Health, social service, criminal justice and human resource professionals, addiction counselors, public officials, educators, community leaders, and anyone who has an interest in how alcohol, methamphetamine, marijuana and other drugs impact adolescents, young adults, families, schools and the community. 6 CE Credits offered to: R.N., Psych Tech, MFT, LCSW, Addiction Counselor & Attorney
What you will learn:
The elements of brain development during adolescence that underlie psychological development · The neurological basis of addiction, with emphasis on methamphetamine and marijuana · The reasons that addiction happens more frequently and faster in adolescents · The elements of motivational interviewing needed to engage adolescents and young adults in treatment and how to activate the 7 precursors of change · How to lead parents and adolescents through the process of contracting · How the impact of methamphetamine on the brain affects treatment
Speaker:
Dr. Timmen L. Cermak is Board Certified in Psychiatry, with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Addiction Psychiatry. He is also certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Dr. Cermak helped found the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA), serving first as president and then Chairman of the Board. He is the author of A Primer on Adult Children of Alcoholics, Diagnosing and Treating
Co-dependence, A Time to Heal, Evaluating and Treating Adult Children of Alcoholics, and A Time to Heal Workbook.
His most recent work, Marijuana: What’s a Parent to Believe? was published by Hazelden in August of 2003.
Do you want to know more about alcohol and drug addiction? Are you concerned about how addiction is affecting our community? Do you want to learn more about alcohol and drug services ?
We invite you to attend our one-hour FREE "TURNING LIVES AROUND TOUR" where you will learn more about addiction, you will be inspired by stories you will hear from our clients, you will learn about the "funding gap" and how this impacts over 400 people in our community daily ....
What people are saying ...."I was inspired by the stories I heard from the clients" ..."I never knew how many people in our community need alcohol" The hour was filled with information and I was impressed with the Turning Point facility"
Turning Point Client sharing his story
Perinatal Manager and past client sharing her story
Your Teen and Meth-A video presentationclick here.
