Tuesday, September 8, 2009-- Pre-Conference Workshop (Cost: $50)

Pre-Conference Workshop I

Clinical Supervision for the Novice Supervisor

Andi Johnson, LAC, LADC

ShareHouse Director of Operations

ShareHouse, Inc.

Fargo, ND

For years the Girl/Boy Scouts have led the way in preparing our youth in understanding key values in society.  Their motto:  Be Prepared has helped them think ahead to future possibilities, both good and bad.  This simple lesson, when applied to the new supervisor, helps to maintain adherence to the values we hold dear in our profession and becomes the blueprint for the guiding principles in supervising the addiction counselor trainee.

Pre-Conference Workshop II

Ethical Dilemmas in Supervision:  A Case-Based Workshop

Cindy Juntunen, PhD, LP

Professor and Associate Dean

UND Department of Counseling Psychology and Community Services

Grand Forks, ND

HANDOUTS

Using cases drawn from personal experience and media representations, this program will explore the ethical issues that emerge in the practice of supervision.  Particular emphases will be placed on dual relationships, vicarious liability, evaluation practices, and the implications of power in the supervision relationship.  Participation is interactive, with discussion and role-plays being a major part of the session.

Pre-Conference Workshop I

Nike and Supervision:  Misperceptions and Understandings

Andi Johnson, LAC, LADC

ShareHouse Director of Operations

ShareHouse, Inc.

Fargo, ND

To do or not to do, that is the question.  Nike has promoted not only its running shoes but better health for society with the catch phrase "Just do it!"  If exercise is not your "cup of tea", you may find many excuses not to do it.  The same is true for clinical supervision.  Without the proper training and resources, doing clinical supervision becomes complicated.  This training hopes to provide you with the "running shoes" needed to "Just do it!"

Pre-Conference Workshop II (continued)

Cindy Juntunen

Wednesday, September 9, 2009-- 2-Day Summit (Cost: $130)

Registration & Check In
Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Opening Remarks

JoAnne D. Hoesel

Director

ND Division of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services

Bismarck, ND

Keynote Session

Stages of Paradigm Change:  From Pre-contemplation to Action (in North Dakota Systems)

Andi Johnson, LAC, LADC

ShareHouse Director of Operations

ShareHouse, Inc.

Fargo, ND

Kurt Snyder, LSW, LAC, MMGT

Executive Director

Heartview Foundation

Bismarck, ND

Pam Sagness, LAC

Prevention Administrator

ND Department of Human Services

Bismarck, ND

Paradigms in the field of addiction counseling have faced many changes across the systems of prevention, treatment, and recovery. This presentation seeks to present some primary paradigmatic changes in hopes of introducing participants to the need for interconnections in and amongst existing systems across the state of North Dakota. As Prochaska and Di Clementes so eloquently stated, "Change is not easy." With this in mind we ask each system and each participant to examine their current stage of change in this paradigmatic evolution.

2-Hour Concurrent Sessions

2-Hour Session

The Orchestra of YOU :  How High-Risk Choices Redesign the Brain

Allan Barger, MSW

Research Analyst and Program Consultant

Palm Springs, CA

The brain is a high-tuned orchestra playing an exquisite number called "you."  High-risk alcohol and drug choices redesign how the brain works, making for the uniform behaviors that are the hallmarks of addiction.  This session describes in layman's terms what those brain changes are and how they create the neurological basis of addiction.  You don't need to know neurology, but this will help you know your clients better.

2-Hour Session

Motivational Incentives: A Therapeutic Strategy with Great Rewards

Candace Peters, MA, CADC

Director of Training

Prairielands ATTC

Iowa City, IA

Margaret Volk, MS, LAC

Addiction Counselor, Matrix Program

Southeast Human Services

Fargo, ND

Andi Johnson, LAC, LADC

ShareHouse Director of Operations

ShareHouse, Inc.

Fargo, ND

HANDOUTS

Research consistently shows that client motivation for positive behavioral change can be influenced by the use of tangible incentives.  Motivational incentives history, research, and core principles will be discussed.  Principles for implementation and experiential suggestions for overcoming barriers and successful strategies will be address by North Dakota agency administration and professional staff.

2-Hour Session

Gambling: Have You Asked the Question?

Dawn Cronin, LSW, NCGC

Gambling Counselor

Gamblers Choice

Fargo, ND

Lisa Vig, LAC, NCGC

Program Director,

Gamblers Choice,

Fargo, ND

HANDOUTS

This session will help participants with assessment and screening of problem gamblers.  You will also learn about unique aspects of this process addiction.

Supervision Track

A Supervisor:  But Who am I Really?

Christopher Shea, MA, CRAT, CAC-AD

Clinical Director

Father Martin's ASHLEY

Towson, MD

Supervisors have to be "all things for all staff" - a jack of all trades so to speak.  But how does a supervisor be all for everyone and not lose their own identity?  This session is for current supervisors and those aspiring to the role of supervision.

Lunch (provided with registration fee)
Native American Gathering
ND Association of Addiction Counselors Meeting

2-Hour Concurrent Sessions

2-Hour Session

Up in Smoke:  Cannabis in 2009

Allan Barger, MSW

Research Analyst and Program Consultant

Palm Springs, CA

A national movement is on to legalize marijuana not just for medical use but across the board.  Does it matter?  Is cannabis a harmless natural herb, a medicine from God, a demon weed, or something else?  Beyond the hype, this session reviews what current research reports on cannabis-related addiction, mental health problems, medicinal use and more to answer the basic question:  What are the real research-based risks, if any, in using marijuana?

2-Hour Session

Improving Efficiency and Customer Service

Janet Zwick, LBSW

President

Zwick Healthcare Consultants LLC

Urbandale, IA

Anne Helene Skinstad, Ph.D.

Project Director

Prairielands ATTC

Iowa City, IA

Peg Boren, BS, LAC

Southeast Human Services

Fargo, ND

Kristi Kuntz, LSW, LAC

Northeast Human Services

Grand Forks, ND

Ava Boknecht, LAC

Lake Region Human Services

Devils Lake, ND

Jackie Aronson, LSW

Lake Region Human Services

Devils Lake, ND

Come learn the fundamentals of NIATx process improvement and how it can be implemented in your alcohol and substance abuse program.  Process improvement can be implemented in community-based substance abuse programs as well as state agency programs.  Examples of changes made in community-based programs as well as state agencies will be included.  A panel of North Dakota Regional Service Centers will highlight results of their yearlong project.

2-Hour Session

Tobacco Cessation and Chemical Dependency
Eric Johnson, MD

Assistant Professor; UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Physician Consultant, North Dakota Tobacco Quitline; Assistant Medical Director, Altru Diabetes Center; Medical Director, Valley Memorial Homes

Grand Forks, ND

This presentation will provide an overview of tobacco cessation needs for patients in chemical dependency treatment.  Tobacco cessation in this setting can enhance recovery and long-term health outcomes for these patients.

Supervision Track

A Supervisor:  But Who am I Really? (continued)

Christopher Shea

Keynote Session

Opioid Use: What Are People Using and How Do We Treat Them?

Thomas Freese, Ph.D.

Director of Training

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs; Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center

Los Angeles, CA

This presentation will provide an overview of current level of the opioid problem across the nation.  It will provide information on the impact of opioid use (both heroin and prescription pain medications) and describe strategies for providing both medical and behavioral treatment for opioid addicted individuals.

Thursday, September 10, 2009 -- 2-Day Summit

Registration & Check In
Continental Breakfast

Keynote Session

Human Being vs. Human Doing:  The Sacred 7th Direction

Gene D. Thin Elk, MA

Director

Native Student Services, University of South Dakota; CEO Medicine Wheel, Inc.

Vermillion, SD

This keynote will focus upon Lakota cosmology in relation to spirit as energy and energy as medicine to achieve a healthful balance.

2-Hour Concurrent Sessions

2-Hour Session

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity:  How They Impact Effective AOD Treatment

Ed Johnson, CACII, MAC, LPC

Opioid Treatment and Infectious Disease Program Administrator

Charleston Center

Charleston, SC

Ed Haycroft, LMSW, CADC

Counseling Therapist

Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Iowa City, Iowa

Jill Lehmann, MSW, LISW, CADC

Prairie Ridge Addiction Treatment Services

Mason City, Iowa

Candace Peters, MA, CADC

Director of Training

Prairielands ATTC

Iowa City, IA

Information presented will provide an increased familiarity with the issues and barriers faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons in need of substance use disorder-related services.  Panel members will provide insight and knowledge about the interaction between LGBT issues and substance use and abuse.  This training session will enhance professional skills in offering sensitive, affirmative, culturally relevant, and effective treatment for LGBT clients in substance use disorders treatment.

2-Hour Session

Alcoholism, Addiction, and Other Dependencies in Native Americans "How and Why"

Will Fox, CADC

Program Coordinator

Gerald "Tex" Fox Justice Center

Newtown, ND

This presentation will assist participants in developing an understanding of how the disease of alcoholism, addiction and dependencies have severely affected Native Americans in the past and how it continues to affect their way of life today.  In addition, information of cultural conditioning of alcoholism, addiction and dependencies will be presented, as well as the identification of natural and unnatural stages of development.  This session will combine traditional and modern counseling techniques and approaches, which will assist those providing services to Native Americans with an understanding of how alcoholism, addiction and dependent behaviors affect the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical aspect of native people.

2-Hour Session

We Talk You Listen

Joe McGillis, LSW, LAC

Director

Native American Resource Center

Trenton, ND

Julie Cain, BA, Certification: Level II

Indian Addiction Counselor and Director

Chemical Health Center, United Tribes Technical College

Bismarck, ND

Gene Thin Elk, MA

Director

Native Student Services, University of South Dakota; CEO Medicine Wheel, Inc.

Vermillion, SD

Bruce Gillette, LAC

Badlands Human Service Center

Dickinson, ND

Delilah Yellow Bird, BS

Teacher

White Shield School District

White Shield, ND

This panel will bring awareness to treatment models that work in different areas, inform the audience of contact information, and discuss what is not working in Indian Country in regards to alcohol and drug addiction.

Supervision Track

African American Perspectives in Substance Abuse Treatment and Clinical Supervision

HANDOUTS

Jonathan Lofgren, MS, LAC

Addiction Counselor and Chief Operations Officer,

African American Family Services

Minneapolis, MN

This interactive two-part training session will focus on understanding the context and role culture plays in provision of alcohol, drug and mental health treatment services, and what techniques and methods can be helpful when providing services to African American and diverse clients. Participants will be challenged to look introspectively at their own beliefs, values, and behaviors in providing services to African American & diverse consumers. The session will include a review of supervisory techniques geared toward clinical supervision of African American practitioners and non-African American practitioners serving African American and diverse consumers.

Lunch (provided with registration fee)

2-Hour Concurrent Sessions

2-Hour Session

Mexican, Chicano or Latino?  Just who are these people and how can we help them?

Brian Serna, MAC, LMHC, LADAC

Clinical Director

Pueblo of Isleta Behavioral Health Program

Santa Fe, NM

Increase your awareness and expertise in engaging Latino clients in your community. This presentation will combine a brief lecture and fun yet powerful experiential exercises to increase your insight into how cultural influences affect your ability to meaningfully interact with Latino cultures.

2-Hour Session

Alcoholism, Addiction, and Other Dependencies in Native Americans - How and Why (continued)

Will Fox

2-Hour Session

But I Thought I was Being Respectful

Harry Hoffman, PhD

Professor of Sociology and Research Director

Rural Crime & Justice Center, Minot State University

Minot, ND

Nelrene Yellow Bird, LCSW, LAC

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Minot State University

Minot, ND

Few scholars and practitioners have taken the time to familiarize themselves with Indigenous people, to learn from their cultures and aspirations.  During this session we will raise questions about cultural practice, about the limits of language, about how we can learn from each other, and how we can become competent without also becoming trespassers.

Supervision Track

African American Perspectives in Substance Abuse Treatment and Clinical Supervision (continued)

Jonathan Lofgren

Keynote Session

           American Indian Substance Abuse:  Perspectives on

           Culture & Policy

Donald Warne, MD, MPH

Executive Director

Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairman's Health Board

Rapid City, SD