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You MUST attend sessions in their entirety. Certificates will be emailed AFTER Mid-March.
Presenter: Kevin Rumley, Vet. Purple Heart, LCSW,LCAS, CCS
Description: The Bureau of Justice Statistics reveals that 9-years after incarceration, 83% of individuals will return to the justice-system. For the veteran population, PTSD, addiction, and mental health challenges often contribute to their interfacing with law enforcement. Recognizing these negative trends, Federal and State systems are exploring restorative pathways to healing that curb recidivism. One such example of a restorative-justice modality is the Veterans Treatment Court (VTC). This session will give participants a conceptual overview of VTC’s, best-practices, and the 10 Key Components to a diversion court. Unpacking the determinant forces shaping veteran health outcomes, the presentation will highlight the lived-experience of Marine Corps veteran Kevin Rumley and his work with the Buncombe County Veterans Treatment Court.
Presenter: Kelsey Knowles, MSW, RSCWI
Description: The use of evidence-based practices in addiction treatment varies substantially, and there is little transparent information about treatment quality. Based on the need to set evidence-based standards of care, Shatterproof created Shatterproof National Principles of Care©, 8 principles of evidence-based addiction treatment. Building off these principles, in July 2020 Shatterproof launched ATLAS®, an online public platform that displays transparent, objective information on the quality of addiction treatment facilities, which can be used by people seeking treatment and key state stakeholders. ATLAS was developed in collaboration with state-level partners in each of the six pilot states (DE, LA, MA, NY, NC, and WV), and is expanding to five new states in 2022 and 2023 (CA, FL, NJ, OK, PA), with more on the horizon.
The ATLAS team has collected data from more than 1600 treatment facilities across 10 states, revealing trends in treatment quality, and opportunities for improvement. Presenters will summarize both external data sources on trends in addiction nationally, as well as primary state trends that have emerged through analysis ATLAS data, including availability of evidence-based best practices, pain points from providers, patient feedback, and more. The presentation will also examine the barriers providers encounter when striving to offer high quality addiction treatment, including those barriers related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
From this presentation, the audience will gain a better understanding of the trends in quality and barriers in addiction treatment, as well as opportunities for capacity building and policy change to address gaps in care.
(Sponsored By: Shatterproof, Inc.)
Presenter: Eddie LeShure CADC, RYT 200, CPSS
Description: The combined practices of mindfulness, yoga, and conscious breathing are very helpful in establishing a strong recovery from addiction due to their simultaneous balancing effects. To free ourselves from addictive behavior and sustain recovery, we must learn how to effectively embrace our full range of thoughts, feelings and physical sensations. Mindfulness meditation helps us skillfully work with being uncomfortable, while mindful movements have a calming effect on our body and brain, helping us manage stress with less reactivity. Breathing practices can calm and soothe our emotions, bringing anxiety and hyperarousal down to a healthy balance, or lifting our energy and creating wakefulness and focus, clearing dullness and sparking motivation.
Presenter: Mark Benton, Deputy Secretary for Health, NC DHHS
Description: This plenary session will provide the most up-to-date information on cannabis legislation. Deputy Secretary Benton has been very involved in providing feedback to the General Assembly on medical cannabis and exploring how that might work in North Carolina. He’s knowledgeable on the content in addition to being a respected senior leader for the Department.
Presenter: Wanda Burger, CMHCS, NCC, LCAS, CCS, ICCS, ICCADC, MAC, CCMC, SAP, PhD
Description: This session begins with an overview of the History and Etiology of PTSD. It includes Signs and Symptoms, Common Themes, Conduct Issues and Risks. We look at the PTSD Fallout in the Military and the Military Population specific to North Carolina. Fallout includes barriers to assistance and stigma explicit to the military. In addressing interventions, we briefly focus on assessing family and supports; managing anger and stress; professional Interventions; relaxation and regulation; cognitive coping; and safety.
Presenters: Louis C. Leake Jr CADC, NCACI, ICADC, CRC
Description: This session will look at past and present barriers to treatment and how stigma remains one of the most challenging obstacles to treatment. The discussion will incorporate strategies in educating the community and stakeholders. Discussion around Mobile Care Units providing treatment in rural areas and how it can lower overdose rates.
Presenters: C. Dianne White, MT-BC, Cheryl Stephenson, MM, MT-BC
Description: Music is everywhere and influences us throughout our day: all day, every day. Imagine a movie or TV show without music, or going to restaurants and retail stores in complete silence. Our society values music to the level of using music for daily manipulation. How do you use music in your daily life? How does music impact our clients in positive and negative ways? Many times, we think we do not hear or pay attention to the music around us. However, our mind often hears the music and the lyrics. When we are healthy, mentally, spiritually and emotionally, music can generally have benign consequences. But, when we are not in good health, music can result in negative outcomes. Explore the many facets of music.
Learn how music is constructive and destructive to our daily lives. Examine ways to utilize music in treatment with individuals seeking addiction recovery. Explore ways to use music in your own daily life to reduce stress and manage daily focus. Incorporating music in treatment can help those struggling with addiction break self-destructive behavioral patterns. Allow music to be a positive life force.
Presenter: Tracy Johnson, MSW
Description: This interactive session explores five key pillars that organizations and coalitions must incorporate into their day-to-day operations for meaningful engagement with their communities of focus. Understanding and incorporating these five key pillars, Passion, Prestige, Presence, People, and Process, into their professional development will give participants tools to assess their organization’s effectiveness and provide a roadmap for making positive changes.
(Sponsored By: SEPTTC)