Alcoholism meetings & conferences

 2012 Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Reaching Out to Missing Partners

August 1-3, 2012 University of South Carolina Lancaster in Lancaster, South Carolina

2012 Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Reaching Out to Missing Partners is a training conference that emphasizes the unique challenges of conducting youth prevention in rural communities. The conference was founded by one of the most successful prevention coalitions in the country, in hopes of raising awareness of the plight that many rural communities face with regards to the growth of youth substance abuse.

Hosted by: USC Lancaster

This year’s conference is hosted by the University of South Carolina Lancaster in Lancaster, South Carolina. Historic Lancaster is located 30 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina.

American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association 2013 Conference

May 29 – June 1, 2013 Bloomington, Minnesota

Goal of the Conference

The American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) is pleased to announce the 2013 ADARA Conference, a national conference to be hosted in Minnesota. Our conference theme is “Blazing New Trails” which refers to “doing something different,” “doing early or pioneering work that others will follow up on,” and “doing something that no one has done before, especially something important for other people.”

This conference seeks to provide training and networking opportunities for mental health professionals, vocational rehabilitation counselors, independent living service providers, educators, interpreters, transition specialists, community-based rehabilitation providers, and any support staff in the helping professions.

Possible Areas and Topics

• Interfacing education and mental health
• Working with trilingual families
• Testing demonstrations
• Olmstead, recovery, peer support
• Supporting community living options
• Drug/alcohol abuse treatment strategies
• Trauma informed care
• Working with low functioning/language dysfluent consumers
• Developing cultural competency
• Therapeutic techniques/theories & effective counseling techniques & strategies (e.g., EMDR, DBT)
• Mental health/chemical dependency interpreting

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing cross-cultural conflicts
• Professional management
• Public policy
• Using technology in therapeutic settings
• Navigating the new health care environment
• Client-centered approaches/ Early interventions
• Career assessments
• Residential programming
• Levels of care: residential, outpatient, intensive, group homes
• Job coaching/Job placement
• Transition
• Autism
• Vocational evaluations
• Work adjustment

ISBRA 2012--16th Congress of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism

September 9-12, 2012 Sapporo, Japan

Traditionally, ISBRA conferences focus on the biology of alcohol consumption and alcoholism and their biomedical consequences. However, throughout its 30 years of existence, the ISBRA leadership has always been committed to an interdisciplinary approach to fully understand the basis and the consequences of the behavior we are interested in. Therefore the ISBRA congress offers a wide range of outstanding data in scientific fields from the biomedical basis of alcoholism in animal and human experimental models to alcohol-related treatment issues, all the way to alcohol-related epidemiology and health economics.

Administration Secretariat

CONVENTION LINKAGE, INC.
Sapporo Daido Seimei Bldg., 3-1 Kita3-jo-nishi, chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0003, Japan
Phone: +81-11-272-2151 / fax: +81-11-272-2152
E-mail: ISBRA2012[at]c-linkage.co.jp

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) 23rd Annual Meeting and Symposium

December 6-9, 2012 Turnberry Isle Hotel Miami Aventura, Florida

The AAAP 23rd Annual Meeting and Symposium will be held December 6-9, 2012 at the Turnberry Isle Hotel Miami in Aventura, Florida. This meeting will provide clinicians and researchers the latest developments in treating mental health and substance use disorders. Meeting highlights will include: symposia, workshops, poster sessions showcasing new research in the field, Breakfast for Trainees, Dessert with the Experts, Poster Luncheons, and a Case Conference.

Please contact Isabel@aaap.org for more information.

35th Annual Research Society on Alcoholism Scientific Meeting

The 2012 RSA Annual Scientific Conference will be held June 23-27 in San Francisco, California. The primary goal of the meeting is to provide a forum for alcohol researchers – from all disciplines – to present their latest findings and to learn about new research developments in an environment that will promote interaction at both the professional and personal level.

Please contact Debby (DebbyRSA@sbcglobal.net) for more information

International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) 2012 Annual Educational Conference

September 5-8, 2012 Washington, DC

This conference focuses on the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for any nurse who cares for persons with substance use, abuse and addictions. This conference has a special focus on the evidence-based approach to universally screen and identify substance use among persons in diverse healthcare settings. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) - is ranked among the highest prevention priority worldwide and has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing risky substance use and related consequences including injuries, illnesses and hospital re-admissions. In 2012, these clinical strategies will be optional mandates for hospitals accredited by or seeking accreditation from the Joint Commission.

The International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) is a professional specialty organization founded in 1975 for nurses committed to the prevention, interventions treatment and management of addictive disorders, including alcohol and other drug dependencies, nicotine dependencies, co-occurring disorders as well as process addictions such as gambling.

IntNSA’s Vision is to be a global leader in addictions nursing. IntNSA’s Mission is to advance excellence in nursing care for the prevention and treatment of addictions for diverse populations across all practice settings through advocacy, collaboration, education, research and policy development. The organization’s goal is to help nurses provide comprehensive, high-quality nursing care for addicted patients and their families.

International Nurses Society on Addictions
P.O. Box 14846
Lenexa, KS 66285-4846

Toll Free: (877) 6-INTNSA (646-8672)
Fax: (913) 895-4652
intnsa@intnsa.org

Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting Promoting Healthy Living Through Prevention Science

May 29 – June 1, 2012 Washington, DC

Join your colleagues for the most important prevention science conference of the year! The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 20th Annual Meeting will take place in Washington, DC at the Hyatt Regency Washington, May 29-June 1, 2012.

The Society for Prevention Research envisions a wellness-oriented society in which evidenced-based programs and policies are continuously applied to improve the health and well being of its citizens, fostering positive human development and citizens who lead productive lives, in caring relationships with others.

The SPR Annual Meeting provides a unique opportunity to advance this vision by providing a centrally integrated forum for the exchange of new concepts, methods, and results from prevention research and related public health fields; and by providing a forum for the communication between scientists, public policy leaders and practitioners concerning the implementation of evidence-based preventive interventions in all areas of public health.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and network with more than 800 researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from the U.S. and abroad at the premiere meeting for prevention science!

If you have any questions about the SPR Annual Meeting, please contact Jennifer Lewis, Executive Director, at 703-934-4850 ext. 213 or jenniferlewis@preventionresearch.org.

National Association of Drug Court Professionals 18th Annual Training Conference

NADCP has established itself as the premier training organization for Drug Courts and other Problem-Solving Courts. For over seventeen years, NADCP has been providing comprehensive national training conferences to advance the Drug Court field including cutting edge training on Adult and Juvenile Drug Courts; Family Dependency Treatment Courts; Veterans Treatment Courts; DWI Courts; Mental Health Courts; Federal Reentry Courts; Reentry Courts; and Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts.

The NADCP Annual Training Conference is the largest in the nation to address issues of substance abuse, mental health, child neglect and abuse, and criminality. It draws approximately 3,500 Drug Court and other Problem-Solving court professionals from the U.S. and abroad, high profile national figures, as well as over 70 exhibitors, which include leading corporate innovators serving the field of criminal justice and treatment.

Practitioners learn of and evaluate the effectiveness of the latest treatment models, examine the legal issues that impact practitioners and their clients, and look at the impact of political trends as they affect the movement. Training is conducted through a combination of educational lectures, general sessions featuring prominent—and often times nationally-known—experts from government, academia or the field, and principally through a series of interactive workshop sessions broken down into practitioner-oriented tracks of six workshops each. Sessions are generally interactive in orientation to encourage practitioners to learn from each others’ experiences.

The NADCP 18th Annual Training Conference, May 30 - June 2, 2012, in Nashville, TN will provide skills building training for experienced practitioners; be a showcase for best-practice models; a springboard for more responsive public policy; and a catalyst for local, national, and international collaborations.

Focus Areas

Adult Drug Court Issues
Advanced Treatment Issues – for all programs
Alcohol
Co-Occurring Disorders
Courts on the Cutting Edge/Innovations in Problem Solving Courts
Cultural Issues – for all programs
DWI Court Issues
Ensuring Child Safety and Working towards Reunification: Family Dependency Drug Courts
Ethics
Juvenile Drug Court Issues
Law Enforcement Issues
Learning from Native Traditions: Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts
Legal Issues
Mental Health Courts
Reentry Courts
Research
Rural Courts
Specific drugs and their impact
State and Local Coordination of Drug Courts
Supervision Issues
Trauma (Treatment, Case management, Causes)
Treatment Basics 101 – for all programs
Veterans Treatment Courts