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July 14, 2008 archives

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	Regional Center Spotlight
	Our brightest idea and/or new project/program is...
	SOUTHEAST: Southeast ATTC is developing a follow-up to our original monograph entitled, Alcohol and Other Drug Problems Among Addiction Professionals. http://www.attcnetwork.org/userfiles/file/Southeast/impaired_prof_ver3.pdf. The idea is to create a monograph that “branches out” to other health care disciplines, such as primary care doctors and nurses (who may be treating substance use disorder clients) who are themselves impaired by AOD abuse/dependence. Our next steps for the exciting product will be to research current literature on the topic, to contact key interest groups to partner on project, and to develop an outline of the monograph. The Southeast ATTC is also proud to co-sponsor the upcoming Mini-Medical School to be held at Morehouse School of Medicine, July 21st, 2008, entitled, Understanding Drug Addiction: Focus on African Americans. This mini-school is being co-sponsored by NIDA, African-American Researchers and Scholars, and Community Voices. Featured keynote speakers include Dr. Carl Hart, Dr. Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., Dr. Westley Clark, Dr. Salaam Semaan, and Dr. Jean Bonhomme. In addition to the mini-medical school event, the Southeast ATTC is currently working with the Georgia SSA office on the upcoming 2nd Annual GA State School of Addiction Studies, The Pillars of Prevention, Treatment and Recovery to be held in Augusta, GA, on August 18-22, 2008. The School is co-sponsored by a number of organizations including the Department of Human Resources (Division of MHDDAD Office of Addictive Diseases and Division of Public Health Office of Prevention Services and Programs), the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Corrections.
	Next SPOTLIGHT is on SOUTHERN COAST ATTC

	Network Meetings
	Reminders, projects, activities & minutes!
ONGOING	NATIONAL OFFICE : The date has been set for the ATTC Network Orientation: August 26-27, 2008.
ONGOING	NATIONAL OFFICE: Dates have been set for the ATTC Network & Directors Meetings! The Network Meeting will take place on December 2-3, 2008 (Tuesday - Wednesday). The Directors Meeting will immediatley follow on December 4-5, 2008 (Thursday - Friday). Both meetings will be held in Baltimore, MD at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel. Registation information will be available soon!

	Special Projects & Opportunities
	A good chance for advancement and progress.
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ONGOING	NATIONAL OFFICE: Get to kNOw: The National Office’s Summer 2008 Training Series - Coming this summer to a computer monitor and phone line near you! read full discription

	Leadership Institute
	NATIONAL OFFICE: The Leadership Institute workgroup asked all Regional Center Coordinators to invite their graduates to complete an online survey this week. The purpose do the survey is to gather feedback regarding ways the Network can continue to support graduates of the Leadership Institute. If you have any questions, contact Erin Fridley at the National Office.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The deadline for protégé applications has passed. The Pacific Southwest ATTC is now in the process if choosing protégés and confirming mentors for the September 15-19, 2008 LI Immersion Training.
06/30/2008	SOUTHEAST: Southeast ATTC Will be having their 2008 Leadership Booster Session on July 16-17 in Columbia, SC.

	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.
06/30/2008	NORTHWEST FRONTIER: Thanks to the Caribbean Basin and Hispanic ATTC the monthly Addiction Messenger is now available in a Spanish language edition. To subscribe contact Mary Anne Bryan at Northwest Frontier ATTC bryanm@ohsu.edu
ONGOING	NATIONAL OFFICE: The new ATTC Logos & Style Guide have been posted online through an FTP site, from which you can copy your logos onto your own desktop or preferred location. If you have access to Internet Explorer, you may click here and follow the directions given on that page. read full discription

	Events
	Projects & Program Updates
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is co-sponsoring a two-day conference on returning veterans, Wellness Conference on Returning Veterans Issues in Omaha, Nebraska on August 16-17, 2008. read full discription
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is sponsoring a two-day training of trainers on the curriculum, Foundations of Substance Use, Abuse and Dependence, in Ashland, Nebraska, on July 16-17, 2008. read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 18, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA, the PSATTC, together with UCLA ISAP and Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches, will sponsor a training entitled, “Professional Substance Abuse Assessment and Screening for Faith-Based Leaders.” read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 22, 2008 in Alhambra, CA, the PSATTC, together with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Alcohol and Drug Program Administration, will sponsor a Change Leader Meeting for the phase II Los Angeles County Process Improvement Pilot Project. read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 23, 2008 in Santa Monica, CA, Dr. Sherry Larkins will present the last training in a yearlong staff development training series for CLARE Foundation, a substance abuse treatment agency serving clients in the West Los Angeles/Santa Monica area. read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 24, 2008 in San Jose, CA, Beth Rutkowski and Dr. Thomas Freese will present Improving Client Engagement and Retention in Treatment for between 250-300 Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, Department of Alcohol and Drug Services staff and contracted providers. read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 29-30, 2008 in Madison, WI, Beth Rutkowski and Sherry Larkins will participate in a two-day Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) Coach Academy. read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 31, 2008 in Portland, OR, Dr. Richard Rawson will deliver a plenary session entitled, Understanding Methamphetamine Addiction: New Knowledge from the Past Decade of Research at the Summer Conference for the Institute of Addiction Studies. read full discription
06/30/2008	NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC is participating in Region II STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. The NYC DOHMH invites health care professionals for the Training of the Trainer session on the Ask, Screen, Intervene curriculum, developed by the National Network of Prevention Training Centers (PTC), and the AIDS Education Training Centers (AETC). read full discription
06/30/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and the Pacific Southwest ATTC, is conducting a series of full-day trainings entitled: Trauma and Co-Occurring Disorders: Understanding and Working with Youth and Their Caregivers. read full discription
06/30/2008	SOUTHEAST: Southeast ATTC Will be a co-sponsor of a Mini Medical School on Addiction to be held July 21 – 25 at Morehouse School of Medicine. This Mini School is entitled Understanding Drug Addiction: Focus on African Americans.read full discription
06/30/2008	SOUTHEAST: Southeast ATTC Will be a co-sponsor of a Performance enhancing drugs Youth Summit to be held July 26, 2008. This summit will also be sponsored by the Community Health and Preventive Medicine Department of Morehouse School of Medicine.
06/30/2008	SOUTHEAST: Southeast ATTC is sponsoring the annual Faith-based Conference on August 7-8, 2008. The title of this year’s conference is No Wrong Door.The conference will be held at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
06/02/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 14-18, 2008 in Sedona, AZ, the PSATTC will host the 9th Annual Summer Institute. This year’s event continues a tradition of excellence as the PSATTC hosts an array of presenters representing the top leaders and innovators in the behavioral health field. read full discription
ONGOING	CENTRAL EAST: Central East will conduct its annual Keeping It Real conference on HIV/AIDS Community Outreach, at the Marriott Princeton Hotel and Conference Center at Forrestal, Princeton, NJ September 22-24, 2008.

	FYI
	Information to keep you in the kNOw!
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC continues to co-sponsor with Committed Caring Faith Communities regional meetings for faith organizations in the western part of Missouri. Committed Caring Faith Communities is an organization of faith communities in Missouri which provide support ministries for persons in treatment and recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. read full discription
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is providing technical assistance to the state of Arkansas on a recently awarded Robert Wood Johnson Grant for Advancing Recovery: State and Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care. read full discription
	NORTHEAST: The New York office of the Northeast ATTC has been participating in the Tobacco Recovery Coalition of Capital District . This coalition is located in Albany, New York and will be meeting for the final time on July 17, 2008. read full discription
	NORTHEAST: Dr. Flaherty has conducted bi-weekly teleconferences and two face-to-face meetings with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs and PA Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and other stakeholders (Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Coalition) to create the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Coalition. read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The Pacific Southwest ATTC, together with the Center for Health Care Evaluation, Program Evaluation and Resource Center within the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine is co-sponsoring an online/correspondence course entitled, NIDA Clinical Toolbox. read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The coaching/follow-up portion of the spring 2008 California Addiction Training and Education Series (CATES) on Improving Client Engagement and Retention in Treatment commenced in late June with two hour-long conference calls on “how to conduct an agency walk-through.”read full discription
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 8, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, Dr. Sherry Larkins and Valerie Pearce conducted a Good Research/Clinical Practice Training at UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs. A training “booster” session was also conducted on July 9, 2008 for research staff. For more information please contact Bethany Stern at bplain@ucla.edu.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 9, 2008 in Rockville, MD, Dr. Thomas Freese participated in a steering committee meeting to plan for the November 16-19, 2008 summit entitled, Methamphetamine: The National Summit to Promote Public Health, Partnerships, and Safety for Critically Affected Populations. For more information, please contact Dr. Freese at tefreese@ix.netcom.com.
	PRAIRIELANDS: Prairlands ATTC will offer two to three TOTs in preparation for the roll-out of the new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) curriculum based on the CSAT publication, A Provider’s Guide to the Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Individuals with Substance Use Disorders. read full discription
	PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands ATTC projects on problem gambling co-occurring with substance use disorders include the following: a) PATTC is in the midst of collecting data for our Problem Gambling Workforce Development Study; most states in the country are included in this study. read full discription
	PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands ATTC is preparing for its 4th annual symposium on addiction in the fall of 2008. This time the focus will be on combined treatment of nicotine addiction and other substance use disorders.
06/30/2008	NORTHWEST FRONTIER: The Northwest Frontier ATTC staff will participate as facilitator and panelist in the workforce development track of the upcoming Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) conference in Washington DC, August 20-21. We will be sharing some of our lessons learned as we have worked with agencies to adopt new evidence-based practices.
ONGOING	NATIONAL OFFICE: The ATTC Intra-Network Event Calendar is displayed on the administration portal pages. After logging in to your Regional Center please scroll to the bottom of the page to view the New Calendar and check out the upcoming events.

	NIDA Initiative Activities
	Project Updates
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC will be delivering the 1.5 day Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency (MIA-STEP) course at the University of Missouri-St. Louis J.C. Penney Conference Center (Hawthorne Room) in St. Louis, Missouri, September 25-26, 2008.read full discription
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC provided a three-hour workshop on the NIDA Blending Team Product, Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives: An Overview of Motivational Incentives Featuring the Fishbowl Method, at the 2008 MidSOUTH Summer School on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Problems. read full discription
	MID- AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC provided a PAMI workshop, Using Motivational Incentives in Addiction Treatment for staff members at the First Step Program at the Lake View Treatment Center in Lawrence, Kansas, on May 23, 2008. read full discription
	NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC is conducting a series of on-site NIDA Blending trainings in the months of July, August and September. Thus far the Northeast has at least eight provider organizations that are scheduling NIDA Blending trainings and one provider is scheduled technical assistance and implementation follow-up. read full discription
06/30/2008	MID- AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC will be delivering the 1.5 day Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency (MIA-STEP) course at the University of Missouri-St. Louis J.C. Penney Conference Center (Hawthorne Room) in St. Louis, Missouri, September 25-26, 2008. read full discription
06/30/2008	NORTHWEST FRONTIER: The Northwest Frontier ATTC has scheduled eight workshops featuring blending products during the summer months, including four deliveries of Treatment Planning MATRS, three PAMI presentations, and one MIA:STEP workshop for clinical supervisors.

	NIDA ATTC Blending Teams
	Updates on NIDA ATTC Blending Teams
	Nothing additional to report
	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
	Network Meetings Index

	Special Projects & Opportunities
ONGOING	NATIONAL OFFICE: Get to kNOw: The National Office’s Summer 2008 Training Series - Coming this summer to a computer monitor and phone line near you! Please join any and all of the PowerPoint-assisted teleconference training series in which the ATTC National Office invites you to Get to kNOw … • The NEW ATTC Style Guide • The Web Site Administration Functions • The NEW ATTC Products Database • ATTCnetwork.org • “Workforce Development” on ATTCnetwork.org • “Featured Topics Library” on ATTCnetwork.org • AddictionCareers.org • fightRXabuse.org For specific dates, times and descriptions please check the ATTC Intra-Network Calendar available on the Administrative Porthole page (scroll to bottom). You may register for any of the training series by clicking on this link and completing the on-line registration form: Click here to register. Please contact the ATTC National Office: 816-235-6888 if you have any questions or email Laurie Krom at: kroml@umkc.edu.
	Special Projects & Opportunities Index

	Leadership Institute
	Leadership Institute

	Resources & Publications
ONGOING	NATIONAL OFFICE: The new ATTC Logos & Style Guide have been posted online through an FTP site, from which you can copy your logos onto your own desktop or preferred location. If you have access to Internet Explorer, you may click here, or type ftp://www.attcnetwork.org into the address bar of the browser. Username: NetworkStyleGuide Password: Since2008 Follow the instructions that pop up, and you will eventually see the folder called “2008 Logos,” where you can click further and view the logos for your Regional Center. These are Read-Only files, and you can move them over to your own computer. Please contact Melanie Adkins at the National Office with any questions. The completed Style Guide, as well as other brochure, stationery, and e-pub templates, will also be made available through this FTP site in the coming weeks. Thanks again for your wonderful participation in this new ‘repositioning’ of the ATTC Network Visual Identity!
	Resources & Publications Index

	Events
	MID- AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is co-sponsoring a two-day conference on returning veterans, Wellness Conference on Returning Veterans Issues in Omaha, Nebraska on August 16-17, 2008. Other sponsors of the event are the Adjutant General’s Office of the Nebraska National Guard, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Behavioral Health, and the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System. Speakers are members of the Nebraska National Guard and counselors from the VA Health Care System. Participants will include returning veterans, veterans’ families, military and community health and mental health providers and substance abuse counselors. Topic areas to be addressed are: PTSD/Suicide Awareness, Substance Abuse/At Risk Behaviors, Sexual Boundaries, Primary Care Issues, Readjustment/Reintegration Issues, Benefits & Resources, and Vision for Unit Wellness Teams. Mid-America ATTC Associate Director Jan Wrolstad and Project Assistant Doris Rogers are on the planning committee. For more information contact Jan Wrolstad at wrolstadj@umkc.edu or 816.481.1150.
	MID- AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is sponsoring a two-day training of trainers on the curriculum, Foundations of Substance Use, Abuse and Dependence, in Ashland, Nebraska, on July 16-17,2008. Participants will include professionals in substance abuse counseling, prevention, juvenile justice, public school education, and the faith community. This training focuses on participants’ life experience and how those experiences have shaped attitudes, beliefs and perceptions toward alcohol and other drugs. The training format includes short lectures, interactive activities, group discussion, videos and panel presentations. The curriculum includes optional sections on “Adolescent Resiliency” and “Spirituality.” Jan Wrolstad, M.Div. and Richard Hayton, M.A., will co-facilitate the training of trainers. For more information contact Jan Wrolstad at wrolstadj@umkc.edu or 816.482.1150.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 18, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA, the PSATTC, together with UCLA ISAP and Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches, will sponsor a training entitled, “Professional Substance Abuse Assessment and Screening for Faith-Based Leaders.” Training participants will receive a copy of the SAMHSA document Core Competencies for Clergy and Other Pastoral Ministers in Addressing Alcohol and Drug Dependency and the Impact on Other Family Members. A third, more in-depth training will be held on August 9, 2008 (additional information will appear in a future issue of kNOw Notes). For more information, please contact Beth Rutkowski at finnerty@ucla.edu.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 22, 2008 in Alhambra, CA, the PSATTC, together with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Alcohol and Drug Program Administration, will sponsor a Change Leader Meeting for the phase II Los Angeles County Process Improvement Pilot Project. Eight county-contracted agencies (with a total of 12 Change Teams) are participating in the yearlong pilot project, which is based on the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) model of process improvement. For more information, please contact Beth Rutkowski at finnerty@ucla.edu.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 23, 2008 in Santa Monica, CA, Dr. Sherry Larkins will present the last training in a yearlong staff development training series for CLARE Foundation, a substance abuse treatment agency serving clients in the West Los Angeles/Santa Monica area. The topic for the session is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques. A new yearlong training initiative will commence in August 2008. Dates and topics will be announced shortly. For more information, please contact Dr. Larkins at larkins@ucla.edu.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 24, 2008 in San Jose, CA, Beth Rutkowski and Dr. Thomas Freese will present Improving Client Engagement and Retention in Treatment for between 250-300 Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, Department of Alcohol and Drug Services staff and contracted providers. The training is hosted by the SCVHHS DADS Learning Institute. Modeled after the fall 2007 and spring 2008 CATES training series, the daylong training will be followed by six months of coaching/follow-up conference calls. Each month, call participants will be exposed to more in-depth information on a particular topic that was initially presented during the daylong training. Call participants will also have the opportunity to share their experiences with implementing process improvement in their respective agency. For more information, please contact Beth Rutkowski at finnerty@ucla.edu.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 29-30, 2008 in Madison, WI, Beth Rutkowski and Sherry Larkins will participate in a two-day Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) Coach Academy. Additionally, Dr. Cheryl Berman (Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System) and Mark Lawrenz (Orange County Health Care Agency) will participate and represent California. The purpose of the Coach Academy is to kick-off a six month training and internship experience whereby participants will be designated as NIATx Coaches. The four coaches-in-training will work with counties throughout the state to receive real world practice and experience in coaching substance abuse treatment agencies on the NIATx model of process improvement. For more information, please contact Beth Rutkowski at finnerty@ucla.edu.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 31, 2008 in Portland, OR, Dr. Richard Rawson will deliver a plenary session entitled, Understanding Methamphetamine Addiction: New Knowledge from the Past Decade of Research at the Summer Conference for the Institute of Addiction Studies. Dr. Rawson will also present a workshop entitled Treatment of Methamphetamine Dependence: Strategies that Work at the same conference. For more information, please contact Bethany Stern at bplain@ucla.edu.
06/30/2008	NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC is participating in Region II STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. The NYC DOHMH invites health care professionals for the Training of the Trainer session on the Ask, Screen, Intervene curriculum, developed by the National Network of Prevention Training Centers (PTC), and the AIDS Education Training Centers (AETC). The TOT will be held on July 17th at Cicatelli Associates from 9 AM to 5 PM. An agenda is being finalized. The course consists of four modules. Module 1 focuses on risk screening and is clinical in nature, Modules 2 and 3 focus on behavioral interventions and prevention messages, and Module 4 focuses on partner notification. More information on the curriculum can be found at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/std/ptc-train-asi.shtml A registration form will be sent out closer to the training date, and paperwork can be handed in either prior to or at the course itself. Please contact: Ms. Gowri Nagendra, MPH, PTC Program Director, 125 Worth St. CN 73.New York, NY 10013. Phone: 212 788 6618, Fax: 212 788 4368 gnagendr@health.nyc.gov or go to www.nyc.gov/health/std
06/30/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and the Pacific Southwest ATTC, is conducting a series of full-day trainings entitled: Trauma and Co-Occurring Disorders: Understanding and Working with Youth and Their Caregivers. This training series will be conducted for all LA County DMH agency staff that treat children ages 0-15. Trainers include: Jo Sornborger, PsyD, from the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress and Dina Daleo, PsyD, Olga Tuller, Ph.D. and Kathleen Welch-Torres, PhD, from Prototypes. Training dates are as follows: July 9- Behavioral Health Services in Gardena, CA July 10- Phoenix House- Lake View Terrace July 14- California Endowment Center in Los Angeles July 16- St. Anne’s Conference Cetner in Hollywood July 18- Enki Health and Research Systems Inc. in El Monte
06/30/2008	SOUTHEAST: Southeast ATTC Will be a co-sponsor of a Mini Medical School on Addiction to be held July 21 – 25 at Morehouse School of Medicine. This Mini School is entitled Understanding Drug Addiction: Focus on African Americans. This school is also being sponsored by The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), African American Researchers and Scholars, and Community Voices. The presenters will be Dr. Carl Hart; The Process of Addiction and Psychopharmacology, Dr. Lawrence S. Brown; Substance Use and Addiction: Individual to Community Issues and Research Implications, Dr. Westley Clark; Addiction Treatment and Services, Dr. Salaam Semaan; HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Prevention Among Illicit Drug Users, and Dr. Jean Bonhomme; Common Medical Illnesses Among Drug And Alcohol Users.
06/02/2008	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On July 14-18, 2008 in Sedona, AZ, the PSATTC will host the 9th Annual Summer Institute. This year’s event continues a tradition of excellence as the PSATTC hosts an array of presenters representing the top leaders and innovators in the behavioral health field. Some features of SI08 will include: 6 nationally renowned keynote speakers; 40 breakout sessions covering a broad variety of important topics; more than 500 attendees from all levels of the behavioral health community; the first-ever weeklong Motivational Interviewing Academy; and deluxe conference accommodations at the Hilton Sedona Resort & Spa. The lineup of keynote speakers and trainers represents some of the leading clinical trainers and researchers from across the country, including: David Shern, Ph.D., President & Executive Director , Mental Health America Michael Flaherty, Ph.D., Executive Director, Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA) Michael Dennis, Ph.D., Senior Research Psychologist and Director, Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) Coordinating Center, Chestnut Health Systems Judith Cook, Ph.D., Director, Mental Health Service Research Program & Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago Richard Rawson, Ph.D., Associate Director, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) Margaret (Peggy) Swarbrick, PhD, OTR, CPRP, Director, Institute for Wellness and Recovery Initiatives, Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey For more information about SI 2008, visit: www.cabhp.asu.edu.
	Events Index

	FYI
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC continues to co-sponsor with Committed Caring Faith Communities regional meetings for faith organizations in the western part of Missouri. Committed Caring Faith Communities is an organization of faith communities in Missouri which provide support ministries for persons in treatment and recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. These regional quarterly meetings are an opportunity for these faith communities and others who are interested in this work to network with other faith-based organizations, hear information on the latest developments in the field of substance abuse and related issues, introduce other organizations or projects that might be of assistance to the faith community, identify the training needs of faith organizations, and hear about the programs of each of the groups. These meetings are open to any faith organization in Missouri interested in substance abuse prevention, treatment, or recovery support services. Many of the faith community groups which belong to this organization are also part of the Missouri Access to Recovery project. The next quarterly meeting is scheduled for July 30, 2008 in one of Mid-America ATTC’s training rooms. For more information contact Jan Wrolstad at wrolstadj@umkc.edu or 816.482.1150.
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is providing technical assistance to the state of Arkansas on a recently awarded Robert Wood Johnson Grant for Advancing Recovery: State and Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care. Over a two-year period, four treatment providers in Arkansas will implement the evidence-based practices of continuing care and case management services. Currently, Mid-America Director Pat Stilen and Senior Project Manager of Evaluation Heather Gotham are providing support to the Arkansas SSA office on implementation, data management, and trainings on the telephone continuing care curriculum designed by James McKay, Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. Clients who have completed residential or intensive outpatient treatment can participate in telephone calls with their counselor for up to 18 months. Each call monitors symptoms and progress, and the call schedule is adapted to client needs over time. Stilen and Gotham worked with McKay to reformat the curriculum to meet the needs of Arkansas providers. For more information contact Pat Stilen at stilenp@umkc.edu or 816.481.1168.
	NORTHEAST: The New York office of the Northeast ATTC has been participating in the Tobacco Recovery Coalition of Capital District . This coalition is located in Albany, New York and will be meeting for the final time on July 17, 2008. This coalition came together as a group of service providers interested in providing tobacco free services in April 2004. Collaboration as a coalition has led to 16 OASAS certified treatment providers becoming “tobacco-free” facilities by February 2007. This coalition sponsored in collaboration with the Seton Health Smoking Cessation Center in Upstate New York, three conferences over the past few years that have trained almost 300 clinicians! Now that the new OASAS (New York State) Tobacco-free regulations are becoming effective on July 24, 2008 and there are numerous resources available to providers to help them maintain and develop their tobacco-free services this coalition feels confident that the gains will be supported and sustained. This coalition has been a very inspirational as it represented a multi-disciplinary effort of professionals from health care, addictions treatment, county and state government all working together on behalf of saving lives. It was pioneering and frequently challenging but it appears that it is incredibly rewarding nonetheless. NeATTC staff took active part in this coalition.
	NORTHEAST: Dr. Flaherty has conducted bi-weekly teleconferences and two face-to-face meetings with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs and PA Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and other stakeholders (Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Coalition) to create the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Coalition. The goal of this coalition is to identify and build a coordinated system of care in Pennsylvania capable of addressing in a collaborative manner the needs and priorities of Pennsylvanians for coordinated healthcare in the prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery of substance use and co-occurring disorders. During these meeting the coalition reviewed evidenced based –practices and in particular discussed the NIDA Blending products.
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The Pacific Southwest ATTC, together with the Center for Health Care Evaluation, Program Evaluation and Resource Center within the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine is co-sponsoring an online/correspondence course entitled, NIDA Clinical Toolbox.The four-hour, 8-module course is designed to provide practicing substance abuse counselors with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully implement Cognitive Behavioral Therapy strategies and techniques in their clinical practice. The course officially launched in June 2008, and was featured in the July 2008 issue of Eye on the Field (and is posted to Addictioned.org). UCLA ISAP and the National ATTC Center are providing CAADAC and NAADAC continuing education, respectively. For more information, please contact Beth Rutkowski at finnerty@ucla.edu .
	PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The coaching/follow-up portion of the spring 2008 California Addiction Training and Education Series (CATES) on Improving Client Engagement and Retention in Treatment commenced in late June with two hour-long conference calls on “how to conduct an agency walk-through.” Dr. Steve Gallon (Northwest Frontier ATTC) conducted the calls. Additional calls are scheduled on a variety of topics between July-November 2008. For more information, please contact Beth Rutkowski at finnerty@ucla.edu.
	PRAIRIELANDS: Prairlands ATTC will offer two to three TOTs in preparation for the roll-out of the new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) curriculum based on the CSAT publication, A Provider’s Guide to the Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Individuals with Substance Use Disorders. These TOT's will be conducted in different parts of the US over the next 12 months to facilitate change in providers’ treatment of LGBT clients with substance use disorders.
	PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands ATTC projects on problem gambling co-occurring with substance use disorders include the following: a) PATTC is in the midst of collecting data for our Problem Gambling Workforce Development Study; most states in the country are included in this study. Its results will guide us in further curriculum development. b) PATTC is also preparing for the 5th annual Midwest Conference on Problem Gambling and Substance Abuse, to be held in St. Louis August 13th through 15th.
	FYI Index

	NIDA Initiative Activities
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC will be delivering the 1.5 day Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency (MIA-STEP) course at the University of Missouri-St. Louis J.C. Penney Conference Center (Hawthorne Room) in St. Louis, Missouri, September 25-26, 2008. Steve Brazill, MAC, RAODAC, CADC III, will be the lead trainer. The participant requirements are: • Have completed an Advanced level of MI training • Currently using MI in clinical practice • Currently supervising/mentoring/coaching other counselors in MI techniques There is no charge for the course but registration will be required. For more information contact Pat Stilen at stilenp@umkc.edu or 816.482.1168.
	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC provided a three-hour workshop on the NIDA Blending Team Product, Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives: An Overview of Motivational Incentives Featuring the Fishbowl Method, at the 2008 MidSOUTH Summer School on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Problems. The workshop was held on June 9, 2008, at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mid-America ATTC Associate Director Jan Wrolstad and Project Manager Debbie Rockford co-facilitated the workshop. 75 participants attended. For more information contact Jan Wrolstad at wrolstadj@umkc.edu or 816.482.1150.
	MID- AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC provided a PAMI workshop, Using Motivational Incentives in Addiction Treatment for staff members at the First Step Program at the Lake View Treatment Center in Lawrence, Kansas, on May 23, 2008. This center includes both residential and out-patient programs. 16 staff members from two facilities participated. Mid-America ATTC Director Pat Stilen and Associate Director Jan Wrolstad conducted the workshop. For more information contact Pat Stilen at stilenp@umkc.edu or 816.482.1168.
	NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC is conducting a series of on-site NIDA Blending trainings in the months of July, August and September. Thus far the Northeast has at least eight provider organizations that are scheduling NIDA Blending trainings and one provider is scheduled technical assistance and implementation follow-up. The on-site NIDA Blending trainings are part of the Northeast's revised training plan to offer more frequent and low cost NIDA Blending trainings for the final quarter of the grant cycle. Additionally the Northeast increased direct dissemination activities: such as mailing of the Blending CD-ROM kit; presentations of Blending products to the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Coalition meetings and contacted listserve announcing and offering direct on-site training on the five Blending products.
06/30/2008	MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC will be delivering the 1.5 day Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency (MIA-STEP) course at the University of Missouri-St. Louis J.C. Penney Conference Center (Hawthorne Room) in St. Louis, Missouri, September 25-26, 2008. Steve Brazill, MAC, RAODAC, CADC III, will be the lead trainer. The participant requirements are: • Have completed an Advanced level of MI training • Currently using MI in clinical practice • Currently supervising/mentoring/coaching other counselors in MI techniques There is no charge for the course but registration will be required. For more information contact Pat Stilen at stilenp@umkc.edu or 816.482.1168.
	NIDA Initiative Activities

	NIDA ATTC Blending Teams
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