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Clinical Supervision Training in Seattle & Portland

NFATTC is offering a special 2-part training on Clinical Supervision: Building Counselor Skills and Resolving Problems. The course was developed by NFATTC and has been a popular offering throughout the Northwest. In recent years it has been adopted by a number of other states.

This time, course is part of an independent national evaluation study of the whole ATTC network. Attendees will be asked to consent to be involved in the evaluation (but they can still attend the trainings even if they choose not to be involved in the evaluation). If attendees choose to participate in the evaluation they will be asked to do a brief on-line survey about a month following the training. In addition, a small subgroup of those who do the survey would be asked to participate in an interview by the evaluators to see what impact the training has had on their clinical practice and supervisory behavior. As an incentive, the cost of the course is reduced by 50%.

The course will be offered in Seattle on  Sept 21-22 and Nov 9-10, and in Tualatin, OR (near Portland) on Sept 24-25 and Nov 12-13.

For details and registration, please download the brochure.

Clnical Practices Research Symposium in Portland

"Useful Tools and Methods from the NIDA CTN"

June 3-4, 2009
Portland, Oregon

Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest and Oregon/Hawaii Nodes of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN), and the Northwest Frontier ATTC.

This 2-day science-based symposium will present evidence-based tools and lessons learned in the NIDA CTN.  There are 2 tracks: Clinical and Administrative/Supervisory.  The training will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Portland.

Plenary sessions and workshops will focus on topics of interest to clinicians and treatment administrators:

• Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices: Discoveries of CTN Research
• Buprenorphine Treatment of Opiate Dependency
• Community Reinforcement Approach to Treating Addiction
• Developing Effective Treatment Plans
• Safer Sex for Men
• Process Improvement to Increase Client Engagement and Retention

CEU: 7 hours available. Cost for the training is $25 per day, and participants may attend one or both days.  Register by May 27 deadline: http://www.nfattcregistration.org

Addiction Forum: Hazelden & Residence XII

Hazelden and Residence XII will present a half-day Addiction Forum, to be held at Seattle University on Friday, March 27, from 8 am to noon.  The event is aimed at counselors and therapists, psychologists, medical professionals, and social workers. Featured presentations include "Addiction and Trauma: Integrating Treatment" by Wendy Clark (Residence XII) and "Shame: Impact in Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery" by Heidi Wallace (Hazelden).  3 CEH credits are available. 

There is no fee for this event. Call Sue Ross at (425) 823-8844 to register.

3rd Annual Providers Conference Celebrating Chemical Dependency Treatment Teams

Sponsored by the Washington Association of Alcoholism & Addiction Programs (AAP), the focus of this conference will be to provide training to those who work in the addiction profession, to celebrate the recovery process, and to recognize the treatment teams in our field.

"Celebrating Chemical Dependence Treatment Teams"
3rd Annual Providers Conference

April 9-11, 2009
Lynnwood Convention Center, Lynnwood, WA

Cost: $85 (AAP member); $110 (non-AAP member). CEUs: 9.

For more information, please contact Rylie Koenig at (425) 823-3116 or koenigr@lakesidemilam.com Click here for brochure & registration. 

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11th Annual Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine Conference

Presented by Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett and Washington Society of Addiction Medicine, this conference is aimed at primary medicine providers (physicians, nurses, ARNP’s, PA’s); addiction medicine providers; chemical dependency counselors; psychiatrists & therapists; and other healthcare providers interested in addiction medicine.

Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine Conference
March 5-6, 2009
Hilton Hotel, Seattle

Cost varies by professional affiliation. CE and CME available.

Click here for registration brochure.

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Behavioral Health In Primary Care: 2008 CHAMMP Conference

The burden of mental illness and addictions in medically ill populations is increasing at a staggering rate, especially in safety-net settings serving disadvantaged populations. There is a need to educate the community of healthcare providers who work with this difficult set of co-morbidities so that their assessment and delivery of care is state of the art and likely to result in improved patient outcomes. In the course of addressing issues on integration of treatment for diabetes, heart disease and depression, behavioral interventions, and clinical skills including cognitive-behavioral therapy, management of suicidal and self-injury behaviors, motivational enhancement therapy, medication management, practical use of anti-addiction medications, and ways to optimize treatment adherence, the practitioner will learn about current research and best practices.

Behavioral Health in Primary Care:
Evidence-Based Skills for Busy Physicians

September 19, 2008,  7:15 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Museum of History & Industry, Seattle

Download registration brochure  -- OR -- Register online

This one-day conference is for physicians, physicians assistants, nurses, social workers, counselors, psychologists, and other health care providers. Sponsored by the Center for Healthcare Improvement for Addictions, Mental Illness, and Medically Vulnerable Populations (CHAMMP), Harborview.  Medical Center.  For more information, call: (206) 543-9496.

Motivational Interviewing Training - CASAA Recruiting Providers as Study Participants

The Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse & Addiction (CASAA) at the University of New Mexico is conducting a study about MI training for substance abuse providers (in many disciplines), and posts the notice below to potential participants.

Are you interested in receiving free motivational interviewing training?

We are currently conducting a randomized control trial funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Grant #1R01DA021227-01A1) in which we will be providing free motivational interviewing training to providers (counselors, psychologists, medical doctors, social workers, nurses) who work in the field of substance abuse. We are recruiting providers who have minimal experience with motivational interviewing and work in a not-for-profit setting. One person per agency or setting will be able to participate in this study.

The goal of this study is to test two different strategies for training providers in motivational interviewing.  All participants will attend a two-day motivational interviewing training in New Mexico taught by Theresa Moyers, Ph.D. and William Miller, Ph.D. Travel and accommodations will be subsidized. Participants are asked to submit a pretraining audio work sample of a therapy session with an actual client. Following training, participants will be asked to submit three more audio work samples one week, six months, and 12 months after the training. Participants will be paid $75 (with a $25 bonus for timeliness) for each of the three post-training audio work samples.

If you would like additional information on this study or would like to see if you are eligible for the study, please visit our webpage: href="http://casaa.unm.edu/elicit.html

NIDA Blending Conference, June 2-3, 2008, Cincinnati

Join addiction treatment practitioners, health care providers, criminal justice professionals, researchers, and policymakers in Cincinnati, Ohio this June 2-3, 2008, for the seventh NIDA Blending Conference, Blending Addiction Science and Treatment: The Impact of Evidence-Based Practices on Individuals, Families, and Communities. 

As in other fields of medicine, a gap exists in the drug abuse treatment field between clinical practice and scientific research.  This two-day national conference provides an important opportunity for clinicians and providers to interact with the developers of empirically supported treatments in awareness-raising workshops focused on treatment implementation.  To register or learn more about the conference, please see: http://www.sei2003.com/nida/blendingcinci/index.htm.

Washington State Institute on Addictions Treatment Conference, June 25-27, 2008

The 2008 Washington State Institute on Addictions Treatment conference, "A Recovery Journey: Back to Basics and Beyond," is sponsored by the Washington State Division of Alcohol & Substance Abuse (DASA) and will be held from June 25-27, 2008, at the Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, Washington.

Workshops and tracks during the 2.5-day conference will cover supervision, clinical needs, evidence-based practices, collaborations with partnering programs, providing diverse services to diverse populations, and more.  Registration is open!  For more information, please see: http://casat.unr.edu/dasa/.

Research in Addiction & the Brain ~ Online Certificate Program

A new session of the University of Washington online certificate program Advanced Research in Addiction and the Brain will start in January 2008.  Applications are being accepted now.

This distance-learning program brings the latest in addiction science to counselors, chemical dependency specialists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, educators, members of the judiciary, law makers, and other professionals who deal with the issues of substance abuse.

Courses in this program meet Washington State's continuing education requirements for 50 hours/course in ethics and law for social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists. The courses also meet the requirement for 50 hours/course continuing certification for work in public schools (ESA certification).

Join a group of colleagues this winter to learn more and enhance your professional skills in addressing the problems of substance abuse.  The program will continue with a related course in Spring 2008.  If you have any questions, please call or e-mail 206-685-6514; mkunselman@extn.washington.edu.

Details and application: www.extension.washington.edu/ext/certificates/adb/adb_gen.asp