climates); Individual and Group supervision; and Specific activities associated with performance feedback and supervision. The foundation for the course is CSAT’s TAP 21-A, Clinical Supervision Competencies. Central East ATTC Director and Executive Director of the Danya Institute, Thomas Durham, Ph.D. will provide instruction for this course which he developed for the Mountain West ATTC. For registration and additional information, please visit the University of Nevada, Reno Extended Studies Independent Learning website www.istudy.unr.edu or call the Mountain West ATTC 775.784.4652 (toll free 800.233.8928, ext 4652) or email istudy@unr.edu or thamblin@casat.org
	Next SPOTLIGHT is on ATTC of NEW ENGLAND

	Network Meetings
	Reminders, projects, activities & minutes!
03/17/2008	NATIONAL OFFICE: The Network and Directors Meetings, scheduled for April 21-24 will be held in Baltimore, Maryland at the Marriott Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. The Network meeting will be held on April 21-22, the Directors Meeting immediately follows on April 23-24. A Leadership Institute Workgroup Meeting is scheduled for the evening of April 20th (see Leadership Institute section or email Erin Fridley, fridleye@umkc.edu for more details). For detailed hotel information please click here.

	Special Projects & Opportunities
	A good chance for advancement and progress.
	CENTRAL EAST: The ATTC Clinical Supervision Work Group is currently involved in a multi-site collaboration to develop a curriculum based on TAP 21-A. A subgroup has been formed to develop the curricula and includes representatives from Central East, New England, Northeast, Northwest Frontier, and Southern Coast ATTCs.
	NATIONAL OFFICE: Training information for new database! As you are all aware, The National Office has been putting together a new, comprehensive database. This database will take the place of the NIDA dissemination tracking system and the Semi-Annual Report Activities database (both of which have been located on the iNSiDER). This database will collect a wide variety of information about our events and activities. read full discription
	PRAIRIELANDS: A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals: Training Curriculum, First Edition, Based on the publication:(DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 01-3498). read full discription
03/17/2008	NATIONAL OFFICE: The National Office is offering the use of an effective new tool, Microsoft’s SharePoint, as a way to facilitate the sharing of information within ATTC workgroups. If requested, the National Office will create a SharePoint work space for your workgroup. read full discription.

	Leadership Institute
	CENTRAL EAST: Central East completed Immersion Training for 16 protégés and mentors for its 2008 Leadership Institute on March 16th – 21st. The Immersion training was well attended, with protégés and mentors from DC, New Jersey and Maryland. read full discription
	CENTRAL EAST: Central East has collected protégé nominations for its Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) Leadership Institute in July, and will be matching them with mentors in the near future.
	GREAT LAKES: Great Lakes will conclude our 3rd installment of the Leadership Institute, March 27-28, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. This year’s graduation class includes 14 proteges and mentors from around our 4 state region. For more information please contact Tiffany Kilpatrick, tiffanyk@uic.edu.
	PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands hosted its Graduation Ceremony for its 2007 Leadership Institute on March 27-28.
03/17/2008	NATIONAL OFFICE: There will be a Leadership Institute Workgroup Meeting on Sunday, April 20th at the Marriott Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore preceding the Network Meeting April 21-22. The tentative time is 6:30-8:30pm. More information will be provided to Coordinators soon. If you have any questions contact Erin Fridley, fridleye@umkc.edu.

	Resources & Publications
	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.
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC has developed a 2008 version of the Alcohol Awareness Month (April) faith community bulletin insert. This product can be easily downloaded and used by churches, temples and mosques for their Sunday/Sabbath-day bulletins, newsletters or bulletin boards. read full discription
03/03/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC now has the two videos 1) Therapeutic Communities: History and Overview and 2) Therapeutic Communities: Theory and Research available for purchase on DVDs. read full discription
03/03/2008	NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Northwest Frontier has developed a one-day training on Selecting and Implementing Evidence Based Practices. Targeted to agency directors, program managers, and clinical supervisors, the workshop focuses on defining evidence-based practices, selecting a practice consistent with the needs of the agency, implementation processes, and issues around assessing fidelity and making adaptations. For more information contact Denna Vandersloot (503-378-8516).
03/03/2008	NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Northwest Frontier has redesigned its clinical supervision workshops due to a request to both reduce time at each workshop and expand the curriculum. We now have three 2-day (12 hour) workshops, each with a different subtitle: 1) building CD counselor skills, 2) addressing clinical performance problems, and 3) implementing observation, coaching and professional development planning.

	Events
	Projects & Program Updates
	CENTRAL EAST: Central East will be conducting its annual Keeping It Real conference on HIV/AIDS Community Outreach in Princeton, NJ September 22-24, 2008.
	GREAT LAKES: In partnership with its regional leadership committee (SSAs, Ohio Valley Node and TASC), Great Lakes will convene its first meeting of the expanded Regional Advisory Board on May 21-22, 2008 in Indianapolis, IN. Presentations by all state partners and NIATx will be offered. read full discription
	NEW ENGLAND: The ATTC-NE participated in the planning and is co-sponsoring the 39th Annual New England School of Addiction Studies (9 – 13, 2008), and the 8th Annual School of Prevention Studies (June 9 – 11, 2008); located at Franklin Pierce University, in Rindge, NH. Catalogs and registration forms for these events are available for download at http://www.neias.org/
	PRAIRIELANDS: The Minnesota Association for Research and Recovery and Chemical Health Summit is a gathering of leaders and decision makers from around Minnesota to consider issues of importance to the chemical health field. This year’s Summit will lead to the development of regional treatment provider collaboratives. read full discription
	PRAIRIELANDS: A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals “Training of Trainers” is scheduled to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 19-21, 2008. Participants will represent the ATTC Network. Prairielands ATTC has taken the lead on the development of this curriculum, implementation of the training of trainers, and further development and dissemination.
	PRAIRIELANDS: The Wisconsin Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services [BMHSAS] moderates a monthly audio-teleconference series entitled Research to Practice.The series features expert clinician-researchers that discuss clinically relevant research topics, answer questions, and discuss difficult cases with attendees. read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On April 8, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA, Dr. Richard Rawson will present at the Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center. For more information, please contact Dr. Rawson at rrawson@mednet.ucla.edu
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On April 8, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA, Dr. Thomas Freese will conduct a Good Research/Clinical Practice Training at UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs. For more information, please contact Christina Gutierrez at gutierrezc@ucla.edu.
03/17/2008	CARIBBEAN BASIN: A training event is being held March 23, 2008 entitled, Advanced Ethics in Substance Abuse Counseling. This event will be held at Hogar CREA, a community based organization, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The training will be delivered by Dr. Gertrudis Maldonado, PhD.
03/17/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is updating the ATTC curriculum, Best Practices in Addiction Treatment and adapting it for an audience of counselors who serve an adolescent population. read full discription
03/17/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is conducting a one-day training of trainers on the curriculum, Foundations of Substance Use, Abuse and Dependence, for the Missouri COSIG project. read full discription
03/17/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is collaborating with NAADAC on a one-day workshop entitled, New Innovations in Opioid Treatment: Buprenorphine. The workshop will take place March 28, 2008, in Overland Park, Kansas. read full discription
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 20-21, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA, UCLA ISAP, LA County ADPA, and the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs are sponsoring a two-day Summit on Using Performance and Outcome Measures to Improve Treatment. read full discription
03/03/2008	CENTRAL EAST: Central East will be conducting its annual Keeping It Real conference on HIV/AIDS Community Outreach in Princeton, NJ September 22-24, 2008.
03/03/2008	NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Northwest Frontier has scheduled Trainer of Trainer events for the TIP 42 Co-occurring Disorders curriculum in conjunction with the National Co-Occur .ring Center of Excellence (COCE) and SSAs in the following states: Oregon: April 14-16; Washington: May 20-22; and. Alaska: June 10-12

	FYI
	Information to keep you in the kNOw!
	CENTRAL EAST: Central East sponsored two one day trainings in Washington DC, March 6th and 13th, on Interpersonal Violence Training for Substance Abuse Counselors. The trainings were well attended, and appear to have sparked an interest in future trainings on the topic.
	CENTRAL EAST: Dr. Durham conducted part two of his 5-month didactic Clinical Supervision training workshop in Catonsville, Maryland, on March 13th, 2008.
	CENTRAL EAST: The Danya Institute and Central East will continue to support three ongoing co-occurring competent training programs in the District of Columbia during 2008. read full discription
	GREAT LAKES: At the invitation of Central CAPT’s Associate Director, Great Lakes Director, Lonnetta Albright, lalbrigh@uic.edu, will provide an ATTC presentation and Q&A at the CAPT’s Regional Technical Expert Panel meeting on April 2, 2008 in Detroit, MI. Resources and information on Great Lakes and Prairielands ATTCs will be presented.
	GREAT LAKES: At the invitation of Ohio’s SSA Great Lakes met with the Director of Ohio’s Governor’s OFBCI to discuss partnership and workshops for SSA and OFBCI staff and faith-based organizations. read full discription
	MID-AMERICA: On March 20, 2008, Director Pat Stilen met with Nebraska SSA Director, Lee Tyson, to discuss Mid-America ATTC projects currently underway in Nebraska: read full discription
	MID-AMERICA: Director Pat Stilen met with Shawna Dwyer, the State Training Coordinator for Nebraska, on March 20, 2008, to determine training needs and gaps in Nebraska. read full discription
	NATIONAL OFFICE: The National Workforce Survey Expert Panel will be conducting there first in-person meeting on April 7-8, in Rockville, MD.
	NEW ENGLAND: Rhode Island has received an Access to Recovery (ATR) grant totaling $2.75 million per year for 3 years. The ATTC-NE assisted in developing the grant application and will provide technical assistance to the SSA in managing the grant and training to various providers who will deliver either clinical or recovery services to clients through the voucher system.
	NEW ENGLAND: The ATTC-NE is assisting the Institute for Addiction Recovery at Rhode Island College in finalizing plans for its new Recovery Center. A site has been identified and is expected to be opened within 60 days. read full discription
	NEW ENGLAND: Several ATTC-NE staff are participating in a major workforce development strategic planning process with the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS). read full discription
	NEW ENGLAND: Coordinators of the six recovery advocacy organizations in New England, forming the New England Alliance for Addiction Recovery (NEAAR – http://www.neaar.org/), continue to communicate regularly with the support of the ATTC-NE. The group is planning a number of activities including a region-wide conference on recovery issues and updating its website.
	NORTHEAST: The New York Office of the NeATTC met with met with the Executive Director of the New York State Brain Injury Association to discuss opportunities for collaboration. read full discription
	NORTHEAST: The New York Office of the NeATTC/IPDA is involved in establishing a peer review process for clinical supervision. This process will be done through the New York State provider organization – the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State and will be modeled on their existing peer review process. read full discription
	NORTHEAST: The NeATTC along with the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS), the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs and the Co-occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) hosted the COCE TOT for TIP 42 on February 25-26, 2008; the first PA Co-occurring Disorders (COD) Training of Trainers (TOT) took place in Eagleville, PA with 27 participants. read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 27-29, 2008 in Kansas City, MO, Dr. Thomas Freese was lead trainer at the NAADAC-sponsored New Horizons in Opioid Treatment: Buprenorphine Training of Trainers. For more information, please contact Dr. Freese at tefreese@ix.netcom.com.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 26, 2008 in Sacramento, CA, Dr. Richard Rawson attended the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators’ Association of California (CAADPAC) Meeting. For more information, please contact Dr. Rawson at rrawson@mednet.ucla.edu.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 25, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA, Dr. Thomas Freese attended the CCJCC Drug Court Meeting. For more information, please contact Dr. Freese at tefreese@ix.netcom.com.
03/17/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC has joined the planning committee for the 16th Annual International Community Corrections Association Conference. This year’s conference will be held in St. Louis, MO, October 19-22, 2008. The theme is What Works: Risk, Resiliency and Reentry. read full discription.
03/17/2008	MID ATLANTIC: The Mid-Atlantic ATTC, in collaboration with Project TREAT (Virginia's CSAT funded SAC grant) launched Ask the Expert in February, 2008. Susan Pauley, Training Coordinator for Project TREAT worked with Mark Whitesides to design a page within the Mid-Atlantic ATTC's adolescent web section to provide visitors to the site an opportunity to learn more about evidence based and best practices for serving adolescents with substance use and co-occurring disorders. The site is interactive. read full discription
03/17/2008	NEW ENGLAND: The ATTC of New England attended the Northeast Summit on Adolescent Evidence Based Practices, on February 4th and 5th, in Westminster, MA; sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services. read full discription.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: From March 17-21, 2008 in various locations throughout Los Angeles County, PSATTC representatives (Beth Rutkowski and Desiree Crevecoeur), LA County ADPA representatives (Akiko Tagawa and Antonne Moore), and NFATTC Director Dr. Steve Gallon will be conducting half-day site visits at the nine ADPA-contracted treatment and recovery agencies that are participating in phase II of the Los Angeles County Process Improvement Pilot Project. For more information, please contact Beth Rutkowski at finnerty@ucla.edu.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 14, 2008 in Sierra Vista, AZ, Michael Walker of the PSATTC delivered a seven-hour training seminar, on the role of Child Protective Services (CPS) in working with meth-impacted families. read full discription.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 13, 2008 in Benson, AZ, Michael Walker of the PSATTC delivered a seven-hour training seminar on the role of Child Protective Services (CPS) in working with meth-impacted families. Twenty five service professionals attended, including case managers, probation officers, district attorneys, and court-appointed special advocates. read full discription.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 13, 2008 in Glendale, AZ, Victor Flores of the PSATTC presented a two-hour seminar on cultural competency at the Glendale Public Library, Foothills Branch. read full discription.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 7, 2008 in Sacramento, CA, Dr. Thomas Freese attended The ADP Statewide Treatment Conference Curriculum Planning Meeting. For more information, please contact Dr. Freese at tefreese@ix.netcom.com.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 6, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA, Dr. Thomas Freese gave a presentation at The UCLA Alcohol and Drug Screening & Brief Intervention Training. For more information, please contact Dr. Freese at tefreese@ix.netcom.com.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 6, 2008 in Seattle, WA, Dr. Richard Rawson gave a presentation at The 10th Annual Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine. The title of his talk was “Methamphetamine Treatment: Pearls & Future Directions.” For more information, please contact Dr. Rawson at rrawson@mednet.ucla.edu.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 5, 2008 in Phoenix, AZ, Dr. Michael Shafer of the PSATTC conducted a training seminar entitled “Dependency 101” for a group of judges at the Arizona Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), Dependent Children’s Services Division. read full discription
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 4, 2008 in Anaheim, CA, Dr. Richard Rawson gave a presentation at The 2008 Treatment Courts Training Day on Methamphetamine Addiction. Seventy five people attended this event. For more information, please contact Dr. Rawson at rrawson@mednet.ucla.edu.

	NIDA Initiative Activities
	Project Updates
	NIDA BLENDING CONFERENCE: June 2-3, 2008, Cincinnati, Ohio. Blending Addiction Science and Treatment: The Impact of Evidence-Based Practice on Individuals, Families and Communities. For conference and registration information please click on the following link: http://www.sei2003.com/nida/blendingcinci/index.htm
	CARIBBEAN BASIN: On April 3, 2008 a training event titled; Buprenorphine and Office-Based Treatment of Opioid Dependence for Multidisciplinary Staff, will be conducted at the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Service Administration (Treatment State Agency) in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. read full discription
	CARIBBEAN BASIN: Based upon the TOT in Motivational Interviewing Strategies completed on year 2007, a group of five trainees from the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Service Administration (Treatment State Agency) are going to deliver one-day training in Motivational Interviewing Strategies in the Agency. read full discription
	CENTRAL EAST: Central East co-sponsored a day long science-to-service symposium, entitled Sex and Drugs: Reducing Risky Behaviors for Men, Women, and Adolescents, with the Mid Atlantic CTN and OETAS. The symposium was held at the Spring Grove Hospital Center on March 28th, 2008.
	CENTRAL EAST: Central East has co-sponsored a long term MIA: STEP implementation initiative with the Mid-Atlantic Node at 6 Baltimore CTN program sites. read full discription
	GREAT LAKES: In collaboration with Michigan’s SSA and part of a long term system change and workforce development effort Great Lakes is conducting its first MIA:STEP for clinical supervisors. read full discription
	GREAT LAKES: At the invitation of the Michigan Inter-Tribal Council (M/ITC) and as part of their training program for Recovery Support Service providers within the newly funded ATR project, Great Lakes will attend their quarterly meeting on April 17, 2008 in Wilson, MI and deliver a 3 hour PAMI presentation. For more information please contact Lonnetta Albright, lalbrigh@uic.edu
	GREAT LAKES: A network/partnership was established between Great Lakes ATTC and the Cook County Bureau of Health Services- Social Work Department during implementation of the Illinois SBIRT project. read full discription
	GREAT LAKES: During PAMI’s product development phase the Northern Ohio Recovery Advocates (RCSP) sponsored a pilot workshop at their annual week-end recovery community conference. read full discription
	MID-AMERICA: Pat Stilen presented an overview of the NIDA Blending Initiative products and an expanded presentation on PAMI for the Substance Abuse Research Cluster (SARC) for University of Nebraska-Lincoln research faculty. For more information contact Pat Stilen at pstilen@mattc.org or 816.482.1168.
	NORTHEAST: The NeATTC hosted two of the NIDA blending product trainings at the Pennsylvania Regional Training Institute on March 18 – 20, 2008. Treatment Planning M.A.T.R.S.: Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) to Make Required Data Collection Useful and Buprenorphine Treatment: Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction Professionals. read full discription
	NORTHEWEST FRONTIER: The Northwest Frontier ATTC has developed a flyer and event brochure for each of the NIDA Blending products. Each brochure can be modified to change the event date, location, time, trainer and cost of each upcoming NIDA activities. For more information on using this flyer and brochure format please contact Mary Anne Bryan bryanm@ohsu.edu.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST:On March 19, 2008, Dr. Thomas Freese will facilitate a Blending Initiative Workgroup call with representatives from each of the regional ATTCs. For more information, please contact Dr. Freese at tefreese@ix.netcom.com.
03/03/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America is focusing its NIDA Initiative MIA-STEP Infrastructure development activities in two states’ underserved areas. Both Arkansas and Nebraska have rural or frontier areas where it is more difficult for counselors to access adequate training leading to competency in an EBP. read full discription
03/03/2008	NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Northwest Frontier completed MIA:STEP supervisor trainings for Honolulu, HI Nov 14-15 and Feb 14. Future events are scheduled for Seattle, WA May 8-9; Grants Pass, OR May 15-16; and Portland, OR, May 29-30.
03/03/2008	NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Northwest Frontier completed Treatment Planning MATRS training Feb 12 in Honolulu, HI. Future events scheduled in Portland, OR April 17; Anchorage, AK May 5; and Spokane, WA, May 14.
03/03/2008	NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Northwest Frontier completed a PAMI events Feb 13 in Honolulu, HI. Future events scheduled in Portland, OR Apr 2; Anchorage AK May 5; and Portland, OR May 15

	NIDA ATTC Blending Teams
	Updates on NIDA ATTC Blending Teams
	CENTRAL EAST: Central East’s Dr. Thomas Durham attended the NIDA hand-off meeting on 2/28, regarding a potential NIDA-ATTC blending initiative on Young Adult Buprenorphine Treatment. He will represent Central East on the blending team, as the team works on this initiative.
03/03/2008	CARIBBEAN BASIN: CBHATTC is invited to collaborate in the conference First and Second Circuit Treatment Service Conference. read full discription.
03/03/2008	NORTHWEST FRONTIER: MIA:STEP Blending Team is planning a TOT for June 4-6 immediately following the NIDA Blending Conference in Cincinnati, OH. Screening and registration is being done collaboratively by the New England Node of the CTN and the Northwest Frontier ATTC. Trainers will be from the New England and Oregon Nodes of the CTN and the Mid-Atlantic ATTC.
	Past NIDA ATTC Blending Teams Postings
	Click on link above to view archived NIDA ATTC Blending Team Postings

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	Regional Center Spotlight
	Nothing additional to report
	Regional Center Spotlight Index

	Network Meetings
02/04/2008	NATIONAL OFFICE: The upcoming Network and Directors Meetings, scheduled for April 21-24 will be held in Baltimore, Maryland at the Marriott Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. The Network meeting will be held on April 21-22, the Directors Meeting immediately follows on April 23-24. A tentative Leadership Coordinators meeting is being planned for April 23. Hotel Information: Renaissance Harborplace Hotel Baltimore 202 East Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 1-410-547-1200 Fax: 1-410-539-5780 Website: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bwish-renaissance-baltimore-harborplace-hotel/ Room Reservation Information: There are various ways to secure your room reservations: • You may click on the link directly below or cut and past the link directly you’re your browser to get to the online hotel registration page. http://marriott.com/bwish?groupCode=attatta&app=resvlink The meeting code will already be entered in the proper field. All you will need to do is enter your arrival date to begin the reservation process. • If you do not follow the link and chose to go directly to the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel website you can still make reservations online. Just enter "ATTATTA" in the "group code" field to have access to the ATTC special rate. • Guests who do not have access to the Internet can call the central reservations number at 1800 Hotels-1 and ask for the "ATTC Network" block or "market code" ATTO at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel. Main website URL: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bwish-renaissance-baltimore-harborplace-hotel/ Room price: $229.00 Reservation Deadline: March 20, 2008 If you have any questions please contact Cindy Christy christyc@umkc.edu .
	Network Meetings Index

	Special Projects & Opportunities
	NATIONAL OFFICE: As you are all aware, The National Office has been putting together a new, comprehensive database. This database will take the place of the NIDA dissemination tracking system and the Semi-Annual Report Activities database (both of which have been located on the iNSiDER). This database will collect a wide variety of information about our events and activities. Some of the information collected will be used to run quarterly reports for NIDA, some of it will be used to run bi-annual reports for CSAT, some of it will be used by the National Evaluation Team. In addition, you will have the opportunity to advertise events of your choosing on a web calendar in your Regional Center’s section of the new Network web site. This database will also collect information to populate that calendar. Our goal has been to make this new database a “one stop shop” for all of your data entry related to ATTC events and activities (except GPRA). Due to the complexity of the database, we feel it is important to provide training on how to use it. The National Office will host three PowerPoint-assisted teleconference trainings next week as follows: Tuesday, April 1 – 1:30 pm CENTRAL -OR- Wednesday, April 2 – 11:00 am CENTRAL -OR- Friday, April 4 – 1:30 pm CENTRAL Conference Call #: 1-888-387-8686, Code #: 4821201 Web site for the PowerPoint: http://www.nattc.org/temp/call.htm Each teleconference will be exactly the same. We are providing three separate times for the trainings in the hope that each Regional Center will find at least one of the times convenient to participate. We strongly recommend that each Center has at least one staff member participate in one of the trainings. Topics covered on the call will include: (a) entering data (b) term definitions and examples (c) audience for each data point (d) hints about where to find the information in order to enter it in the database. Please watch your email for additional information and resources regarding this teleconference.
	PRAIRIELANDS: A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals: Training Curriculum, First Edition, Based on the publication:(DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 01-3498). This product provides both practitioners and administrators increased familiarity with the issues and barriers faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals in need of substance use services, Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of New York City have joined together in curriculum development.
03/17/2008	NATIONAL OFFICE: The National Office is offering the use of an effective new tool, Microsoft’s SharePoint, as a way to facilitate the sharing of information within ATTC workgroups. If requested, the National Office will create a SharePoint work space for your workgroup. Microsoft Office SharePoint provides a single, integrated location where team members can efficiently collaborate with others, find organizational resources, manage content and workflow and more. An informative online demonstration is available by clicking here: SharePoint online demo. In addition, you may view a brief Power Point presentation by clicking here. After familiarizing yourselves with this tool, you can choose to have a SharePoint workspace set up for your workgroup. All members of your workgroup can be added to this web work space to share and update information. If you are interested in having a Microsoft SharePoint work space set up for your ATTC workgroup, or have any questions, please contact Cindy Christy: christyc@umkc.edu.
	Special Projects & Opportunities Index

	Leadership Institute
	CENTRAL EAST: Central East completed Immersion Training for 16 protégés and mentors for its 2008 Leadership Institute on March 16th – 21st. The Immersion training was well attended, with protégés and mentors from DC, New Jersey and Maryland. Once again, with the assistance of DC Co-occurring State Incentive Grant (COSIG) staff, we’ve paired addictions protégés with mental health mentors and vice versa for our Washington DC participants.
03/03/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC has identified 20 protégés from the five-state region to participate in the 2008 Leadership Institute and is in the process of giving feedback on their project ideas. Protégés took part in a conference call orientation to the Institute. Tadessa Jones from the Grad School USDA joined the call to give a PowerPoint presentation orientation for the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI), the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) and the Leadership Effectiveness Inventory (LEI) online assessments. This group seems highly motivated and has already begun planning for a successful Leadership Institute experience. The Immersion Training is scheduled for March 31 through April 4 in Kansas City, MO. For more information, contact Debbie Rockford at rockford@mattc.org or 816.482.1175.
	Leadership Institute

	Resources & Publications
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC has developed a 2008 version of the Alcohol Awareness Month (April) faith community bulletin insert. This product can be easily downloaded and used by churches, temples and mosques for their Sunday/Sabbath-day bulletins, newsletters or bulletin boards. The 5½" X 8½" double-sided informational sheet provides: information about the disease of alcoholism effectiveness of evidence-based treatment in bringing about recovery what persons can do to become more informed about this disease what persons can do to help others suffering from alcohol addiction what faith communities can do to provide support services The bulletin insert in pdf is available in both color and black & white. Both the color and B&W versions can be downloaded from the Mid-America ATTC Web site at: http://www.mattc.org/information/april/index.html . Printing instructions are provided on the website and below. Other ATTCs may post these bulletin inserts on their Web sites and share with faith community groups in their regions. Directions for printing: This faith and alcohol awareness bulletin insert is designed as a two-sided 5.5”w X 8.5”h sheet. To accommodate the typical office printer, the pdf file has been set up to print 2 inserts per 8.5” X 11” sheet. Print page one first, then flip the paper according to your printer specifications in order to print page two. (Consider doing a test print first to be sure it prints correctly.) Once printed, a paper cutter can be used to cut the 8.5” X 11” sheets in half down the middle to create the 5.5”w X 8.5”h inserts. Mid-America ATTC is also providing these documents in the InDesign program so each regional ATTC can insert its own ATTC logo if desired. Please let Jan Wrolstad know if you would like InDesign versions and these will be sent to you in a zipped file. In order to open and work with the product, InDesign software must be installed on a computer.For more information about these inserts, contact Jan Wrolstad, 816.482.1150
03/03/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC now has the two videos 1) Therapeutic Communities: History and Overview and 2) Therapeutic Communities: Theory and Research available for purchase on DVDs. These are the same as the items we have had available for purchase in VHS format, and are the same price as the VHS tapes were: $20 for each plus $5 shipping and handling. Below is more information about these two products: Therapeutic Community: History and Overview DVD Dr. David Deitch, an expert on therapeutic communities (TCs), reviews the history of TCs and introduces this treatment model with emphasis on its application in correctional settings. The video is in two segments which can be viewed separately. Total viewing time: 1 hour and 45 minutes. Price: $20 plus $5 shipping and handling. Therapeutic Community: Theory and Research DVD Dr. George DeLeon, a leading TC theorist and researcher, presents the theoretical foundations and research associated with the therapeutic community model. The video emphasizes the therapeutic community’s application to correctional settings. Total viewing time: 41 minutes. Price: $20 plus $5 shipping and handling. To place an order call Mid-America ATTC at (816) 482-1100.
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	Events
	GREAT LAKES: In partnership with its regional leadership committee (SSAs, Ohio Valley Node and TASC), Great Lakes will convene its first meeting of the expanded Regional Advisory Board on May 21-22, 2008 in Indianapolis, IN. Presentations by all state partners and NIATx will be offered. A SWOT and other methods to determine ongoing regional needs are also part of the 1 ½ day agenda including a plan and calendar for Blending Products’ dissemination activities. Indiana’s SSA is hosting the meeting. For more information please contact Lonnetta Albright, lalbrigh@uic.edu.
	PRAIRIELANDS: The Minnesota Association for Research and Recovery and Chemical Health Summit is a gathering of leaders and decision makers from around Minnesota to consider issues of importance to the chemical health field. This year’s Summit will lead to the development of regional treatment provider collaboratives. These regional groups will share strategies and practices to improve treatment outcomes through rapid access to services, improving client engagement and retention, and creating a seamless transition between levels of care. NIATx and SBIRT processes will be discussed. Prairielands ATTC has been instrumental in this collaborative effort. The event is scheduled for April 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
	PRAIRIELANDS: The Wisconsin Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services [BMHSAS] moderates a monthly audio-teleconference series entitled Research to Practice.The series features expert clinician-researchers that discuss clinically relevant research topics, answer questions, and discuss difficult cases with attendees. The series started in April 2000 and has featured many nationally prominent speakers. Prairielands ATTC collaborates with WBMHSAS focusing Evidence Based Practices regional and national presentations.
03/17/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is updating the ATTC curriculum, Best Practices in Addiction Treatment and adapting it for an audience of counselors who serve an adolescent population. Mid-America ATTC Senior Project Manager-Evaluation, Heather Gotham, Ph.D., is updating several modules and including sections on implementation and fidelity. A formal curriculum product is not planned at this point, but the revised training will be piloted in Omaha, Nebraska, on April 28, 2008. 42 persons who serve adolescents have registered for this event which is now closed. The one-day workshop is being planned with the Juvenile Justice Institute at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Heather Gotham and Jan Wrolstad will co-facilitate the training, Best Practices in Adolescent Addiction Treatment. For more information contact Heather Gotham at gothamhj@umkc.edu or 816.482.1135.
03/17/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is conducting a one-day training of trainers on the curriculum, Foundations of Substance Use, Abuse and Dependence, for the Missouri COSIG project. On Friday, May 2, 2008, five clinical supervisors from the Ozarks Medical Center-Behavioral Health Unit located in West Plains, Missouri, will be trained to deliver the training in a one- or two-day format. In June 2008 these five staff members will provide a training on the curriculum for the entire Ozarks Medical Center-Behavioral Health staff. Richard Hayton, M.A., and Jan Wrolstad, M.Div., will co-facilitate the training of trainers. For more information contact Jan Wrolstad at wrolstad@mattc.org or 816.482.1150.
03/17/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is collaborating with NAADAC on a one-day workshop entitled, New Innovations in Opioid Treatment: Buprenorphine. The workshop will take place March 28, 2008, in Overland Park, Kansas. Tom Freese, Ph.D., Director of the Pacific Southwest ATTC, is the trainer. This is the third year Mid-America ATTC has collaborated with NAADAC in bringing a training event to the region. For more information contact Debbie Rockford at rockford@mattc.org or 816.482.1175.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 20-21, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA, UCLA ISAP, LA County ADPA, and the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs are sponsoring a two-day Summit on Using Performance and Outcome Measures to Improve Treatment. Experts from across the U.S. will be present to discuss the latest research on this topic. The Summit will be co-chaired by Drs. Richard Rawson and Mady Chalk. The PSATTC is providing GPRA evaluations for the event. For more information, please contact Dr. Rawson at rrawson@mednet.ucla.edu.
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	FYI
	CENTRAL EAST: The Danya Institute and Central East will continue to support three ongoing co-occurring competent training programs in the District of Columbia during 2008. These concurrent programs, coordinated in conjunction with the DC Department of Mental Health, comprise classes meeting once or twice a month, giving each participant a total of 81 hours of training while preparing them to work in co-occurring treatment environments.
	GREAT LAKES: At the invitation of Ohio’s SSA Great Lakes met with the Director of Ohio’s Governor’s OFBCI to discuss partnership and workshops for SSA and OFBCI staff and faith-based organizations. Focus areas for staff include: Dynamics of FBOs, measuring success, cultural proficiency. Focus areas for FBOs include: Ethics, Clergy competencies, Capacity Building. Workforce development efforts begin with a formal assessment to determine readiness and perceived training needs. For more information please contact Lonnetta Albright, lalbrigh@uic.edu.
	MID-AMERICA: On March 20, 2008, Director Pat Stilen met with Nebraska SSA Director, Lee Tyson, to discuss Mid-America ATTC projects currently underway in Nebraska: Best Practices in Adolescent Treatment training, conference on returning veterans’ issues, Foundations of Substance Use, Abuse and Dependence training of trainers, Motivational Interviewing trainings to prepare clinical supervisors for MIA-STEP, and Nebraska counselors participating as protégés in the Leadership Institute. For more information contact Pat Stilen at pstilen@mattc.org or 816.482.1168.
	MID-AMERICA: Director Pat Stilen met with Shawna Dwyer, the State Training Coordinator for Nebraska, on March 20, 2008, to determine training needs and gaps in Nebraska. Ms. Dwyer will assist in recruiting participants for the training of trainers on the curriculum, Foundations of Substance, Use, Abuse and Dependence to be held later this year. Discussion was held on the possibility of holding a Training Point course in 2008-09 for addiction educators in Nebraska. For more information contact Pat Stilen at pstilen@mattc.org or 816.482.1168.
	NEW ENGLAND: The ATTC-NE is assisting the Institute for Addiction Recovery at Rhode Island College in finalizing plans for its new Recovery Center. A site has been identified and is expected to be opened within 60 days. The Institute will hold a number of focus groups and forums with members of recovery communities, family members, treatment providers, policy makers and others to identify key components for the Center’s activities.
	NEW ENGLAND: Several ATTC-NE staff are participating in a major workforce development strategic planning process with the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS). The Stakeholder Advisory Group has formed workgroups, with the ATTC-NE participating in the Education and Training Work Group and the Marketing/PR Work Group. Activities will wrap up with a strategic plan in May, 2008.
	NORTHEAST: The New York Office of the NeATTC met with met with the Executive Director of the New York State Brain Injury Association to discuss opportunities for collaboration. New York State Brain Injury Association is interested in helping clinicians gain insight in traumatic brain injury which and how this injury has associations with abuse and addiction and what challenges it posed the addiction treatment community.
	NORTHEAST: The New York Office of the NeATTC/IPDA is involved in establishing a peer review process for clinical supervision. This process will be done through the New York State provider organization – the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State and will be modeled on their existing peer review process. This project is a result of the work that is being done on the Staff Development, Education and Training Subcommittee of NYS OASAS Talent Management Committee.
	NORTHEAST: The NeATTC along with the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS), the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs and the Co-occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) hosted the COCE TOT for TIP 42 on February 25-26, 2008; the first PA Co-occurring Disorders (COD) Training of Trainers (TOT) took place in Eagleville, PA with 27 participants. This will greatly increase the capacity to offer COD training in PA. The next COD TOT will take place on May 5-6, 2008 in Altoona, PA. New York state will hold their first TOT June 4, 5 & 6, 2008 in New York City. This training will be hosted by the NeATTC, NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Service (OASAS) and the New York Office of Mental Health (OMH).
03/17/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC has joined the planning committee for the 16th Annual International Community Corrections Association Conference. This year’s conference will be held in St. Louis, MO, October 19-22, 2008. The theme is What Works: Risk, Resiliency and Reentry. Mid-America has committed to provide marketing assistance, make speaker recommendations and provide speaker fee support, secure contact hours through the Missouri Credentialing Board, exhibit, and provide a person to sit on the planning committee. Jan Wrolstad attended the conference planning committee meeting in St. Louis, MO on March 3, 2008. For more information contact Jan Wrolstad at wrolstad@mattc.org or 816.482.1150.
03/17/2008	MID ATLANTIC: The Mid-Atlantic ATTC, in collaboration with Project TREAT (Virginia's CSAT funded SAC grant) launched Ask the Expert in February, 2008. Susan Pauley, Training Coordinator for Project TREAT worked with Mark Whitesides to design a page within the Mid-Atlantic ATTC's adolescent web section to provide visitors to the site an opportunity to learn more about evidence based and best practices for serving adolescents with substance use and co-occurring disorders. The site is interactive. A specific model or intervention is highlighted every 4 to 8 weeks. Experts and/or developers of each model submit a summary describing the practice including links to more detailed information within the summary. Readers can then post questions to the identified expert on a blog which is monitored by Ms. Pauley. The Experts respond to the questions at least weekly. The information highlighted as well as the questions and answers on the blog will then be archived and linked to the Ask the Expert page in order for future visitors to review the information about highlighted models. Seven Challenges was the first model to be highlighted and questions posted to the blog were answered by Dr. Robert Schwebel and Sharon Conner. Plans are currently underway to have a different practice available in late March or early April. The Mid-Atlantic ATTC intends to continue Ask the Expert as part of its Adolescent focus even after Project TREAT has completed its grant. You can view this initiative at: http://www.midattc.org/adolescent/expert.htm For more information, please contact Susan Pauley at 804-828-0318 or spauley@vcu.edu.
03/17/2008	NEW ENGLAND: The ATTC of New England attended the Northeast Summit on Adolescent Evidence Based Practices, on February 4th and 5th, in Westminster, MA; sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services. Representatives from the New England region, and New York State used this 2-day event to report on each state’s current services to adolescents, and to develop standing work groups to operationalize effective strategies in a variety of treatment settings.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: From March 17-21, 2008 in various locations throughout Los Angeles County, PSATTC representatives (Beth Rutkowski and Desiree Crevecoeur), LA County ADPA representatives (Akiko Tagawa and Antonne Moore), and NFATTC Director Dr. Steve Gallon will be conducting half-day site visits at the nine ADPA-contracted treatment and recovery agencies that are participating in phase II of the Los Angeles County Process Improvement Pilot Project. For more information, please contact Beth Rutkowski at finnerty@ucla.edu.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 14, 2008 in Sierra Vista, AZ, Michael Walker of the PSATTC delivered a seven-hour training seminar, on the role of Child Protective Services (CPS) in working with meth-impacted families. Twenty five service professionals attended, including case managers, probation officers, district attorneys, and court-appointed special advocates, topics addressed neuroscience of methamphetamine, collaboration between substance abuse treatment providers and CPS, and the Stages of Change. For more information, please contact Michael Walker at michael.walker@asu.edu.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 13, 2008 in Benson, AZ, Michael Walker of the PSATTC delivered a seven-hour training seminar on the role of Child Protective Services (CPS) in working with meth-impacted families. Twenty five service professionals attended, including case managers, probation officers, district attorneys, and court-appointed special advocates. Topics addressed neuroscience of methamphetamine, collaboration between substance abuse treatment providers and CPS, and the Stages of Change. For more information, please contact Michael Walker at michael.walker@asu.edu.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 13, 2008 in Glendale, AZ, Victor Flores of the PSATTC presented a two-hour seminar on cultural competency at the Glendale Public Library, Foothills Branch. Addressing 40 attendees, including behavioral health care professionals and agency staff from across the Phoenix Metro area, Mr. Flores discussed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Office of Minority Health’s National Standards of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS). For more information, please contact Victor Flores at victor.flores@asu.edu.
03/17/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On March 5, 2008 in Phoenix, AZ, Dr. Michael Shafer of the PSATTC conducted a training seminar entitled “Dependency 101” for a group of judges at the Arizona Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), Dependent Children’s Services Division. The seminar covered the etiology of addiction and implications for treatment and recovery; and application of state-of-the-art approaches to treating substance abuse within dependency court proceedings. For more information, please contact Dr. Shafer at michael.shafer@asu.edu.
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	NIDA Initiative Activities
	CARIBBEAN BASIN: On April 3, 2008 a training event titled; Buprenorphine and Office-Based Treatment of Opioid Dependence for Multidisciplinary Staff, will be conducted at the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Service Administration (Treatment State Agency) in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Professor Jorge Nogales and Dr. Angel Gonzalez will be delivering the one-day training. For more information contact: Mr. Jose Soto at 787-785-4211 or prattc@uccaribe.edu.
	CARIBBEAN BASIN: Based upon the TOT in Motivational Interviewing Strategies completed on year 2007, a group of five trainees from the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Service Administration (Treatment State Agency) are going to deliver one-day training in Motivational Interviewing Strategies in the Agency. Dr. Ibis Carrión will be attending the training to supervise, support and evaluate the presenters and provide feedback as needed. This training will take place on April 3, 2008.
	CENTRAL EAST: Central East has co-sponsored a long term MIA: STEP implementation initiative with the Mid-Atlantic Node at 6 Baltimore CTN program sites. The initiative began in June, 2007 with the training of all clinical staff in MI, continued with the training of senior clinical staff in MIA: STEP, and now will train all clinical supervisors in MIA: STEP. Central East is in the process of planning similar training within the Central East region around other blending initiatives.
	GREAT LAKES: In collaboration with Michigan’s SSA and part of a long term system change and workforce development effort Great Lakes is conducting its first MIA:STEP for clinical supervisors. Denise Hall assisted in identifying and securing the trainer, Paul Toriello. This program is designed for GLATTC-trained clinical supervisors and those proficient in Motivational Interviewing. This training takes place on May 5-6, 2008 in Lansing, MI. For more information please contact Tiffany Kilpatrick, tiffanyk@uic.edu.
	GREAT LAKES: A network/partnership was established between Great Lakes ATTC and the Cook County Bureau of Health Services- Social Work Department during implementation of the Illinois SBIRT project. The hospital’s social worker training director frequently reaches out to the ATTC for various evidence-based trainings and/or resources. At the suggestion of Great Lakes a PAMI workshop will be delivered on May 13, 2008 in Chicago, IL as part of the social workers monthly training calendar. Please contact Tiffany Kilpatrick, tiffanyk@uic.edu for more information.
	GREAT LAKES: During PAMI’s product development phase the Northern Ohio Recovery Advocates (RCSP) sponsored a pilot workshop at their annual week-end recovery community conference. Great Lakes is invited back this year to deliver a PAMI workshop on May 16, 2008 in Cleveland, OH for new recovery community volunteers and staff to determine appropriateness for an incentives intervention within their drop-in center and recovery “check-up” services. For more information please contact Tiffany Kilpatrick, tiffanyk@uic.edu.
	NORTHEAST: The NeATTC hosted two of the NIDA blending product trainings at the Pennsylvania Regional Training Institute on March 18 – 20, 2008. Treatment Planning M.A.T.R.S.: Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) to Make Required Data Collection Useful and Buprenorphine Treatment: Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction Professionals. Both trainings were well received by the training participants. The NeATTC continues to develop training opportunities on the NIDA products.
03/03/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America is focusing its NIDA Initiative MIA-STEP Infrastructure development activities in two states’ underserved areas. Both Arkansas and Nebraska have rural or frontier areas where it is more difficult for counselors to access adequate training leading to competency in an EBP. The 12- to 18-month infrastructure development training model incorporates face-to-face introductory and advanced courses in MI followed by the MIA-STEP training. Monthly telephone coaching will be provided by MIA-STEP trainers throughout the duration of the project. Mid-America ATTC is also working with SSAs, regional administrators, and agency directors introducing leadership to the project and to EBP implementation strategies. Throughout the 12-18 month project, Mid-America will host a leadership monthly conference call for leaders to share successes and barriers to implementation. The monthly implementation call model was used successfully in an Arkansas Matrix Model Implementation project. For more information contact Pat Stilen at pstilen@mattc.org or 816.482.1168.
	NIDA Initiative Activities

	NIDA ATTC Blending Teams
03/03/2008	CARIBBEAN BASIN: CBHATTC is invited to collaborate in the conference First and Second Circuit Treatment Service Conference. Lonnetta Albright, Director from the Great Lakes ATTC and Wayne Shipley for the Northeast ATTC are to present Offering Positive Incentives to Change Behavior PAMI: A NIDA-SAMSHA Blending Product. This conference will be attended by US Probation officers, judges and administrative personal from the US Department of Justice. For more information please contact Carmen Andújar, 787-798-3001 ext. 2114 or candujar@uccaribe.edu.
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