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| Addiction Severity Index (ASI) Blending Team ~ Dick Spence, Team Lead | |
| 04/17/06 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America has developed several companion pieces to use with the NIDA Blending Team curriculum. "S.M.A.R.T. Treatment Planning - Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI): Making Required Data Collection Useful." These are checklists for counselors to use to insure that treatment planning documentation as well as case notes are individualized and comprehensive. If desired the checklists can be laminated to be re-used. These products are available for download on the Mid-America Web site. For more information contact Pat Stilen, 816-482-1168. |
10/17/05 |
ASI BLENDING TEAM: Provided a National ATTC Training of Trainers focusing on the curriculum, S.M.A.R.T. Treatment Planning—Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI): Making Required Data Collection Useful. The TOT was hosted by the Mountain West ATTC and held at the Silver Legacy in Reno, Nevada, October 12-13, 2005. The trainers included Deni Carise, Ph.D., Treatment Research Institute; Phil Orrick, Gulf Coast ATTC; Nancy Roget, M.S., Mountain West ATTC; and Pat Stilen, LCSW, CADAC, Mid-America ATTC. A total of 30 participants representing 12 ATTCs attended the 2-day event. The TOT incorporated demonstrations of the DENS ASI and Treatment Planning software developed by Treatment Research Institute and the On-Line Version of the S.M.A.R.T. Treatment Planning curriculum developed by Mountain West ATTC. For more information about the online version, contact Jennifer Norland or Nancy Roget. The trainer curriculum .pdf may be downloaded at from the Mid-America Web site. Printed copies are limited to ATTC Trainers and available through Pat Stilen, Director, Mid-America. |
| 08/22/05 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Pat Stilen will assist the Southern Coast ATTC in rolling out the S.M.A.R.T Treatment Planning curriculum by providing a S.M.A.R.T Treatment Planning Training of Trainers on August 30, 2005. The individuals who attend this TOT will then have hands on experience by conducting the training, coached by Pat, on the next day August 31, 2005. The training will be held in West Palm Beach, Fla. |
| 07/11/05 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Pat Stilen, Director, Mid-America, presented a workshop entitled "S.M.A.R.T. Treatment Planning Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI): Making Required Data Collection Useful" at the NAADAC Conference held July 7-9 in Corpus Christi, TX. This curriculum seeks to transform required paperwork into clinically useful information. This workshop provided a review of how to use the ASI to integrate clinical processes. For more information contact Pat Stilen. |
| 06/27/05 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mountain West is currently creating a CD-ROM product for dissemination based on the online workshop :S.M.A.R.T. Treatment Planning Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI): Making Required Data Collection Useful." |
| 06/20/05 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Pat Stilen, Director, Mid-America and Nancy Roget, Director, Mountain West presented an all day workshop entitled "S.M.A.R.T. Treatment Planning: Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) Making Required Data Collection Useful" at the NIDA Blending Conference, "Smart Practice, Practical Science: Blending Treatment and Research," held June 6-7 in Miami, Florida. Participants received copies of the training curriculum produced as a product of the ASI Blending Team project. |
| 05/31/05 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America and Mountain West collaborated on an ASI S.M.A.R.T. Treatment Planning Training in Denver, CO, on May 25, 2005. Mid-America Director Pat Stilen and Mountain West Director Nancy Roget were the co-trainers for this event. For more information contact the Mountain West office at 775-784-6265. |
| 05/02/05 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America is collaborating with a Kansas City, MO, Methadone Treatment program to pilot a Mentoring Model as a supplement to the ASI-Based Treatment Planning Curriculum classroom version. With the support and "buy in" from clinical and administrative leadership, 8 counselors have participated in the 6-hour classroom training and will next be receiving one-to-one mentoring to enhance their treatment planning skills. Products developed from this pilot study include a Counselor Treatment Plan that encourages counselors to develop problem statements, goals, objectives, and interventions for the purpose of evaluating and improving their own treatment planning skills; and Self-Evaluation Checklists for both treatment planning and clinical documentation activities. The Mentoring Model will be refined based on feedback from counselors and their leadership and next incorporated with MO COSIG participating treatment agencies. |
| 05/02/05 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America and Mountain West collaborated on an all day workshop entitled "S.M.A.R.T. Treatment Planning: Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) Making Required Data Collection Useful" in Denver, CO May 25, 2005. Co-training this event was Mid-America Director, Pat Stilen, and Mountain West Director, Nancy Roget. Mountain West sponsored 16 of the 27 participants to attend this event. For more information contact Jennifer Norland, 775-784-6265. |
| 04/04/05 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America with Mountain West supported a one-day pilot workshop on the NIDA ASI Treatment Planning curriculum package on March 24, 2005. The training took place in Las Vegas, NV. Mid-America sent David McWilliams, National Certified Psychologist with the Missouri Department of Mental Health Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse as a participant. Deni Carise and Megan Love from Treatment Research Institute (TRI) and Pat Stilen with Mid-America, have begun the next phase of ASI Treatment Planning curriculum development. The subsequent product will blend the 6-hour ASI Treatment Planning classroom training with the ASI Treatment Planning Software manual materials. |
| 04/04/05 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Mid-America participated in an ASI Treatment Planning software training/technical assistance project for the state of Wyoming at the invitation of Deni Carise, Ph.D. of the Treatment Research Institute. THe 3-day training and TA project took place in Cheyenne, WY, on January 18-20, 2005 |
| 03/21/05 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Gulf Coast will be providing two one-day workshops as part of the ASI Blending Team efforts. The ASI and Treatment Planning workshops are New York City, April 26, and Austin, TX, May 3. |
| 12/20/04 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Classroom/face-to-face version piloted a third time, in Oklahoma in October 2004, and based on revisions, submitted for NIDA review December 6, 2004. |
| 12/20/04 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Attending the State of Wyoming DENS/ASI Training with Deni Carise. Exploring how to adapt and interface ASI Treatment Planning curriculum with DENS/ASI software training. This training is scheduled for January 18-20, 2005. |
| 12/06/04 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Package approved for dissemination. |
| 08/23/04 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Conducting a second pilot training on the newly developed ASI Curriculum, How to Make Paperwork Useful: Using the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) in Treatment Care Planning. The pilot will take place September 1-2, 2004, Reno, Nevada. |
| 07/12/04 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Meeting scheduled July 19-21, 2004, Reno, NV. |
| 05/10/04 | ASI BLENDING TEAM: Products for this Blending initiative have been redefined to delete the previous emphasis on a specific software module. The primary focus will remain on a training package for integration of clinical assessments with treatment planning, using the ASI as the primary example for the clinical assessment. |
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| Burprenorphine Awareness Blending Team ~ Tom Freese, Team Lead | |
| 02/21/05 | BUPRENORPHINE AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: Sent package to each Regional Center. Materials on three of the package's CDs including the trainers manual, PowerPoint slides, the bibliography, and the Bup brochure are on the iNSiDER. The package includes: a paper copy of the manual, a DVD of the "Put Your Smack Down," a CD of the Central East on-line course, and 3 CD's containing the training, the PowerPoint slides, and the Bibliography. It is the responsibility of the Regional Center to make any copies needed in their region of this material. All materials are designed so that Regional Centers can customize the information to meet the needs in their areas--and add their name, etc. to the training. |
| 12/06/04 | BUPRENORPHINE AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: Package approved for dissemination. |
| 11/29/04 | BUPRENORPHINE AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: ATTC National Office will host the awareness training and the training for trainers on the Buprenorphine Awareness package developed by the Blending Team, January 25-27, 2005, Kansas City, MO. |
| 05/10/04 | BUPRENORPHINE AWARENESS BLENDING TEAM: Completed the first Blending Initiative package entitles “Buprenorphine Treatment: A Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction Professionals.” The package includes the following materials: (1)Printed copies of: The Training Guide for the 6-hour training and a draft informational brochure about the product. This draft can be customized by individual centers to meet local needs. (2) Two CD Cases each with 2 CD-ROM disks. (a) The clear case contains: the Power Point presentation for the training and the video, “Put Your Smack Down! A Video about Buprenorphine” This video is used during Module VI of the training. (b) The blue case contains: supporting material for the training, a training Guide and a informational brochure and an Annotated Bibliography (Draft) and “Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid Addiction: A Guide for Counselors,” an online course develop by the CEATTC. These materials have been submitted to Dr. Suman Rao from NIDA and Dr. Karl White from SAMHSA for review and will be sent to Regional Centers and CTN Nodes as soon as final approval is given. |
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| Burprenorphine Detoxification Blending Team ~ Tom Freese, Team Lead | |
| 08/22/05 | BUPRENORPHINE DETOX BLENDING TEAM: The Buprenorphine Detox package will be submitted to NIDA this week. |
| 01/24/05 | BUPRENORPHINE DETOX BLENDING TEAM: Conducting a pilot and focus group of an early draft of the Blending Team package at the Clinical Trials Network Steering Committee meeting in February 7, 2005, San Francisco, CA. For more information, please contact Tom Freese. |
| 09/20/04 | BUPRENORPHINE DETOX BLENDING TEAM: The first blending team meeting has been scheduled for November 18-19, 2004. Location and logistics to be announced soon. For more information please contact Tom Freese. |
| 09/20/04 | BUPRENORPHINE DETOX BLENDING TEAM: The handoff meeting was conducted on July 16, 2004 with members of the CTN investigative team, blending team members and CTP representatives. |
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| Motivational Incentives Blending Team ~ Lonnetta Albright, Team Lead | |
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10/06/03 |
MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The PAMI Blending Team received revisions from NIDA’s 1st round of review. Video editing and product review with NIDA was, September 26 at NIDA’s office with Dr. Denise Pintello. In collaboration with the ATTC National Office, blending team members designed and completed the national PAMI Blending Product brochure. For more information contact Lonnetta Albright. |
| 06/12/06 |
MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The PAMI Blending Team submitted its first draft of the Motivational Incentives Awareness Campaign package to NIDA, on May 30, 2006. Final video shoot includes an interview with Duane Mackey, Prairielands ATTC to highlight how this evidence-based practice is culturally sensitive for the Native American treatment provider community. Final video submitted to NIDA by June 26, 2006. Co-sponsors include: Northeast, Prairielands, Z3 Productions. For more information contact Lonnetta Albright. |
| 05/01/06 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The PAMI Blending Team will convene may 1st for a final review of the blending team product scheduled for submission to NIDA on May 15th. All components of the Awareness Campaign package are complete except video production. Video shoot and editing to be completed in June and submitted to NIDA for inclusion in the package. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
| 03/27/06 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The PAMI (Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives) Blending Team held a series of meetings and conference calls regarding ongoing development of awareness package. Video shoot is tentatively scheduled for April-May 2006. May 1st meeting scheduled with marketing contractor to finalize and submit first draft of product to NIDA by end of May 2006. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
| 01/30/06 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: 1) Lonnetta Albright, PAMI Blending Team chair was interviewed by NIDA contractor for a Blending Initiative article in NIDA Notes; 2) interviewed by a Central East writer for inclusion in their next newsletter that will highlight the NIDA-SAMHSA Blending Initiative; 3) PAMI invited by Pacific Southwest to present on Motivation Incentives in April 2006; 4) submitted a workshop abstract to present Motivational Incentives at the July 2006 SASS Conference. Ongoing product and dissemination package development underway. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
| 01/23/06 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The PAMI (Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives) Blending Team Video production has been delayed due to legal arrangements including consent forms. Anticipated video shoot date is March 2006. Meanwhile the Blending Team is finalizing other products in the awareness campaign packet to include Powerpoint presentations for policy makers and clinicians; annotated bibliography; articles; tools for programs; letters and other Trainer Tool Kit resources. Blending Team meetings scheduled for January 20 and January 23-24 with marketing and production company. |
| 11/07/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The PAMI (Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives) Blending Team presented pilot products to the NIDA CTN at its Quarterly Meeting, Oct 25th. Throughout the presentation questions were asked and the team received feedback about the PowerPoint presentation and overall package design and layout. Z-3 Concepts, a video production company retained by the ATTCs joined the Blending Team to share in the presentation. Z-3 presented the PAMI CD-Rom interface, a sampling of the Fishbowl Technique and taped the day’s presentation to NIDA. Anne-Helene Skinstad facilitated the focus group discussion. The awareness video that will be included in the package has been postponed pending legal consents between all parties. The blending team requested and received an extension in order to continue plans for the video shoot and to incorporate suggestions received from CTN focus group members. Completion of the product is scheduled for early 2006 at which time it will be sent to NIDA for final review and approval. On October 27, 2005, at the request of NIDA the PAMI Blending Team served on a NIDA panel and roundtable discussion at the INCASE conference. Lonnetta Albright, Blending Team Chair; Amy Shanahan (NEATTC); and Candace Peters (Prairielands ATTC) worked alongside Tom Freese and Steve Gallon who presented Blending Team dissemination products and plans for Buprenorphine Detox and Motivational Interviewing. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
10/10/05 |
MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The PAMI (Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives) Blending Team has completed its second draft of Blending Team products and will present at the NIDA CTN Steering Committee meeting October 25th. Lonnetta Albright, Great Lakes, and Amy Shanahan, Northeast, will be joined by the team's video production company. The team plans to video tape the focus group to share with the Network as an example for future Blending Team focus group presentations. Amy Shanahan, Northeast, will join Lonnetta Albright, Blending Team chair, at the INCASE conference panel presentation on October 27th. The video shoot has been postponed until late October, early November. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
| 09/12/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The PAMI (Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives) Blending Team has contracted with a video production company to assist in development of dissemination products which include a CD product providing a video, PPT presentation, brochure, articles and other resources. The brief video, considered an important component will demonstrate effective Motivational Incentives in practice. Dr. Scott Kellogg, a Blending Team research consultant introduced the ATTCs to Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) in Manhattan, NY. This corporation has successfully incorporated the use of Motivational Incentives in clinical practice and has agreed to work with the Blending Team. New York: September 22-23, Videotaping shoot scheduled to begin. Taping to be done by Z-3 Concepts, a video production company retained by the ATTCs and involves HHC patients/clients, staff and facilities chosen by HHC with permission for the ATTCs to videotape and for national dissemination at various conferences, training events, web site posting, etc. The Blending Team ATTCs will edit and implement dissemination strategies following approval by NIDA. Maryland: October 26 the Blending Team will present a 3-hour focus group at the NIDA CTN meeting piloting the dissemination package. Maryland: October 27th, At the request of NIDA, Lonnetta Albright, Blending Team Chair will serve on a NIDA/SAMHSA Blending Team Panel along with Tom Freese and Steve Gallon at the INCASE Conference to discuss Buprenorphine Detox, Motivational Interviewing and Motivational Incentives dissemination products and strategies. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
| 07/11/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The PAMI (Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives) Blending Team is convening its next meeting at the Northeast Regional Center offices. The focus of the meeting includes marketing, product development and dissemination strategies. Marketing experts of Northeast will meet and advise the Blending Team on draft product ideas for the Awareness Campaign. Planned products will be presented to NIDA and the ATTC Project Officer. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
| 05/23/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The PAMI (Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives) Awareness Campaign focus group is postponed. This Blending Team is scheduled to deliver a 3-4 hour focus group at the October 2005 CTN Meeting. The Blending Team has been invited to partner with John Hamilton, Drs Scott Kellogg and Maxine Stitzer to preview two of the planned PAMI products Amy Shanahan, Northeast, and Lonnetta Albright, Chair of the Blending Team, will present in Miami, FL, June 5-7. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
| 04/25/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Lonnetta Albright, chair of the Motivational Incentives Blending Team, will deliver a brief presentation on the ATTC's dissemination plans for an awareness campaign related to the MIEDAR CTN protocol at the NASADAD/NIDA/CSAT Conference on June 5, 2005. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
| 04/25/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Blending Team members Amy Shanahan, Joe Rosenfeld, and Anne-Helene Skinstad will deliver a workshop and focus group discussion with CTN members regarding planned activities for the Motivational Incentives Awareness Campaign that incorporates findings from the MIEDAR CTN Study. The team will solicit feedback and reaction to planned dissemination products. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
| 04/11/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Great Lakes held a Blending Team Meeting March 15-16, 2005, in Chicago, IL, to develop a dissemination packet of products/activities as a Motivational Incentives Awareness Campaign that incorporates examples from the MIEDAR (CTN protocol) such as the Fishbowl technology. Products and activities are designed to educate, inform and generate interest in adoption of Motivational Incentives as a science-based approach with proven efficacy for behavioral change. Product - Tentative concepts: 1) Motivational Incentives Awareness Powerpoint Presentation that includes Flash Media technology - audience includes NASADAD, CTN, Policy Makers; 2) Motivational Incentives Brochure; 3) Newsletters; 4) Motivational Incentives Video and "How to Use" the video as a workshop or in-service; 5) Compact Disc and 6) Testimonials from clinicians and/or clients who were part of the CTN study. Testimonials will be used as part of Powerpoint presentations, brochures, videos, etc. Present were ATTC Members Lonnetta Albright (chair) and Joseph D. Rosenfeld (Great Lakes), Anne Helene Skinstad (Prairielands), and Amy Shanahan (Northeast). Also present were Tim Condon and Denise Pintello from NIDA, Roxanne Kibben from Synergy Inc, Dr. Scott Kellogg, Therese Killen and John Hamilton. The Dissemination Package Completion date is September 16, 2005. Scheduled presentation: June Blending Conference for NASADAD. |
| 02/21/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Will convene its first meeting March 15-16 in Chicago to determine dissemination activities and products for the MIEDAR protocol. This meeting starts the six-month clock to prepare materials for national roll-out. Contact Lonnetta Albright for more information. |
| 12/13/04 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The Motivational Incentives for Enhanced Drug Abuse Recovery (MIEDAR) successfully held its hand-off meeting December 3, 2004, Washington DC. |
| 12/13/04 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The first Blending Team meeting will be held in late February or March 2005, Chicago, IL. |
| 11/22/04 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: The hand-off meeting is scheduled for December 3, 2004, Washington, DC. Dr. Maxine Stitzer will present her study. Great Lakes, Northeast and Prairielands are the collaborating Regional Centers. |
| 08/02/04 | MOTIVATIONAL INCENTIVES BLENDING TEAM: Initial hand off meeting scheduled for July in Los Angeles, CA was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. |
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| Motivational Interviewing Blending Team ~ Steve Gallon, Team Lead | |
| 11/21/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Caribbean Basin & Hispanic Completed rating the MI Spanish language demonstration tapes as part of their participation in the MI Blending Team. |
| 10/31/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Completed rating the MI Spanish language demonstration tapes. |
| 10/31/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: NIDA is in final stages of reviewing content for the MIA: STEP blending package. |
| 05/16/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Submitted draft of Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency (MIA: STEP) for content clearance by NIDA in March, 2005. |
| 05/16/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Revised Taper Rating Guide, tools and demonstration tapes for the MIA: STEP package in April and May, 2005. |
| 05/16/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Conducting a preview of MIA: STEP with Dr. Kathleen Carroll for NASADAD on June 5, 2005. |
| 05/09/05 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Caribbean Basin recorded two sample audio tapes using Motivational Interviewing in an evaluation interview. The transcripts are available through the Blending Team. |
| 12/20/04 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Draft products for the roll-out package, tentatively titled MI Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency (MIA:STEP), have been developed and are being reviewed by the Team. Summary of the products under development can be found in the Blending Team minutes of November 4-5, 2004. |
| 11/22/04 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Met November 4-5, 2004, in Washington, DC. Reviewed draft products, made revision recommendations and a work plan to submit content to NIDA for review by January 15, 2005. |
| 10/04/04 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Next Blending Team meeting is scheduled for November 4-5, 2004. Northwest Frontier, Caribbean Basin and Hispanic and Mid-Atlantic attended May Hand-Off and Blending Team meetings in July. Package of MI products to include supervisory tools for the building and maintenance of counselor MI skills. |
| 07/26/04 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: (Northwest Frontier, Caribbean Basin & Hispanic, Mid-Atlantic) met July 15-16 in Portland, OR. |
| 07/12/04 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Meeting scheduled for July 15-16, 2004, Portland, OR. |
| 05/24/04 | MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING BLENDING TEAM: Sherry Ceperich (Mid-Atlantic), Steve Gallon (Northwest Frontier) and Edna Quinones (Caribbean Basin) attended the Motivational Interviewing Hand Off meeting May 17-18, in Bethesda, MD. |
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