Due to extreme flooding in the state of Iowa - the online registration for the 2008 Midwest
Conference on Problem Gambling & Substance Abuse has been disabled. We apologize
for the inconvenience. Please fax or mail all registrations to:

Katrina S. Wieberg
Director, Finance & Operations
ACT Missouri
428 E. Capitol, 2nd Floor
Jefferson City, MO  65101
Phone:  573-635-6669
             877-669-2280
Fax:      573-635-7257

Link to the registration form: http://www.888betsoff.com/links/08_forms/08_registration_form.pdf

The 5th Annual Midwest Conference on Problem Gambling and Substance Abuse is Aug. 13-15 at the Crowne Plaza St. Louis-Clayton Hotel in St. Louis. 2008 proves to be a positive opportunity with keynote presentations from H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH, CAS, FASAM, Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA,and leading problem gambling researcher Nancy Petry, PhD, University of Connecticut. Additional networking opportunity will be held at the St. Louis Zoo with dinner and music on August 14th.

Hotel Information: Crowne Plaza St. Louis-Clayton Hotel

7750 Carondelet Ave.

St. Louis, Missouri

888-870-6556

Conference Code: Midwest Conference

National Conference on Boys & Girls at Risk: the emerging science of gender differences

The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club, Madison, WI

For more information on the conference:

Mary Unmuth Yockey
mjunmuth@wisc.edu
Telephone: 608-263-9732
www.projectfreshlight.org
www.dcs.wisc.edu/oda/wwen

 

A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals: Training Curriculum, First Edition

Based on the publication:(DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 01-3498)

The text, A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals, First Edition,, was published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), in 2001. Thereafter, a supplemental curriculum was developed to provide practitioners and administrators familiarity and knowledge about the interaction between LGBT issues and substance use disorders. The curriculum offers skill-building knowledge enhancing practical abilities to offer sensitive, affirmative, culturally relevant, and effective treatment to LGBT individuals in substance use disorders treatment.

The training curriculum was released during the Journey Together 2007 Annual Conference provided by NAADAC and in conjunction with MTAADAC and NALGAP in Nashville, Tennesse on September 5-8, 2007.

A participant training was held at the GMLA Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 26-27, 2007.

http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/pattc/lgbttrainingcurriculum

Immersion Training: May 5-9, 2008
Enhancement Session: August 21-22, 2008
Graduation: October 23-24, 2008

The program, which kicked off May 5-9, 2008, in Madison, Wisconsin is largely funded by the Prairielands ATTC and available to helping professionals in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Completion of individual projects is the responsibility of the protégé/agency and is imperative for graduation. Proteges are expected to attend three events (Immersion, Enhancement and Graduation). National events have been held in 2006 and 2007 in Washington DC bringing all protégé together from across the United States to learn, network, and share their experience. Protégé have been supported in entirety and have expressed value and appreciation for the opportunity. Prairielands ATTC has been well represented at this national event by protégé graduates.

For more resources on substance abuse in Iowa visit the Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center at http://www.drugfreeinfo.org/.

Anne Helene Skinstad, Ph.D.
Project Director, Prairielands ATTC