MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC has adapted a training curriculum originally designed in 2003 by the ATTC National Office and the Northwest Frontier ATTC. This curriculum, Best Practices in Addiction Treatment: A Workshop Facilitator’s Guide, initially designed to introduce evidence-based practices in a more general sense, has been adapted for use in delivering trainings on specific evidence-based practices. The original training was developed for three main purposes:
1) To help practitioners conceptualize how research-based methods can improve outcomes,
2) To identify a number of current evidence-based practices and
3) To examine some of the issues related to adopting innovative practices in community treatment settings.
The adaption used by Mid-America ATTC maintains the focus of the first section on illustrating how implementing evidence-based practices can improve outcomes, but instead of introducing the participants to several manualized evidence-based practices, it highlights only one and goes into depth on that singular practice. A section also has been added on the steps of implementation. The training continues the use of a case study of implementing change in a real treatment setting. Mid-America ATTC has conducted the training with these adaptations in two states: Best Practices in Adolescent Treatment in Omaha, Nebraska for 40 participants and Best Practices in Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment in Lawrence, Kansas for 40 participants. Melanie Adkins with the ATTC National Office assisted in changing all PowerPoint presentations designed for this curriculum into the new slide templates. Mid-America ATTC will gladly share these slides if other ATTCs are interested in replicating this training. For more information contact Pat Stilen at stilenp@umkc.edu or 816.482.1168.

NATIONAL OFFICE: ATTC Network & Directors Meeting, Dec 2-5.
The National Office has created an intranet web page containing information for the upcoming ATTC Network & Directors Meeting, Dec 2-5. This page will link you to the on-line registration site as well as hotel reservation information and links. Below is the URL for the site. (Password protected) http://attcnetwork.org/network_meeting/net_dir12-2-08/index08.html
You may also navigate to this page from the Insider (intranet) Homepage, the link is on the right in large font. As you will see, there is additional information for travel, meeting times, etc. Please check the site often for updates and added information.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact Cindy Christy or phone
816-235-6888.

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CENTRAL EAST: Central East ATTC will be hosting graduation for its 2008 Central East Leadership Institute protégés on October 10th, 2008. Central East ATTC will have 15 graduates, and expect state SSA representatives and mentors to be in attendance.

CENTRAL EAST: Booster for Central East’s CMHS Leadership Institute participants will be held on October 29th, 2008 in Buffalo NY, at the Alternatives 2008 Conference; Creating Community Through Active Citizenship. This is the national mental health conference organized by and for mental health consumers and survivors.

NATIONAL OFFICE: The ATTC National Office is very pleased to announce that Deann Jepson will be the new project lead for the Leadership Institute, effective immediately. Deann has worked with Erin Fridley on a number of Leadership Institute projects in the past and will now be leading both the Network LI projects, and the HBCU Leadership Institute which we will be hosting in the summer of 2009.

PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands ATTC will be holding its 2008 Leadership Institute Graduation in Madison, WI on October 9th and 10th.

PRAIRIELANDS: The Red Road to Wellbriety: In the Native American Way audio CD is now available. The book version has been helping American Indians, Alaska Natives and First Nations people on their own addictions recovery and Wellbriety journeys since 2002. To order your 8 CD audio book or the book version, please visit www.whitebison.org.

CARIBBEAN BASIN: The workshop entitled Substance Abuse Group Counseling Strategies will be conducted in Ponce, PR for the local SSA staff and will be presented on October 8, 2008 by Ibis Carrión, Psy.D. For more information contact Maria del Mar Garcia at 787-785-4211 or mgarcia@uccaribe.edu.

CARIBBEAN BASIN: The workshop entitled Ethics in Substance Abuse Counseling will be conducted in San Juan, PR on October 16, 2008 for the local SSA staff and will presented by Gertrudis Maldonado, PsyD. For more information, contact Maria del Mar Garcia at 787-785-4211 or mgarcia@uccaribe.edu.

CENTRAL EAST: Dr. Thomas Durham will be working with Denna Vandersloot to bring The Training Point to the Northwest Frontier ATTC. This will be in the form of online and face to face training from 9/22 through 11/7, 2008.

CENTRAL EAST: Central East will hold its 2008 state director’s meeting on October 23rd, 2008.

NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC along with the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Pennsylvania Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs will be hosting a training of training for the Northeast’s Adolescent Co-occurring Disorders curriculum. read full discription

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The PSATTC in conjunction with the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health is conducting a series of half-day trainings entitled: Integrated Screening, Assessment and Brief Intervention for COD. read full discription

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The PSATTC will provide training on Co-Occurring Disorders for counselors and line staff at the Clare Foundation on October 8, 2008 and October 22, 2008 in Santa Monica, CA.   For more information, please contact Sherry Larkins at larkins@ucla.edu.

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The University of California at San Francisco and PSATTC, in conjunction with UCLA ISAP and the UCLA Department of Student Psychological Services is sponsoring a full-day training on October 15th for screening and brief intervention for university and college counseling centers.read full discription

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On October 17, 2008, Alhambra, CA, the Pacific Southwest ATTC, together with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health and UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, will present a special lecture on Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse at the quarterly ADPA Lecture Series. read full discription

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Los Angeles County Process Improvement Pilot Project, Phase II Completion Conference, 10/20/08, California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA: The PSATTC, in partnership with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Alcohol and Drug Program Administration and UCLA ISAP will host a daylong completion conference for phase II substance abuse treatment and recovery agencies.read full discription

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: On October 24, 2008, the Pacific Southwest ATTC will be kicking off its fall 2008 California Addiction Training and Education Series (CATES) in Concord, CA. read full discription

PRAIRIELANDS: Duane Mackey will be presenting The Native American Curriculum for State Accredited, Non-Tribal Substance Abuse Programs; a curriculum for counselors who work with Native Americans with substance abuse issues. There will be two separate presentation on the following dates: October 28-30th, 2008 in Martin, SD and November 19-21, 2008 in Sioux Falls, SD. For more information regarding these trainings please contact, Duane Mackey, 605-677-5644.

MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is one of the co-sponsors of the 16th Annual International Research Conference of the International Community Corrections Association (ICCA). The conference will be held October 19-22, 2008 in St. Louis, Missouri. The theme of this year’s conference is Risk, Resilience, and Reentry. Mid-America ATTC is providing support for several of the presenters, marketing, exhibiting, contact hours for substance abuse counselors, and is serving on the planning committee. For more information contact Jan Wrolstad at wrolstadj@umkc.edu or 816.482.1150.

CARIBBEAN BASIN: The forum: Hacia el Camino de mi Recuperación de las Drogas y el Alcohol was held at the Universidad del Este in Carolina, PR on September 30, 2008. Professor Evelyn Feliberty was a member of the expert panel on substance abuse issues. This event was sponsored by the Mental Health and Anti Addiction Services Administration of Puerto Rico (State Agency) as part of the Recovery Month activities.

CENTRAL EAST: The Danya Institute which houses the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center was recently awarded a Cooperative Agreement from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to provide technical assistance in support of HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau through continual development of the Technical Assistance Resources Guidance, Education and Training (TARGET) Center. read full discription

CENTRAL EAST: Dr. Thomas Durham conducted the 7th session of his Clinical Supervision Clinic in New Jersey on September 25th, 2008

CENTRAL EAST: Central East supported Real People, Real Recovery, a one day Recovery Conference in Washington DC, sponsored by the DC Addictions Prevention and Recovery Administration (APRA). September 18th, 2008.

CENTRAL EAST: Central East’s Center for HIV, Hepatitis and Addiction Training and Technology (CHHATT) hosted its annual Keeping It Real, Street Level Intervention Strategies for Addiction, HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis conference, September 22- 24, 2008 in Princeton N.J. This year’s conference was dedicated to Mr. Dwight Clinton Clark, an 18 year veteran within the HIV/AIDS field and past National Coordinator for CHHATT.

CENTRAL EAST: Central East’s Ryan Springer will be attending the Regional 4TC meeting on October 22nd, 2008.

MID-AMERICA: The Mid-America ATTC’s publication Psychotherapeutic Medications 2008: What Every Counselor Should Know is being used as course material for a graduate-level Behavioral Pharmacology class in the University of Kansas Department of Psychology in Lawrence, Kansas. David K. Johnson, Ph.D. is using this product to give students a concise reference for the usage, dose, and side effects of common psychiatric medications that they can use in their clinical work. For more information contact Heather Gotham at gothamhj@umkc.edu or 816.482.1135.

NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC along with the Co-occurring Center for Excellence conducted the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 42 Curriculum September, 10 - 12 for thirty trainers in Albany, NY. read full discription

NORTHEAST: New York State held its first Recovery Conference on September 15-15, 2008 and welcomed individuals in recovery and members of the SUD professions. Dr. Westley Clark and Dr. Michael Flaherty were keynote speakers at this event. The NeATTC had a booth at the event, where resources were disseminated and the Careers in Addictions DVD was shown. There were over 450 people took part in the conference.

NORTHEAST: Dr. Michael Flaherty participated in the Betty Ford Clinics meeting on Recovery on September 24 and 25, 2008. The meetings were held to discuss the current definition of Recovery.

NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC held a webinar Advisory Board meeting on September 26, 2008. Over twenty members of the Advisory Board attended this meeting to get an overview of current Northeast activities as well as give feedback and input into the second year of the Northeast grant activities.

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC) presented a discussion of the Casa Santa Clara Program at Opening Doors: Strengthening Recovery Housing in Arizona, a two-day symposium hosted by National Association of Halfway House Alcoholism Programs Sept. read full discription

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The Pacific Southwest ATTC provided a display table at the 28th annual CAADAC Conference on October 2-3, 2008 in Ontario, CA. In addition, Dr. Thomas Freese presented Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse: What are People Using and How do You Treat Them? For further information, please contact Dr. Freese at tefreese@ix.netcom.com.

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The PSATTC will provide a display table at the California Society of Addiction Medicine Review Course taking place October 22- 24 2008 in Newport Beach , CA. For more information, please contact Bethany Stern at bplain@ucla.edu.

PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands was affiliated with the 19th Annual Red Road Gathering held in Vermillion, SD on Sept. 18, 19, and 20th. The Red Road Gathering is a holistic healing journey based on Lakota/Nakota/Dakota world views to which people come from all points of the world. This diverse population travels to the Wase Wakpa community gathering to resource, network, and to participate in recovery experiences for holistic healing opportunities.

PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands hosted a NIATx basic training in Fargo, ND on October 2, 2008. Janet Zwick was the facilitator along with assistance from Anne Helene Skinstad and Peter Nathan.

PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands held a Regional Advisory Board Meeting on September 30 in Minneapolis, MN. Representatives from Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin met to discuss goals for the region.

CARIBBEAN BASIN: Clinical Supervision: Skills Development for Professionals in Addiction will be conducted in San Juan, PR on 10/6-7/2008 by Milagros Colón, PhD. For more information contact Jose Soto at 787-798-3001 x 2120 or joseg.soto@uccaribe.edu.

CARIBBEAN BASIN: Clinical Supervision: Skills Development for Professionals in Addiction will be conducted in Ponce from 10/16/2008 to 10/17/2008 by Milagros Colón, PhD. For more information contact Jose Soto at (787) 798-3001 ext 2120 or joseg.soto@uccaribe.edu.

NORTHEAST: Several NIDA Blending trainings have been offered in New York State and in Pennsylvania: On August 20 and 21, Promoting Awareness of Motivation Incentives was offered at two providers in the Albany area. read full discription

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC) presented two training events in Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives (PAMI) in Phoenix and Tucson in September for behavioral health professionals.read full discription