Tuesday, July 19, 2011
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Plenary: Substance Abuse
Moving Recovery Forward: Communicating Our Success
Handout 1 / Handout 2 / Handout 3 / Handout 4
Ivette Torres, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
Mimi Martinez McKay, Texas Department of State Health Services
This September marks the 22nd Anniversary of Recovery Month www.recoverymonth.gov an annual event that has inspired millions of people to raise awareness about addiction, share their stories of recovery, and assist others who are still struggling with addiction. This interactive session will trace the origins of this event in the context of both the effective use of traditional and virtual media to achieve systematic community change and how to best leverage community partnerships. During the plenary, Ivette Torres from SAMHSA will provide a national perspective on how to continue working to ensure success of recovery initiatives and Mimi McKay will offer a state update on the status of Texas activities. Participants will come way with a better understanding of the effective uses of social media in spreading the message of recovery as well as how to manage both limited resources and a multitude of priorities in sometimes highly politicized environments.
Plenary: Counseling Essentials
Introduction to Viral Hepatitis
Handout 1 / Handout 2
Deborah Orr, Ph.D., The Center for Drug Free Living
This workshop will familiarize the participant with basic information about viral hepatitis A, B, and C, the most common health problems found in the substance-abusing population. Participants will learn about disease transmission, prevention, symptoms, and treatment.
Plenary: Mental Health
Early Childhood Mental Health: Benefits of Early Detection and Early Intervention
Sarah Hinshaw-Fuselier, Ph.D., LCSW, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
Infants and toddlers can and do experience mental health problems. Although no data is available for children under age three, between two and eight percent of all children under the age of 18 are reported to have a mental/emotional problem or functional limitation.
If these same estimates are applied to the birth-to-age-3 population, between 228,000 and 913,000 infants and toddlers are at risk of mental health disorders. The early social and emotional development of babies and toddlers is
vulnerable to such factors as repeated exposure to violence, persistent fear and stress, abuse and neglect, severe chronic maternal depression, biological factors such as genetic prematurity and low birth weight, and conditions associated with prenatal substance abuse. Without intervention, these risk factors can result in mental health disorders including depression, attachment disorders, and traumatic stress disorders. Supporting evidence-based early childhood service delivery models, increasing the quality and capacity of mental health professionals, and improving access to services are essential components of a comprehensive system. Young children do not “grow out of” mental health disorders, and these disorders will have a significant effect on later school performance and life success. Social and emotional development is just as important as literacy, language, and number skills in helping young children be ready for school. More and more young children are being expelled from child care and preschool for behavior problems, and supports are not available for these children, their parents, or their caregivers. Without early identification, assessment, and effective intervention, these problems will only escalate.
Plenary: Community
Grassroots Community Mobilization & Collaboration for Better Outcomes
Handout 1 / Handout 2 / Handout 3 / Handout 4
Cheryl Honey, CPP, Excel Strategies
Community Weaving is a grassroots, bottom-up community mobilization strategy that weaves the social fabric of community and fosters service learning opportunities to build and bridge social capital. Discover how the network generated 175,000 volunteer hours, valued at $2.6 million on a budget of less than $12,000. In this networking session, the speaker will reveal how to use technology to map assets, and grow Family Support Networks across diverse community sectors. This approach has been recognized as one of the top models in the country to foster community resiliency, increase social capital, and reduce poverty.
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
TRACK: Substance Abuse – Prevention
Classroom Connection: Relationships, Resiliency & Readiness
Karen Williams, MSSW, Rainbow Days, Inc.
The escalation in harassment, bullying and interpersonal violence among our youth has received national attention; however, the deterioration of "civil and civic behavior" in our classrooms and on our campuses has been evident for some time. This workshop will introduce the research and core concepts behind a new standards-based student engagement program, currently under development by Rainbow Days and underwritten by AT&T. The program is designed to be infused into the core curriculum in Grades K–5 classrooms, providing standards-based lessons to address behavior-focused content not covered in textbooks.
TRACK: Substance Abuse – Treatment
Geriatric Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment
Handout 1 / Handout 2
Jeff Georgi, M. Div, MAH, LCAS, LPC, CGP, Duke Addictions Program
Traditionally, the substance abuse treatment community has not done well in addressing issues of geriatric concern. The geriatric patient not only encounters significant biological and metabolic changes, but also inevitably encounters multiple levels of loss in terms of the death of friends and family, the loss of prestige associated with work and productivity, and the loss of freedom as they are confined more and more to the home or skilled nursing facility. All these issues compound drug and alcohol abuse, requiring specific interventions to address this specific patient population.
In this workshop, clinicians will be given a brief review of the most poignant issues facing the geriatric patient. These issues will then be tied to specific interventions, utilizing a motivational interviewing frame to help engage the older patient in their own treatment plan. A review of psychotropic intervention will also be part of this workshop, as well as a review of prescription medications that are traditionally abused by this special patient population.
TRACK: Co-Occurring
Combat Stress and Substance Abuse:
Understanding the Challenges Experienced by Returning Military Members and Their Families
Handout
Susan Storti, Ph.D., R.N., CARN-AP , National Institute on Drug Abuse
The battle may be over, but for many the struggles have just begun. Returning military members often face bio-psychosocial challenges that undermine established behavioral norms. Community treatment providers are a key link when social networks begin to fray under these pressures. This workshop is designed to examine the specific challenges veterans endure, describe the manifestations of combat-related stress and how this may alter an individual’s clinical presentation, and identify appropriate assessment and treatment interventions.
TRACK: Recovery
Speaking the Language of Wellness
Chris Martin, MA, Recovery Innovations
¿Habla Espanol? Parlez-vous Français? Fala Português? Did you ever have a desire to learn a new language? Did you know that research shows that adults can learn to speak a new language easily? The other good news is that we’re all native speakers of the Recovery and Wellness language. This is a way of communicating by focusing on hope, personal strengths, and resilience. It’s a way of looking at challenges (not problems) through the lens of the person’s strengths, accomplishments, and potential. You’ll begin your new fluency in this fun and highly interactive workshop!
TRACK: Mental Health – Prevention
Parent Education for Families Enrolled in MHMR Child and Adolescent Services
Telawna Kirbie, LCSW-LPHA, Klaras Center for Families
Janice Stanley, Klaras Center for Families
This session will provide participants with information about implementing parent education programs for clients and the community. The speakers will highlight skills related to facilitating a psycho-educational support group for parents; demonstrate the importance and usefulness of Family Partner relationships in partnership with parent education, and solicit ideas from other agencies about how to modify and/or improve existing programs.
TRACK: Mental Health – Treatment
Behavioral Challenges of Chronic Viral Hepatitis: Counseling Implications
Handout
Dr. Deborah Orr, Ph.D., The Center for Drug Free Living
Participants in this session will explore the physiological symptoms of viral hepatitis and its treatment, which can be misunderstood as substance abuse behavior. Emotional, physical, cognitive, and existential issues can develop, and the counselor must be prepared to recognize these and to provide support, even making adaptations in the “treatment as usual.” Finally, participants will review common factors that interfere with counselors’ ability to “see” what the hepatitis-related issues are.
TRACK: Community
Drug-Endangered Children: Collaborative Solutions for Complex Problems
Handout
Justin Mazzeo, Texas Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
Drug-endangered children are children exposed to use, manufacturing, cultivation, and distribution of illegal drugs. They face a multitude of risks, including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse; neglect; exposure to illegal activities; exposure to violence; and many others. Utilizing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach, communities can provide these child victims with access to the wide variety of services and resources they require to lead healthy, happy lives.
Using a combination of research, experience, and examples, this session will help participants determine ways to identify and treat drug-endangered children.
TRACK: Workforce
Adaptive Action: Influencing Our Complex Work Environment
Mallary Tytel, Ph.D., Healthy Workplaces
This presentation will offer participants a valuable tool and method to understand the dynamics and patterns operating in their work environments; develop strategies for influencing those patterns and behaviors; and participate in an ongoing process of professional growth and development.
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
TRACK: Substance Abuse – Prevention
Clustered Interventions: The Systems Approach to Prevention (Part 1)
Karen Williams, MSSW, Rainbow Days, Inc.
A 2009 study by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine found that “clustered interventions” are the most effective in preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among young people, thereby producing lasting, positive outcomes and cost efficiencies. This workshop will focus on the strategies, approaches, and evidence-based programs and practices presented in the study, and will include an overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study.
TRACK: Substance Abuse – Treatment
Contemporary Ethical Challenges to the Substance Abuse Treatment Professional (Part 1)
Handout
Jeff Georgi, M. Div, MAH, LCAS, LPC, CGP, Duke Addictions Program
In the face of an increasingly challenging treatment population and a changing health-care environment, the substance abuse treatment professional encounters complex and difficult ethical issues. This workshop will provide an overview of general ethical concerns and specific case-based scenarios with an interactive opportunity to discuss these situations and determine best ethical approaches and practices.
TRACK: Recovery
A Volunteer Model of Peer Recovery Support (Part 1)
Michaelanne Hurst, Communities for Recovery
Communities for Recovery Volunteer models work because they are authentic, natural, proficient, and very effective. Additionally, they save financial resources. This session will help you identify who the “volunteers” are, why they volunteer, where they come from, and how long they stay. Participants will also learn how to support volunteers in their recovery process by providing volunteer wellness programs, which may include meditation, clinical counseling, ongoing recovery education and training opportunities, employment readiness, housing opportunities and nutrition and exercise support.
TRACK: Recovery
Recovery Practices in Leading and Coaching
Chris Martin, MA, Recovery Innovations
What is recovery, and where can we find it? Well, it’s time to get out the old GPS and calculate our route. We’ll be typing in the state of Texas and entering the address of our choice. We’ll tap in our ultimate destination of recovery from mental illness and then map our journey along the Five Recovery Pathways. As we head toward recovery, we’ll see signposts along the way, advising us of the changing landscape. Yes, moving toward a recovery direction will change our lives, our language, our practice, our programs and services. and the way we lead and coach our staff. Get ready for a fun and exciting road trip in this plenary session!
TRACK: Mental Health – Prevention
Holistic Approach to Post-Treatment Depression (Part 1)
Handout
Brad Patterson, Keystone Treatment
In the past decade, both mental health and substance abuse treatment providers have experienced an epidemic of depression among treated clients. This crisis has impacted treatment and recovery plans, yet many are still unaware of the intertwined nature of depression and all forms of addiction. A mental health provider will emphasize the cerebral and emotional aspects of depression, where a substance abuse provider will simply emphasize that sobriety is the answer. Both give valuable care, but this session will help participants approach depression and addiction holistically, with all available tools, giving clients a greater chance at a lasting recovery.
TRACK: Mental Health – Treatment
Post-Traumatic Stress in Early Childhood: A Focus on Assessment and Treatment (Part 1)
Sarah Hinshaw-Fuselier, Ph.D., LCSW, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
This session will provide a synopsis of post-traumatic stress in young children. Theory and research will be presented regarding the causes and course of post-traumatic stress in young children. Specific information will be provided regarding developmentally sensitive assessment and treatment of post-traumatic symptoms in young children. In addition to an overview of principles that guide treatment of post-traumatic stress in young children, two different treatment models and the research that supports them will be highlighted and illustrated by case vignettes: Child-Parent Psychotherapy (Lieberman & Van Horn, 2008); Preschool PTSD Treatment (Scheeringa, Amaya-Jackson, & Cohen, 2002).
TRACK: Community
Border Violence and Community Impact
Monica Hernandez,
Quad Counties Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Rio Grande Valley Council, Inc.
Simon Sotelo,
Quad Counties Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Rio Grande Valley Council, Inc.
Information will be presented about the violence currently ensuing along the Texas/Mexico border. Efforts being made to counter violence will be emphasized along with action steps to plan and implement border violence interventions. Participants will learn about the unique risk factors that influence violence and substance-use behaviors along the border. Protective factors necessary to change youth behaviors that contribute to border violence and substance use will also be presented. This workshop will also highlight changes in communities along the Texas-Mexico border as a result of increased border violence and efforts that can help communities cope with the ongoing violence.
TRACK: Workforce
Ethics Update for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Clinicians (Part 1)
Handout 1 / Handout 2
William Rae, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
This three-hour workshop on ethics is designed for child and adolescent mental health professionals. Ethical dilemmas will be highlighted with case vignettes and discussion. Cutting-edge issues in mental health care with children, adolescents, and families will be highlighted.
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
TRACK: Substance Abuse – Prevention
Clustered Interventions: The Systems Approach to Prevention (Part 2)
Karen Williams, MSSW, Rainbow Days, Inc.
See description for Part 1.
TRACK: Substance Abuse – Treatment
Contemporary Ethical Challenges for the Substance Abuse Treatment Professional (Part 2)
Jeff Georgi, M. Div, MAH, LCAS, LPC, CGP, Duke Addictions Program
See description for Part 1.
TRACK: Recovery
A Volunteer Model of Peer Recovery Support (Part 2)
Michaelanne Hurst, Communities for Recovery
See description for Part 1.
TRACK: Recovery
Working with Adolescents and Families Affected by Substance Abuse
Maeve O’Neill, Phoenix House of Texas
Working with youth involved with alcohol and other drugs can be challenging, especially when families need help and support as well as resources. This session will help participants with the information, resources, and recovery tools necessary to make a difference in the lives of these young people and families.
TRACK: Mental Health – Prevention
Holistic Approach to Post-Treatment Depression (Part 2)
Brad Patterson, Keystone Treatment
See description for Part 1.
TRACK: Mental Health – Treatment
Post-Traumatic Stress in Early Childhood: A Focus on Assessment and Treatment (Part 2)
Sarah Hinshaw-Fuselier, Ph.D., LCSW, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
See description for Part 1.
TRACK: Community
A Comprehensive Social Norming Approach: Why Information Alone Won’t Cut It
Shannon Graves, Drug Prevention Resources, Inc.
Scientific and social research increasingly reveals that fearbased prevention strategies do little to inspire long-term positive change at the community level. This workshop will provide a research-based rationale for using an alternative approach that finds creative ways to reinforce and model positive social norms. Participants will identify the differences between scare tactics and educational approaches, review practical examples of social norming strategies in action, and understand how social norming can serve as a comprehensive approach to prevention.
TRACK: Workforce
Ethics Update for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Clinicians (Part 2)
William Rae, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
See description for Part 1.
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
TRACK: Plenary
Hepatitis C: Basic Knowledge (Part 1 and Part 2)
Texas HIV Connection
This three-hour course is designed to provide basic knowledge on the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). The course teaches participants the basic functions of a healthy liver and how HCV damages the liver, HCV transmission, testing for HCV, the HCV disease process, and the prevention and treatment of HCV. The connection between HIV and Hepatitis C co-infection is addressed, as are the effects of substance abuse for a person with hepatitis infection. This course is primarily informational in content; it does not focus on skill-building or on theoretical issues related to counseling.