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February 25, 2005, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Vermont Technical Center, Langevin House, Randolph, VT.

Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders: Methamphetamine, Cocaine & Stimulants

$25 Agencies licensed/funded by ADAP & members of VAPA
$40 All Others

Description: This training will cover vital information on the effects of stimulant abuse disorders and dependence; we will discuss the relevance of these effects to treating stimulant users, describe treatment approaches that are appropriate and effective for treating these clients, and make specific recommendations on the practical application of these treatment strategies. Participants will also explore Methamphetamine, its addiction potential and the impact of its spread throughout the United States.

We will discuss the implications of the special features of Methamphetamine, its manufacture, and how it impacts the treatment field. We will outline the initial treatment strategies for effectively meeting the challenges that this epidemic presents to individuals, agencies, and the community. Participants will also be given TIP#33 and over 40 client worksheets to assist providers in treating people with stimulant use disorders.

Learning Objectives:
* To gain vital information of the effects of stimulant abuse disorders & dependency
* Treatment Approaches
* Implications of Methamphetamine, Stimulants, and Cocaine

Trainer:
Mary Kay O'Sullivan, M.A., LADC, CCS, ACRPS, ICADC- is a licensed marriage & Family Therapist, Drug & Alcohol Counselor and a Licensed as a Professional Counselor. She has completing the last year of her doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She has served as the Director of The Center, a behavioral health and addictions training organization with a student base of over 5000. She comes to this position after being senior trainer at The Center for over 8 years. In addition, she has been a clinician and administrator in the substance abuse and dual diagnosis fields for over 14 years and has worked with populations ranging from adolescents and the chronically mentally ill to criminal justice clients.

Ms. O'Sullivan provides consultation regionally and nationally in the specialty areas of criminal justice treatment and rehabilitation, co-occurring disorders, women's issues in treatment and program design. Ms. O'Sullivan has been the director of inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalization programs for both adults and adolescents with behavioral health and addictive disorders. She was chosen to co-chair the State of Connecticut Co-occurring Disorders Tack Force. In her private practice Ms.O'Sullivan specializes in work with clients with co-occurring disorders and their families. She is currently completing her doctoral work in clinical psychology at The Fielding Institute.s.

Level: Intermediate
CEU's Available

February 28, 2005, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Cyprian Learning Center, Waterbury, VT.

MAYSI-2/CRAFFT

$15 Agencies licensed/funded by ADAP & members of VAPA
$25 All Others

Description: This one-half day training will cover administration and scoring of two ADAP recommended screening tools for use with adolescents. The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (Maysi-2) is a brief screening tool for use with youths to identify signs of mental/emotional disturbance or distress. The Maysi-2 is designed to identify youths 12-17 years old who may have special mental health needs. It is intended for use at any entry or transitional placement point. This screening tool alerts staff to a youth's potential mental/emotional distress and certain behavior problems. It requires no more than 15 minutes to administer. The CRAFFT is a brief six question screening test for adolescent substance abuse developed by J. Knight, M.D., Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research, Children's Hospital, Boston.

Trainer:
Win Turner, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist & licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor with over 15 years of experience designing, managing and evaluating adolescent substance abuse treatment programs. He has instructed for Outward Bound, organized community coalitions, grant funded (O.J.J.D.P. & Children's Trust Fund) and directed several VT based adolescent substance abuse programs. Currently, he is a substance abuse treatment & planning consultant/trainer for New England Institute of Addiction Studies, and ADAP Programs. He has a part time private practice and provides services for Juvenile Justice Substance Abuse Treatment Programs and University Judicial Affairs.

Level: Intermediate
CEU's Available

March 2&3, 2005, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Three Stallions Inn, Randolph, VT

$50 Agencies licensed/funded by ADAP & members of VAPA
$80 All Others
Lunch included for both days

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Substance Abuse Treatment: Research Based Interventions

Description: This two-day training will be spent presenting the theoretical background, the research and intervention strategies of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Participants will learn interactive skill building aspects of CBT therapeutic skills, rehearsal of skills and constructive feedback for building proficiency to use the skills. The training will cover an overall understanding of substance use disorders: cocaine and marijuana. We will cover what we need to learn from current research findings and functional analysis.

CBT is a short-term focused approach. It attempts to help patients recognize the situations in which they are more likely to use. To avoid these situations when appropriate and to cope more effectively with the range of problems and problematic behaviors associated with substance abuse. CBT addresses several critical tasks that are essential to successful substance abuse treatment. They are: Fostering the motivation for abstinence, Teach coping skills, Change reinforcement contingencies, Foster management of painful effects and Improve interpersonal functioning and enhance social supports. The training will also include video observation, skills practice, role-playing, and relapse prevention.

Trainer:
Win Turner, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist & licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor with over 15 years of experience designing, managing and evaluating adolescent substance abuse treatment programs. He has instructed for Outward Bound, organized community coalitions, grant funded (O.J.J.D.P. & Children's Trust Fund) and directed several VT based adolescent substance abuse programs. Currently, he is a substance abuse treatment & planning consultant/trainer for New England Institute of Addiction Studies, and ADAP Programs. He has a part time private practice and provides services for Juvenile Justice Substance Abuse Treatment Programs and University Judicial Affairs.

Level: Intermediate
CEU's Available

March 7, 2005, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Capitol Plaza, Montpelier, VT

$25 Agencies licensed/funded by ADAP & members of VAPA
$40 All Others
Scholarships Available

Identification, Assessment, & Treatment of Problem Gambling

Description: This training will overview the identification, screening, assessment, and treatment of pathological gamblers. We will cover key screening and assessment tools, motivational interviewing, the use of the stages of change model in treatment, and cognitive behavioral treatment will be discussed. The organization of CBT with pathological gamblers will be discussed with an emphasis on cognitive distortions. Cognitive distortions surrounding conceptions of chance and randomness, the gamblers' fallacy, and other common distortions will be covered. Upon completion of the program the student will be able to: Incorporate screening and assessment of pathological gamblers into their practice. They will be able to be either supervised to treat pathological gamblers or incorporate cognitive behavioral skills for treating pathological gamblers into their current practice.

Learning Objectives
* Participants will learn different methods of screening for problem & pathological gambling currently in use
* To learn essential features to assess when treating problem & pathological gamblers
* Understand the application of stages of changes model to problem & pathological gamblers * To gain the basic essentials of cognitive behavioral skills approach to the treatment of problem & pathological gamblers

Trainer:
Henry Lesieur, Psy.D, Ph.D. is a staff psychologist at the Rhode Island Hospital Gambling Treatment in Providence. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Council on Problem Gambling as well as Vice-President of the Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Gambling Studies, as well as author of The Chase: Career of the Compulsive Gambler, book chapters and many articles in professional journals on pathological gambling. He is co-author of the South Oaks Gambling Screen, an instrument for identifying pathological gamblers that has been translated into over 35 different languages.

Level: Entry - Intermediate
CEU's Available

March 11, 2005, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Langevin House, Randolph, VT

$25 Agencies licensed/funded by ADAP & members of VAPA
$40 All Others

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Directions for Science-Based Prevention and Intervention Efforts

Description: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) classifies the range of altered birth outcomes associated with prenatal alcohol exposure. This workshop will review existing clinical knowledge of the problem, and focus on best practices from prevention to treatment.

At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will:
* Recognize the range of physical, neurological, and behavioral effects associated with prenatal alcohol exposure.
* List sets of treatment approaches for the individual, family, and interagency levels.
* Describe health strategies to prevent this problem.

Trainer:
Trudee Ettlinger PhD, APRN, LADC works in the field of substance abuse both as a clinician and a researcher. Her professional focus is directed at the implications of alcohol and illegal drug use for maternal health and early childhood, and the development of programming to address substance abuse for childbearing age women and their young children.

Level: Entry - Intermediate
CEU's Available

March 18, 2005, 9:00am - 1:00pm
Autumn Harvest Inn, Williamstown, VT

$15 Agencies licensed/funded by ADAP & members of VAPA
$25 All Others

Stages of Change

Description: This half-day training will be spent presenting the theoretical background, the research and intervention strategies. Participants will learn Stages of Change therapeutic skills, Cognitive Behavioral Skills and Rehearsal of skills. The training will cover how to assess clients for stages of change and how to intervene according to stages of change. Participants will have the opportunity to practice stages of change skills.

Trainer:
Win Turner, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist & licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor with over 15 years of experience designing, managing and evaluating adolescent substance abuse treatment programs. He has instructed for Outward Bound, organized community coalitions, grant funded (O.J.J.D.P. & Children's Trust Fund) and directed several VT based adolescent substance abuse programs. Currently, he is a substance abuse treatment & planning consultant/trainer for New England Institute of Addiction Studies, and ADAP Programs. He has a part time private practice and provides services for Juvenile Justice Substance Abuse Treatment Programs and University Judicial Affairs.

Level: Intermediate
CEU's Available

March 23, 2005, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Howard Dean Educational Center, Springfield, VT

$25 Agencies licensed/funded by ADAP & members of VAPA
$40 All Others

Motivational Interviewing for Patients with Co-Occurring Disorders

Description: High costs, high rates of attrition and poor treatment outcomes have lead to increased focus on the processes and mechanisms of self-change strategies, help-seeking behavior, treatment entry, and treatment retention. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the issues involved in the decision to change one's behavior, to seek formal treatment, or both. A model of motivation is presented that attempts to incorporate a number of elements found in self-change and help-seeking processes. Understanding what motivates the behavior change process working with co-occurring disorders, as well as the impediments to it, is fundamental to developing interventions that facilitate help-seeking and successful behavioral change.

Upon completion of the training participants will able to: Utilize the Trans-theoretical Stages of Change model to assess client's readiness to change. Incorporate the techniques of Motivational Enhancement Therapy in a variety of settings with co-occurring disorders. Enhance their clinical skills by learning about reflective listening, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, responding to resistance and supporting client self-efficacy.

Learning Objectives:
* Utilizing lecture and discussion review of Stages of Change model
* Utilizing lecture and discussion describe the essential elements of Motivational Interviewing with co-occurring disorders
* Utilize role plays participants will learn how to utilize Motivational Enhancement Techniques by competing a cost-benefit analysis, making a change state assessment and deal with client resistance utilizing MET techniques with co-occurring disorders

Trainer:
Tom Broffman, Ph.D., LICSW, LCDP, CEAP is an assistant professor at both Boston University and Eastern CT State University. He has a BSW and a MSW from the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. from Boston College, Graduate School of Social Work. He is a regional known trainer and consultant. He has over 30 years of experience in employee assistance programs, mental health, addictions, problem gambling and co-occurring disorders. He is the President of the RI Council on Problem Gambling and the Dual Diagnosis Coordinator at the Eleanor State Hospital. He serves on the Board of the National Council on Problem Gambling.

Level: Intermediate
CEU's Available

PLEASE NOTE: THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELED

March 30, 2005, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Marshland Farm Inn, Quechee, VT

$25 Agencies licensed/funded by ADAP & members of VAPA
$40 All Others
Scholarships available

Addiction, Money & Recovery

Description: The addiction process often creates financial chaos. Financial pressures can lead to difficult times in recovery and may be used by the gambler as an excuse to return to the addiction. This workshop will help professionals understand the importance of money management for the recovering person.

Trainer:
Nancy Lantz, MA, NCACII, NCGC has been active in the field of addictions treatment since 1984. She is the founder and former executive director of the Colorado Council on Compulsive Gambling and is recognized as a leading authority on the interface between domestic violence and compulsive gambling, as well as other addictions. She served as the Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Addictive Behaviors at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Currently she is on the staff at Regis University and is a therapist working with Abusive Men Exploring New Directions (AMEND).

Level: Entry - Intermediate
CEU's Available

PLEASE NOTE: THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELED

March 31, 2005, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Howard Dean Educational Center, Springfield, VT

$25 Agencies licensed/funded by ADAP & members of VAPA
$40 All Others
Scholarships available

Addiction, Domestic Violence & Compulsive Gambling

Description: This workshop is an overview of how the progression of pathological gambling and addictions increases the risk of domestic violence. Treatment issues, techniques, and current research will be covered. Both risk assessment and treatment planning will be discussed and applied to case studies.