2006 WAAODA Conference (2.7 MB PDF)
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Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse:
Building Capacity for Recovery and Resiliency Across the LifespanFederal and state budgets for health and social services continue to shrink. At the same time, slower overall economic activity is generating new stresses across the human lifespan, boosting alcohol and other drug abuse. In Wisconsin, substance abuse compromises, damages, or destroys hundreds of thousands of lives — from pregnancy and childbirth, through infancy and childhood, during economically and socially productive mature years, to old age where AODA often reduces quality and length of life. We need to build capacity of counselors and agencies — as well as clients and their families and communities — for recovery and resiliency across the full span of life. The 40th Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Association on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, scheduled for May 8-10 in Madison, focuses on building capacity to meet AODA challenges in counselors and agencies and diverse clients, families, and communities throughout Wisconsin. Our theme Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse:
Building Capacity for Recovery and Resiliency Across the Lifespan” focuses on key components of capacity building in the AODA field:
- Use of evidence-based practices, which are required by both public and private funding sources to demonstrate positive effects of prevention, treatment, and recovery, and which can prove resiliency across the lifespan;
- Recognition, identification, and professional support for coping and healing traits and skills in individuals, families, and communities, which traits and skills often are not part of professional intervention or treatment, but which help in AODA prevention, recovery, and resiliency across the lifespan;
- Construction, maintenance, and expansion of integrated systems of state, local, and community services in support of AODA prevention, treatment, and recovery across the lifespan, which fosters resiliency through multi-system coordination; and
- Fostering interdisciplinary approaches to AODA education and training, research, prevention, intervention, screening, assessment, treatment, and recovery support across the lifespan.
The 2006 WAAODA Conference will include more than 40 highly focused, professional quality workshops and plenary sessions — fully accredited for continuing education up to 24.5 CEUs. Nationally acclaimed experts will present the latest science and best-practice advice on substance use disorders from neurobiology of addiction to proven research-to-practice applications. There will be many special interest activities, including the Legislative Breakfast with Wisconsin lawmakers, Management Institute for AODA clinic and program managers, and a Buprenorphine Mini Conference. The 2006 Conference will offer opportunities for one-on-one contact with Conference presenters and networking with AODA colleagues from across the state.
40th Annual WAAODA Spring Conference
Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse: Building Capacity for Recovery and Resiliency Across the Lifespan
OVER 50 PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS WITH LEADING NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
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Senator Carole Roessler |
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Representative Terese Berceau |
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Celia Jackson, Secretary Department of Regulation and Licensing Capacity Building and Regulation in the AODA Field Monday, May 8, 2006; Plenary Session |
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Helene Nelson, Secretary Department of Health and Family Services On Wisconsin: Our States AODA Agenda Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Plenary Session |
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Sheri Johnson, PhD, Division Administrator Department of Health and Family Services Division of Public Health Public Health Resources to Build AODA Capacity Monday, May 8, 2006; Plenary Session |
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Matthew Frank, JD, Secretary Department of Corrections Building Capacity in Corrections to Sustain Recovery in the Community Monday, May 8, 2006; Plenary Session |
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Timothy P. Condon, PhD, Deputy Director National Institute on Drug Abuse Neurobiology of Addiction Tuesday, May 9, 2006 |
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Andrea Barthwell, MD, FASAM, Chief Executive Officer EMGlobal, LLC Marijuana: Is It a Medicine? Monday, May 8, 2006 |
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Patrick Carnes, PhD, CAS, Executive Director Gentle Path Programs Pine Grove Behavioral Center Addiction Interaction Disorder: Understanding Multiple Addictions Tuesday, May 9, 2006 |
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David Mee-Lee, MD DML Training and Consulting Cultural Clashes in Co-Occurring Disorders: Clinical Dilemmas in Assessment and Treatment Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
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Debi LaPlante, Phd |
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A. Tom McLellan, PhD, Co-Founder Treatment Research Institute Bringing Public Value to Publicly Supported Addiction Treatment Tuesday, May 9, 2006 |
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Rizwan Shah, MD, Medical Director Regional Child Protection Center Blank Childrens Hospital Perinatal Drug Exposure: Effects on Infants and Children Tuesday, May 9, 2006 |
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Ashok Bedi, MD Milwaukee Psychiatric Physicians Chartered The Addiction Professional: Your Pride, Your Profession, Your Place Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Plenary Session |
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Nan Henderson, MSW, President Resiliency in Action Dynamics of Resiliency in Substance Abuse Tuesday, May 9, 2006 |
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Loretta Butehorn, PhD, DiHom Loretta Butehorn, PhD Associates What if Buddha Were a Counselor: Dialectic Behavior Therapy and the Substance Abuse Treatment Monday, May 8-Tuesday, May 9, 2006 Limited to 40 participants |
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Lonnetta Albright, JD, Director Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center Management Institute Tuesday, May 9, 2006 |
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David Mays, MD, PhD, Forensic Psychiatrist Mendota Mental Health Suicide Risk in Young People Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
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Norman Hoffman, PhD, President Evince Clinical Assessment Designing Treatment of Adult and Adolescent Correctional Populations Monday, May 8, 2006 |
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Blaine Woody Wood, Master Firestarter White Bison, Inc. Circles of Recovery: Firestarter Training Monday, May 8 through Wednesday, 10, 2006 Limited to 50 participants |
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Martha Schmitz, PhD, Consultant/Trainer LMN Consulting Trauma across the Lifespan Tuesday, May 9, 2006 |
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Francine Feinberg, PsyD, Executive Director Meta House “Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse: Building Capacity for Recovery and Resiliency Across the Lifespan? Monday, May 8, 2006; Plenary Session Moderator |
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John Easterday, PhD, Associate Administrator Department of Health and Family Services Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Round Table Discussion: Access To Recovery Grant Monday, May 8, 2006 |
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Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center Strength-Based Addictions Counseling Monday, May 8, 2006 |
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Joyce Allen, Director Department of Health and Family Services Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Addiction Professionals within the Continuum of Care Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Plenary Session |
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Lance Longo, MD Aurora Behavioral Health Psychopharmacology and the Neurobiology of Addiction Monday, May 8, 2006 |
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Paul Brethen, MA, MRT, Senior Trainer |
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Ron Glodoski, President |