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MID-ATLANTIC: The Mid-Atlantic would like to introduce two new products that are currently in development and will soon be available. The Mid-Atlantic ATTC has updated the unique training curriculum for addiction professionals entitled Substance Abuse within the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community. The curriculum focuses on issues unique to working with this population as well as treatment approaches. Specific content includes barriers and accessibility to treatment, prevention, the role of the interpreter, self-help groups, sponsorship and national resources when working with substance dependent deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Additionally, ethical considerations regarding clinical treatment, confidentiality, boundaries, dual relationships and self-disclosure are addressed. The class for this curriculum is intended to be a 3-4 hour event and is ideally taught by an instructor who has experience working with deaf and hard of hearing individuals, as well as clinical experience in mental health and substance abuse. A DVD is in production to supplement the curriculum that will feature three case scenarios and contain interactive features. Ready to Practice (RTP) is a new series of innovative tools for the active practitioner. The purpose of the RTP series is to make implementation of EBPs easier and improve their fidelity in practice. The first in the series targets Motivational Interviewing. The Using Readiness Rulers RTP includes the Mid-Atlantic ATTC readiness ruler (previously developed ancillary product); two video demonstrations (adult and adolescent) using the ruler; and the transcripts for the sessions. Feedback from pilot test participants emphasized making the packaging more appealing and reported that the tools would be helpful in overcoming the “I don’t have the time to learn and do this” barrier to implementation. |
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NATIONAL OFFICE: A Network Web Site Meeting is added to the schedule on Monday, December 1st, prior to the Network Meeting! Please click here for details or contact Erin Fridley for more information |
NATIONAL OFFICE: ATTC Network & Directors Meeting, Dec 2-5. |
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NATIONAL OFFICE: We Need Your News!! ATTC Network news is featured on the home page of the Network Web site. This section highlights newsworthy items from around the Network such as awards received by ATTC staff, new publications by ATTC staff, updates from ATTC workgroups of interest to the public, etc. In other words, recent things happening around our Network that we want to BRAG about to our web users go in this section. read full discription |
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NATIONAL OFFICE: A Leadership Institute Coordinators Meeting is being added to the Network Meeting Schedule as a pre-event. It will take place on Monday, December 1, 2008 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Please contact Deann Jepson for additional information. |
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| This section has been created to insure that the efforts of the Network are not duplicated, it will feature a listing of curricula and other products Regional Centers may be developing or completed so that the Network is aware of their plans. This way, Regional Centers can avoid the duplication of efforts and ideally promote collaboration on specific work. | |
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CARIBBEAN BASIN: The workshop entitled: Theoretical Foundations on Substance Abuse Counseling will be conducted in Ponce, PR on October 24th for the local SSA staff and will be presented by Nereida Díaz, PhD. For more information contact Maria del Mar Garcia at (787) 785-4211 or mgarcia@uccaribe.edu. |
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CARIBBEAN BASIN: The workshop entitled: Brief Strategic Family Therapy Model will be conducted in San Juan, PR on October 28th for the local SSA staff and will presented by Antonio Bustillo, PsyD. For more information, contact Maria del Mar Garcia at (787) 785-4211 or mgarcia@uccaribe.edu. |
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PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy is pleased to host a two day training with John DeMiranda on the subject of Recovery Oriented Systems of Care on December 1 and 2, 2008 at Arizona State University, Memorial Union, Pima Room. read full discription |
| 10/06/2008 | 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 |
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MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC held its annual face-to-face Advisory Council meeting on October 6-7 in Kansas City, Missouri. Participants were from the SSA offices of the states in the Mid-America ATTC region as well as representatives from provider agencies, state training organizations, mental health, criminal justice, prevention, faith communities and the medical profession. read full discription |
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NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC conducted a special workshop track at the Association for Addiction Professionals of New York (AAPNY) annual conference held October 13-14, 2008 in Saratoga Springs New York. PAMI, Buprenorphine Treatment: Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction Professionals and Treatment Planning MATRS were part of this special track. read full discription |
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NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC is hosting a four week online training and two day face-to-face TOT for the Commonwealth of PA Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs on the Adolescent Co-occurring Disorders Curriculum. Twenty-seven expert trainers were selected through an application process and will participate in the training so that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will have regionally placed trainers in this curriculum. |
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NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC will be conducting a webinar meeting of the Science-to-Service Committee which is comprised of the four CTN nodes in the Northeast Region, Northeast ATTC staff and the two state SSA’s. The webinar conference call meeting was held October 14, 2008. The committee members will share priority areas and look for areas of collaboration. |
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NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC will be conducting a two hour workshop Overview of Evidenced-based Practices on November 7, 2008 for the Addiction Treatment Providers of NY, part of the NY Drug Court System. The Northeast is hoping to expand our outreach of the NIDA Blending products into this provider system. |
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NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC will be hosting an online learning community for a group of providers in the Syracuse NY who have been trained in MIA-Step. This learning collaborative will support the enhancement and development of this group of clinical supervisors as they further develop their clinical skills. This learning community will be facilitated by one of the Northeast ATTC senior trainers (trained in MIA-Step) and the Northeast ATTC’s training officer. |
