BLAZING NEW TRAILS:

2014 IADDA Annual Conference

in Partnership with

September 3-4, 2014

 OUR 2014 KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Dr. Kevin Sabet

Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D has over 18 years of experience working on drug policy. Dr. Sabet is the Director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida and an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. With Patrick J. Kennedy, he is the co-founder of Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana). He is also a policy consultant to numerous domestic and international organizations through his company, the Policy Solutions Lab. His current clients include the United Nations, where he holds a senior advisor position at the Italy-based United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), and other governmental and non-governmental organizations. He also recently served as the only non medical doctor on the writing committee establishing the official position on marijuana legalization for the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

From 2009-2011, Dr. Sabet served in the Obama Administration as the Senior Advisor to Director Kerlikowske at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Representing his non-partisan commitment to drug policy, he previously worked on research, policy and speech writing at ONDCP in 2000 and from 2003-2004 in the Clinton and Bush Administrations, respectively. He remains the only staff member at ONDCP to hold a political appointment in both the Bush and Obama Administrations.

Dr. Sabet is a regular contributor to opinion-editorial pages worldwide, including the Washington Post, Huffington Post, New York Times, Vancouver Sun, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, CNN, CNBC, and more than a dozen other media outlets.

 Workshop Topics:

Pre-Conference - September 2, 2014  - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 

• Ethical Standards and Practices for Clinicians
• Risk-Need-Responsivity Concepts for Justice-Involved Clients

Conference Workshops - September 3 & 4, 2014

• Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Illinois
• Resistant Clients & Families: Strategies for Engagement
• Medical Marijuana - Implications for Illinois
• Over the Rainbow and Beyond: Making Residential Treatment Safer for LGBTQ Kids and Their Families
• Connecting Clients to Behavioral Health and Primary Care: The Promise of Peer Community Health Workers
• The Future is Now: Addiction Services and Federal Policy in the 21st Century
• Risk Perception and Risk Reduction Strategies for Common Pharmaceutical Drug Combinations, MDMA and Synthetic Cannabinoids & Cathinones
• Are You Really Doing Effective Prevention?
• Restorative Justice and Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment
• Trauma Impact on Adolescent Brain Development and Substance Abuse
• HIPAA Breach Reporting Tips & Tricks
• Hope and Recovery: Addressing the Needs of Youth and Their Families Experiencing Co-Occurring Concerns
• Engaging Adolescents and Creating Safe School Environments
• Using Motivational Incentives for Risk Reduction in Adolescents
• Pharmaceuticals & Addiction Services: A Look into the Future
• Professionalism in Addiction Prevention and Treatment: How We Got Here
• Professionalism in Addiction Prevention and Treatment: Improving Professional Behavior
• How Alcohol & Drug Use Impacts Sexual Health Decisions in Adolescents
• Supported Housing for Homeless Youth
• Is Your Client Ready to Move Forward?
• The Use of Mindfulness & Walking Meditation
• Mindfulness-Based Sobriety: A Clinician's Guide for Addiction Recovery Using Relapse Prevention Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing
• Public Health Implications of Marijuana Legalization
• Culture Shift and How Changes in Society Place Children and Families at Greater Risk
• Effective Treatment Strategies for Adolescent Heroin & Opiate Use
• Social Impact Bonds: What You Need to Now to Prepare for Pay for Performance
• Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring
• Redefining the Diagnosis of Addiction - DSM-5 Review      
  

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