Objectives
About the Trainers
Kimberly Thalison
Kim Thalison is a Certified Prevention Specialist with Eaton RESA, managing a grant-funded school wellness and prevention department. She has been working in the field of substance misuse and youth risk behavior prevention for 17 years, beginning her career with the Mid-South Substance Abuse Commission. Kim serves on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP) and is the co-chair of the MCBAP Prevention Workgroup. In addition to her work in the State of Michigan, Kim coordinated risk and protective factor survey implementation and analysis for communities and states across the country.
Louise Montag
Louise Montag, CPC-R, Executive Director at Prevention Network, has over five years of experience working in substance misuse prevention. Louise graduated from Oakland University in 2017 with a degree in Wellness and Health Promotion and has a background in implementing evidence-based wellness strategies to students and faculty at a Division 2 University. Following that, Louise coordinated the Michigan Higher Education Network, working with campuses across the state and representing Michigan on national coalitions and taskforces. Louise was named one of the Top 10 Alumni within 10 Years at Oakland University and Michigan Preventionist of the Year in 2019 by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service.
Hotel Information
The following are two recommended hotels to stay at:
Comfort Inn & Suites https://www.choicehotels.com/michigan/gaylord/comfort-inn-hotels/mi548
Fairfield Inn & Suites https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/glrfi-fairfield-inn-and-suites-gaylord/overview/
If you are sick on the day of the training, please stay home and let us know as soon as possible. We will either refund your registration or move it to the next available training date.
More Details
The Ethics in Prevention training was developed under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies task order (Reference#HHSS283201200024I/HHSS28342002T) and is endorsed by the IC&RC as an IC&RC-approved curriculum for substance use disorder prevention. Participants will receive 6 hours of MCBAP CEUs (for CPS/CPC cert). Both trainers are certified to facilitate this curriculum.
This training qualifies for continuing education credits through the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP). This Prevention Ethics training will ONLY satisfy the requirement for the ethics requirement for Certified Prevention Specialist or Certified Prevention Consultant. For questions related specifically to your credential needs contact: Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals - http://www.mcbap.com/