Presenter: Peter L. Baker, DTh, CSAC
Description: Spirituality is an often used and recognized component of the recovery process. Do we need it? Why? How should it fit into our treatment process? Why is it such a vital part of the 12-step process? What is my process, when it comes to spirituality? What should I expect from my consumers? If you think you know all the answers to these questions, you probably don’t! Let’s talk, let’s examine, and let’s open our minds to a higher level of thinking.
Presenter: Carolee Lindsey, LCSW, LADC, CCS
Description: This presentation will discuss the roots of mindfulness and the commonality of its philosophy to the ancient practices of yoga. Traditional yoga practices include: postures and meditation, direct attention toward one’s health, and acknowledging the spiritual aspects of one’s nature. Mindfulness meditation practices, such as gentle Hatha yoga and mindful-breathing are increasingly being integrated into secular health care settings. Current theoretical models suggest that the skills, insights, and self-awareness learned through yoga and mindfulness practices can target multiple psychological, neural, physiological, and behavioral processes implicated in addiction and relapse. Several small but well designed clinical trials will be reviewed, presenting objective evidence (fMRI) supporting the utility of basic breathing meditation in both long-term practitioners and novice subjects. Current practice applications of mindfulness in various medical settings will be discussed. Ongoing research increasingly supports yoga and mindfulness as promising complimentary therapies for treating and preventing addictive behaviors.
(Sponsored By: Dominion Diagnostics)
Presenter: Robert Martin, JC, CEAP
Description: Marijuana is being legalized every year in more states. There are some benefits; many are controversial and littered with hard to analyze facts. With every state that legalizes the drug, more people will use it. What do counselors need to know? How will legalization affect my program or practice? Find out how to become proactive and politically involved. This presentation will be a colorful and pointed examination of the myths of legalization. Political bias and economic drivers of the push
for legalization will be examined honestly.
(Sponsored By: RE Martin and Associates)
Presenters: Daniel J. Trolaro, MS; and Alison Drain, MSW, MPA
Description: Gambling across the United States is changing at a rapid rate due to the Professional and Amateur Sports Betting Act being overturned in May 2018 with a shift from brick and mortar to brick and net gambling. Laws and trends in North Carolina and other states will be discussed along with how technology is changing gambling. Concerns about sports betting, specifically integrity and data ownership and monitoring will be discussed.
Youth are also being impacted by the legalization of sports betting. From betting on games of skill to the creation of eSports leagues and gambling elements being added to popular sports video games, youth are participating in either outright sports gambling or gambling-like activities within sports games at young ages. The prevention presentation will explore recent research and emerging trends in sports betting among youth.
A case study featuring when sports betting becomes a problem along with an interactive group activity around marketing and advertisement will engage attendees in an educational session.
(Sponsored By: North Carolina Problem Gambling Program, Division of MHDDSAS)
Presenter: Michael Daniels, MSW, LCSW-A, LCAS, CCS
Description: Each year in the US, more than 650,000 individuals are released from correctional facilities back into communities. Within six months approximately 30% are re-arrested and 67% return to prison within one – two years costing tax payers millions annually. This workshop is designed to provide participants with an overview of the factors contributing to the excessive recidivism rates, discuss available opportunities and resources for offenders enhancing their chance for success and examine the critical roles all providers play in working with the justice involved population.
Presenter: Adrienne Michelle, LMFT
Description: In this session you will learn language, grasp experiences, and understand how young people are embracing identities. If you’re feeling lost or just behind in language, this will be an opportunity for questions and discussion as well. You will learn key terms, cultural competency, and gender and sexual diversity in an attempt to help you connect with LGBTQ+ communities and clients. The session is constructed to meet these goals by providing education, interactive activities that will assist in working with LGBTQ+ communities.
(Sponsored By: South East Addiction Technology Transfer Center)
Presenter: Eli Branscome, PhD, LCAS, LPCS
Description: Ethical dilemmas, questions of lawfulness, and uncertainty are part of life. As clinicians who treat substance use disorders, we continually encounter HIV and routinely experience ethical challenges. Are our policies and practices based on ‘that’s-how-we’ve-always-done-it’? Do we recognize how confidentiality can be vulnerable to technology? Of course, the topic of HIV continues to be volatile and stigmatized.
Ethical principles and laws that guide decisions/policies and behaviors/procedures will be presented. This will reinforce and clarify existing awareness and competency regarding ethics and HIV. More importantly, we will inventory blind spots and craft legal, ethical, and effective responses. While examining ethics, we will look at HIV/AIDS transmission and treatments as well as challenges and risks presented by technology. The format of instruction is interactive and punctuated with ‘dilemma test-drives.’
(Sponsored By: South East Addiction Technology Transfer Center)
(An additional .5 hour of NCASPPB (formerly known as NCSAPPB) credit is available for participants needing 4 hours of ethics – must complete additional assignment; cannot claim CRCC credit for ethics)
Presenter: Jessica Holton, MSW, LCSW, LCAS
Description: As a clinical supervisor, have you considered continuity of services if you are suddenly incapacitated? Most ethical standards for human service professionals speak to the importance of continuance of care. For example, the Code of Ethics of The National Association of Social Workers states the following in Section 1.15: “Social workers should make reasonable efforts to ensure continuity of services in the event that services are interrupted by factors such as unavailability, disruption in electronic communication, relocation, illness, mental or physical ability, or death.” Composing proactive provisions for physical or mental incapacitation and/or death may not be on the list of priorities for many clinical supervisors. During this training, participants will create a Professional Will and consider appropriate updates to their Supervision Contract and Disclosure Statement.
(Sponsored By: Addiction Professionals of North Carolina)
(An additional .5 hour of NCASPPB (formerly known as NCSAPPB) credit is available for participants needing 4 hours of clinical supervision – must complete additional assignment; cannot claim CRCC credit for ethics).
Presenters: Danny Graves, LCAS, CCS; and Mark Crabtree, MHR, LCAS, CCS
Description: The North Carolina Addictions Specialist Professional Practice Board (NCASPPB, formerly known as NCSAPPB) Forum session will include a brief history of the Board and the addiction profession in North Carolina. Requirements for all NCASPPB-offered credentials will be reviewed from initial application through registration to fully credentialed status and biannual renewal.
(Sponsored By: North Carolina Addictions Specialist Professional Practice Board)