Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Treatment
Identifying Barriers and Resources When Working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing People with SUD
Description
This workshop will include information about the various aspects of substance use disorder and how it impacts individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH).
The Americans with Disabilities Act: SUDs and Barriers to Treatment and Recovery
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There are thousands of people in recovery from addiction unaware of their civil rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This presentation will provide information on the ADA and how it applies to individuals in treatment for or recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs).
The Progress Note: Where Law & Ethics Meet Efficiency
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This presentation is geared at increasing addiction counsellor understanding of the legal, ethical, and liability-related factors that come into play with clinical documentation, regardless of pay source (insurance, public funding like Medicare, or private pay, etc.) or work context (agency, private practice, etc.).
Cultivating Greater Meaning and Purpose to Prevent Relapse
Description
Many who find themselves established in recovery are left with a lingering, internal void that represents a lack of meaning or sense of purpose in life. This lack of meaning or purpose can be a constant threat to one’s recovery. With the right guidance, anyone can learn to uncover their purpose and find a greater sense of meaning, healthy passions, and natural sources of joy.
Connecting the Continuum: How Prevention & Recovery Models Fit Together
Description
This webinar is for anyone with a personal or professional connection to the recovery and prevention communities (such as family members, recovery coaches, therapists, peer support specialists, health educators and prevention specialists) on effective and evidence-based prevention approaches and how they correlate to recovery.
Energy Psychology Techniques for Reducing Trauma & Addiction
Energy psychology techniques have shown continuous efficacy in reducing trauma brain responses. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) use tapping on acupressure meridians to reduce agitated sympathetic nervous system agitation to parasympathetic nervous system resting response within minutes.
Successful Treatment of Methamphetamine Addiction
Methamphetamine is a drug of rapid addiction and destruction.
This free webinar will focus on the impact of methamphetamine and how this powerful drug changes the brain of the user - a process called addiction.
Training on Basic Counselling Skills for Addiction Professional - Final Report
In order to appropriately address the concerning global levels of substance use and substance use disorders, it is vital that staff are trained to deliver evidence-based treatment. At the start of November 2019, the Education and Training...
UNODC-WHO Training in Argentina on the Management of Substance Use & Substance Use Disorders during Pregnancy
A total of 35 participants took part in this training that was organized by WHO and UNODC together with PAHO, SEDRONAR, Hospital der Mar, and the generous support from the U.S. State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law...
2nd International Conference on Trauma and Addiction: Integrated Approaches to Attachment, Relationships, and Family Issues
This International Conference on Trauma and Addiction brings together world-renowned researchers, authors, clinicians, and trainers to review and discuss the interaction between trauma, chemical and behavioural addictions, and psychiatric illnesses.
This gathering of health professionals is hosted by Meadows Behavioral Healthcare and Newport Academy.
