Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Tuesday ~ September 15, 2009
6:00pm to 9:00pm
3 CE Credits
Understanding Addiction Workshop Prescription Drug Misuse & Alcohol Abuse
Wednesday ~ September 16, 2009
8:00am to 4:00pm
6 CE Credits
Who Should Attend both
Workshops:
Health, social service, criminal justice and human resource professionals, addiction counselors, public officials, educators, community leaders, family members and other interested individuals.
3 or 6 CE Credits offered to: R.N., Psych Tech, MFT, LCSW, Addiction Counselor & Attorneys
What You Will Learn on Sept. 16th
The scope of the problems among adolescents, young adults and older adults * Review of the extent of the problem regionally and nationally * Impact on the brain * Various classes of prescription abuse and how these drugs compare across substances * Various behavioral treatments for prescription drugs and alcoholism * The latest medical treatments for alcoholism including Natrexone & Vivitrol
Speakers for both Workshops
Thomas Freese, Ph.D., Director of Training, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs. Co-PI/Director, Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC). Dr. Freese has worked in the substance abuse field since 1983. Dr. Freese was also DAAC’s Workshop leader in 2006 and 2007.
Beth Rutkowski, MPH, Associate Director of Training and Epidemiologist, UCLA
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
Understanding Addiction:
Focus on Adolescents and Young Adults
Read Dr. Cermak's Presentation! (This is a large file)
EVENT COMPLETED—Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:30 - 4:30
Who should attend:
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.
