Rooted in Recovery: Substance Abuse and Trauma, Prevention to Treatment 

Centerstone and the Coffee County Anti-Drug Coalition are pleased to be able to present the fourth annual Building Strong Families Conference!

Substance abuse and trauma have complicated relationships with one another and within families and communities. The Building Strong Families Conference 2013, Rooted in Recovery, will help professionals gain a deeper understanding of the effects of trauma and substance abuse from prevention to treatment. Participants will leave the event with a deeper knowledge of these topics along with practical information and evidenced-based practices to utilize.

Please keep scrolling for an overview of each day. As more details become available the attached PDF files will be updated to share more about each session and presenter. Click here for session descriptions.

September 9, 2013:

Participants have the option of attending 1 of 2 training seminars which will provide skills ready for immediate implementation.

1) Kevin Reeder PhD from Treatment Innovations presents the EBP, Seeking Safety.

This session will provide an overview of the model, how to implement it, demonstration of a session, role-play practice of a session by attendees, and various video clips and experiential exercises. Can be attended by any staff, any degree and experience level. No prerequisites. By the end of this one-day training any staff can conduct Seeking Safety if they choose to.

For more information: http://seekingsafety.org/

2) Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) present Sustainability...Don't Leave Your Future to Chance

This course focuses on how to develop and carry out a plan that ensures that the coalition's core functions will be supported over the long term and that the coalition's key community initiatives and activities (programs,policies and practices) will continue long after current leaders have moved on.

For more information: http://www.cadca.org/about/institute/detail

Schedule: Registration begins at 8 AM. Sessions begin at 9 AM. Lunch will be served from 12-1:30. Afternoon session resumes from 1:30-4:30.

 

 

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September 10 , 2013:

Participants will attend a more traditional conference day consisting of morning and luncheon keynote events along with morning and afternoon breakout sessions.

 8:00-9:00 AM Registration 

9:00-10:30 Greeting and opening Plenary, Ira Chasnoff, MD will present an engaging and informative presentation about the effects of prenatal substance exposure on brain development

IRA J. CHASNOFF, MD is president of Children's Research Triangle and a professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. He is one of the nation's leading researchers in the field of prenatal exposure to alcohol and illicit drugs and the author of eight books, including Drugs, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Parenting, which received the Book of the Year Award from the American Journal of Nursing. He lives in Chicago, IL.

10:40-noon morning breakout sessions

Current offerings include:

Clinical Work with Trauma and Substance Abuse, Kevin Reeder PhD, Treatment Innovations

Wrap-Around Model of Care, PT 1, James Rast PhD, Vroon VanDenberg

Helping Kids Succeed at School, Mickey Shuran EdD, Principal at West Middle School

Elements of Engagement, Angela Pharris, MSW, LAPSW, Middle Tennessee State University

Legislative Update, Steve Petty, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

Keys to Successful Meeting Leadership, Bill Rutley, MS, Clark Consulting Group

12:00-12:30 break and get lunch

12:30-1:30 Luncheon Plenary, Kevin Reeder, PhD "Co-occuing PTSD and Substance Abuse.

1:40- 4:30 afternoon breakout sessions

Current offerings include:

ARC Model introduction, Jon S Ebert, Psy D, Vanderbilt

Wrap-Around Model of Care, PT 2, James Rast, PhD, Vroon VanDenberg

Trauma-Informed Care, Michael Reynolds, LPC-MHSP, Centerstone

Darkness to Light, Heather Kleinfeld, Coffee County Children's Advocacy Center

The Long-way Home- PTSD/Substance Use Problems and the Returing Veteran, Kevin Reeder, PhD, Treatment Innovations

The Mystery of Risk, Ira Chasnoff, MD,  Children's Reserach Triangle

 

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September 11 , 2013:

 8:00-9:00 AM Registration  

9:00-10:30 Greeting and opening Plenary Addresses,

     9:10-9:40 Commissioner Varney from the TN Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services will talk about the state's new prescription drug initiative

E. Douglas Varney was appointed Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Mental Health (TDMH) by Governor Bill Haslam on January 14, 2011. Varney joined TDMH after a 35 year professional career at Frontier Health, a Gray, Tennessee-based community mental health center serving families and individuals affected by behavioral health, substance abuse and intellectual deficit issues. His roles at Frontier Health included psychological examiner, counselor, therapist, President, and CEO.He served as a board member and past president of the Tennessee Association of Community Mental Health Organizations.  He was also a member of the faculty at the Healthy Appalachia Institute; adjunct faculty member at East Tennessee State University; and past chairman and board member of Carespark, a regional health information exchange. He is a member of the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and has also served as a member of various other regional and statewide community entities.Varney holds a master's degree in Psychology from East Tennessee State and was formerly licensed as a psychological examiner, marriage and family counselor and professional counselor.In his post as TDMH Commissioner, Varney serves as leader of the State’s public mental health and substance abuse authority, charged with planning for and promoting an array of services from prevention to recovery for all Tennesseans. 

9:40-10:30, Fred Brason will talk about Project Lazarus and their impressive results

Fred Brason, CEO of Project Lazarus and Project Director of the Community Care Network Statewide Chronic Pain Initiative, Wilkes County, N.C. As a hospice chaplain, Brason noticed that pain medications were being stolen from patients' medicine cabinets. He started to ask questions and discovered that prescription drug abuse had become rampant. He worked for nearly two years to create Project Lazarus, a secular nonprofit that provides technical assistance to community groups and clinicians throughout North Carolina. Project Lazarus' goal is to reduce prescription drug abuse and prevent overdoses while continuing to meet the needs of people living with chronic pain. Thanks to the work of Brason and Project Lazarus, overdose deaths are down 69 percent in Wilkes County-from 46.0 per 100,000 to 14.4 per 100,000.

10:40-noon morning breakout sessions  

Current offerings include:

SBIRT 101, Tim Urban PhD,  East TN State University

Doing Grounding, Richard Boyd, MSW, TIES Project Coordinator, Centerstone

What's New for TN Prevention Certification?, Bruce Newport, TN Certification Board

Project Lazarus, Fred Wells Brasson II, CEO Project Lazarus

Motivational Interviewing, PT1, James Sacco LCSW

Ethics, Tom Starling, EdD, MDiv, MA, Mental Health America of Middle TN

 12:00-12:30 break and get lunch

 12:30-1:30 Luncheon Plenary, Vickie Hardin, Volunteer will talk about "Integrating Treatment...Making Connections for Recovery." 

Vickie Hardin currently serves as Senior Vice President of Clinical Services. Ms. Harden’s responsibilities include the oversight and development of specialty programs such as children’s services, alcohol and drug treatment services, residential treatment services and therapeutic foster care. She maintains oversight of approximately 30 grants and contracts providing a variety of programs for consumers. She has over 20 years of experience in direct care, supervision and administration of mental health services, addiction treatment and co-occurring disorders treatment services. As well as her duties with VBHCS, Ms. Harden currently is an adjunct professor at Middle Tennessee State University and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee, College of social work graduate program for several years. She also works closely with the State of Tennessee Office of the Post-Conviction Defenders as a mitigation specialists and mental health consultant. She is a very active member in the Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations as well as the Tennessee Co-Occurring Disorders Collaborative Steering Committee

1:40- 4:30 afternoon breakout sessions

Current offerings include:  

 SBIRT, PT 2, Mary Elizabeth Heaney-Garate LCSW, Renewal House 

Clinician Self-Care, Susan Gillpatrick, Med LPC, CTS, Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress, Centerstone

 Suicide Prevention, Christen Thorpe, MA, CRC, Tennessee Lives Count

Emerging Substances: Trends in Substance Abuse, Scott Reid and MIke Commons, Task Force officers for DEA

Program Evaluation, Deacon Dzierzawski, MS, LICDC, President of Epiphany Community Service

Motivational Interviewing, PT 2, James Sacco LCSW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded through the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau, Grant # 90CU0069. The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the funders, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This information is in the public domain.

 

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by the Drug Free Communities Support Program from ONDCP and SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Office of National Drug Control Policy or the Department of Health and
Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.