PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PATTC) has completed its national workforce development survey of problem gambling treatment providers. The study was supported by The Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders, Cambridge Health Alliance. The implications of the results of this survey will be discussed by an expert panel consisting of ATTC directors and internationally recognized gambling researchers in March, 2008, when planning for the development of an evidence-based curriculum for gambling treatment providers will start.
PATTC is planning two national training-of-trainer (TOT) events; the first one will be based on A Provider’s Introduction to Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons with Substance Use Disorders, in Pasadena, CA, March 17th through 19th with master trainer Dr. Tom Freese. The second TOT, based on TAP21 and developed by PATTC and called Essential Skills: A Guide for Substance Abuse Professionals. The TOT will be held in Orlando, Florida between May 5th and 8th.
Prairielands ATTC will host a Motivational Interviewing(MI) for Supervisors training series in South Dakota beginning in February. The three two-day trainings will be hosted in Vermillion, South Dakota, and participants will engage in a learning community by attending face-to-face and on-line coaching sessions. Motivational Interviewing for Helping Professionals will follow the MI supervisory series utilizing a format which includes two two-day sessions; MI Basic and Advanced. Prairielands ATTC is collaborating with the North Dakota Division of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services with similar planning which will provide MI Basic, Advanced and MIA:STEP training to approximately 40 supervisors and MI Basic and Advanced to approximately 210 clinicians throughout the state. For more information please contact the Prairielands ATTC Iowa City office at 319.335.5368.
PATTC is providing NIATx training and coaching in North Dakota, has started a NIATx pilot project in South Dakota and is involved in a NIATx project in Minnesota through the Action Campaign. In addition, Prairielands is continuing to expand its Native American Center for Excellence initiative and will start collecting data for the Native American MSM initiative in preparation for curriculum development on the same topic. We are also currently accepting nominations and planning for our 5th Annual Leadership Institute, to be held in Mystic Lake, MN, in April.

NATIONAL OFFICE: The Summer 2009 Directors Meeting dates have been set for June 18 & 19. The meeting will take place in Sparks, NV in conjunction with CPDD.

NATIONAL OFFICE: The ATTC Network Meeting & Fall Directors Meeting dates have been set for November 3-6 in Kansas City, MO. Lodging, logistics and registration information will be made available in the coming months.

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CARIBBEAN BASIN: Taller de Política Pública (Public Policy Training) as part of the Leadership Institute Alumni Group, Enhancement of Leadership Training Outcomes will be conducted on February 11 in San Juan PR. read full discription

CENTRAL EAST: Central East ATTC hosted a presentation and graduation for 12 CMHS Leadership protégés. Commencement remarks were given by the Director of CMHS, A. Kathryn Power. The graduation was held in Baltimore, Maryland on January 16, 2009.

CENTRAL EAST: Leadership Institute for Recovery Support Service Emerging Leaders Central East ATTC is working in collaboration with CSAT's Partners for Recovery (PFR) Initiative, Great Lakes ATTC and the National ATTC office to coordinate the pilot Leadership Institute for Recovery Support Service Emerging Leaders. read full discription

CENTRAL EAST: Central East is also planning for its 2009 Central East Leadership Institute, which will be held in Harbourtowne, St. Michaels, Maryland March 15th - 20th.

GREAT LAKES: Leadership Institute for Recovery Support Service Emerging Leaders: As part of the continuous effort to expand technology transfer in leadership development within the addiction treatment and recovery field, CSAT''s Partners for Recovery (PFR) Initiative, the Great Lakes ATTC, Central East ATTC, and the National ATTC office is supporting a new pilot Leadership Institute program to facilitate the development of leadership skills for recovery support service emerging leaders. read full discription

NATIONAL OFFICE: The National Office would like to remind you to please update your Region’s Leadership Institute participant information into the Leadership Institute database. The following are important Dates to Remember:
> Recovery Support Services (RSS) Leadership Institute Booster session: April 30, 2009 in Kansas City.
> Leadership Institute Coordinator’s face-to-face meeting: March 30 – April 1st in Kansas City. For more information, please contact Deann Jepson at (816) 235-6984 or jepsond@umkc.edu.
> Leadership Institute Coordinator’s monthly conference call: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 beginning at 2 pm eastern time.

CENTRAL EAST: The Central East ATTC is pleased to announce the availability of a Conference Proceedings CD Rom of our Keeping It Real 2008 Conference. The CD features synchronized Audio with Power Points from the Conference. The cost of this product is $15.00; please visit our website at www.attcnetwork.org/centraleast to purchase.

CARIBBEAN BASIN: The workshop entitled Advanced Ethics in Substance Abuse Counseling will be offered in Bayamon, PR on February 18, and will be delivered by Gertrudis Maldonado, PhD. For more information, contact Maria del Mar Garcia at (787) 785-4211 or mgarcia@uccaribe.edu.

CENTRAL EAST: In January, Project director Dr. Tom Durham began a second round of a Clinical Supervision Workshop/Clinics in New Jersey. In addition, Dr. Durham will begin an initial round for supervisors in Maryland starting in March. read full discription

NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC will host a webinar training series starting February 11, 2009. The Northeast will host this monthly training series for two CEU's for a 2 hour webinar course. Other topics being offered are Overview of Evidenced-based Practices, Program Monitoring, Ethics and Overview of Motivational Interviewing. read full discription

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Arizona State University’s, Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) is partnering with TERROS, Inc. to host, 5th Annual Cesar Chavez Behavioral Health Conference, on March 27, 2009 at Arizona State University, West campus. The theme is: Providing Best Practice Solutions for Addressing Behavioral Health and Health Disparities Among the Ethnic and Minority Communities of Arizona. read full discription

PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands ATTC anticipates hosting the Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals Training of Trainers in Pasadena, California, March 17-19, 2009. Interested trainers should contact their regional center for further information.

PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands ATTC and South Dakota State Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse are presenting two trainings on The Native American Curriculum for State Accredited, Non-Tribal Substance Abuse Programs in South Dakota: A curriculum for counselors who work with Native Americans with substance abuse issues. read full discription

PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands ATTC in collaboration with the Wisconsin Bureau of Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services (BPTRS) is hosting a monthly Substance Abuse Teleconference Training held on the fourth Thursday of each month. read full discription

MID-AMERICA: Mid-America ATTC is providing support to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska as they host a 3-day Red Road Approach Workshop at the Ponca Tribal Auditorium/ Dining Hall Building in Norfolk, Nebraska, April 8-10, 2009. Presenters for the three-day event are Janet Custer, Dana Kennebeck, and Gene D. Thin Elk.
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NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC participated in the January 24 - 28 conference of the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers Annual conference in NYC. The Northeast ATTC exhibited and conducted a pre-conference training day in which Buprenorphine Treatment: Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction Professionals Products and Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives (PAMI). read full discription

NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC conducted six training sessions for the University Of Pittsburgh School Of January 6 - 16, 2009 for over 120 Junior and Senior nursing students. The topic of the training was an Overview of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). Students were able to learn about SBIRT and practice a brief screen.

NORTHEAST: The Northeast ATTC is participating in the National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI) and their Center for Excellence in Integrated Care (CEIC) to conduct technical assistance for the center and Dr. Flaherty will sit on the CEIC Implementation Steering Committee. Work started on this project November of 2008. A press conference was held January 9, 2009 announcing the Center.

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: Dr. Michael S. Shafer, Director of the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) at Arizona State University’s College of Public Programs, presented a workshop at the American Probation and Parole Association Winter Training Institute in Myrtle Beach, SC, on February 9, 2009. The workshop title is This is Your Offender on Meth: Effective Approaches to Community Supervision of Offenders in Recovery from Methamphetamine Use.

PRAIRIELANDS: Prairielands ATTC will host Motivational Interviewing Basic, Advanced and MIA:STEP trainings in South Dakota beginning in February. The four two-day training series will be hosted in Vermillion, SD, and participants will engage in the learning community attending face-to-face and teleconference coaching sessions. read full discription

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