2011 Poster Sessions

Worth up to 5 CEs! Poster presentations are an opportunity for additional training and education.

Each 60 minute presentation is worth 1 CE! Poster sessions are in the exhibit hall and are available during exhibit hours.

The hours for these presentations are:

Sunday, September 18
5:30 p.m. — 7:30 p.m.

Monday, September 19
10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 20
10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m
 

Generation Y — The Youth Culture

Katherine Blakley, CAC-M, CCS-M, CPS-M, Owner and Founder

Effective communication is essential to advance in our society. In order to effectively administer prevention education services. Prevention providers need to understand the physiological, emotional and cognitive changes occur at various stages development. This is designed to educate prevention professionals about the various stages within youth development. By the end of the course participants will be able to: Describe the various stages of youth development. Identify age appropriate prevention strategies.

Learning Objectives:

1. Apply stage development theory to clinical practice
2. Communicatebetter with generation Y prevention participates
3. Apply generational diversity to treatment and prevention programs

The Circle of Recovery: Traditional Native American Influences on Contemporary Interventions

Holly Peters, MSW, CDSIII, Program Director, Stone River Community Peer to Peer Recovery Support Services
Jon Roberts, CIT, Program Manager, Stone River Community

Native people have been gathering strength, after 476 years of oppression, with the passage of the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968. The occupation of Wounded Knee, the occupation of the BIA, and the occupation of Alcatraz prison shapes the heritage of Native people today. As Native pride in traditions and pride in culture grew, there was a need for a culturally-specific recovery model.

Understanding Native American culture is the first step in developing a culturally-specific recovery model. This session will describe the teachings that create a Native worldview and Native values that guide behavior to increase cultural competency in the clinician. This session will provide "The Steps in a Circle" from the Wellbriety Movement to give the clinician a framework for working the steps with Native people. Finally, The Medicine Wheel of Change will be presented that demonstrates how to assist Natives through the change process using a culturally competent model of circles and cycles to increase motivation in recovery. Other cultural activities will be discussed to enrich the services offered and nurture Native and recovery pride. Testimonies to the power of traditional Native American influences on contemporary interventions will be offered.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe Native worldviews and values that guide behavior
2. Outline the "Steps in a Circle"
3. Describe the Medicine Wheel of Change

Integrating Neuroscience of Addiction and FASD Content into Existing Undergraduate and Graduate-level Criminal Justice, Nursing, and Social Work Academic Curriculum

Joyce Hartje, Ph.D. Evaluation Research Manager, Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies, University of Nevada, Reno
Nancy Roget, Executive Director, Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies

While substance abuse/addiction-related science has advanced significantly in the past 15 years, the same cannot be said for human services education, with most academic programs leaving students underprepared to enter the behavioral health field. To bridge this gap, brief (2-3 hour) research-based neuroscience of addiction and FASD curricula were developed and integrated into existing undergraduate/graduate-level courses for pre-service helping professionals (e.g., criminal justice, nursing, social work). This presentation will highlight 1) activities conducted in developing the research-based Curriculum Infusion Packages (CIPs) designed to integrate substance abuse/addiction content into existing undergraduate/graduate-level courses; and 2) the impact of infusing the CIPs on students' knowledge and attitudes about individuals who have a substance use disorder (SUD), based on pre/post-test results. Presenters will use PowerPoint slides, videos, and small group exercises from the NECP and FASD CIPs for the purpose of exposing attendees to student learning activities, thereby simulating the classroom experience. Attendees will have an opportunity to actively participate in discussions related to the usefulness of the CIPs in preparing both pre-service and practicing professionals to work with individuals who have an SUD. Attendees also will receive information on obtaining a free copy of the CIPs for use in their programs.

Learning Objective:

1. Recognize the utility of integrating a brief research-based Curriculum Infusion Package (CIP) for disseminating substance abuse/addiction-related content to pre-professional university students.

Non-Medical Prescription Drug Use: Exploration of the Prevalence of Addiction and Effective Counseling Interventions

Mary Jo Denman, Wayne State University

1. Integrate current research based strategies to their current intervention styles.
2. Identify frequently abused prescription medications and the reasons which led to the increase in prescription drug use.
3. Describe ways to prevent the escalation of non medical prescription drug use.

PROJECT S.W.I.F.T. (Social Work Interns' Future Trends) -- Morgan State University's HBCU Center for Excellence in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Workforce Development Mini-Grant Project: Lessons Learned

Ellarwee Gadsden, PhD, LCSW, Asst. Prof., Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

Substance abuse has reached catastrophic proportions in the US. Over 22 million people were classified as substance dependent. Substance abuse has devastating effects for the individual, children, families, communities and the broader society. SW is in a unique position to provide services to substance abusers; they provide 60% of mental health services. Nevertheless, SW challenged both by the tremendous lack of emphasis on drug abuse in MSW programs and by the relatively few SWs practicing in the field. This session will provide a detailed account of the processes and results of Morgan State University's recruitment and internship 6 MSW students. They were placed in a unique Baltimore-based drug treatment program providing mental and primary health care services. Even so, it appears that most will not remain in the field.

The posters session is co-presented by the project's PI and one intern who was the Research Coordinator. The intern, a project participant and observer, will describe his dual-role experiences presenting participants with a unique opportunity to gain insight into the extent and processes related to how all the interns' attitudes and beliefs about drug treatment evolved over the course of their two semesters and the likelihood of their continuing in the field.

Learning Objectives:

1. Increase field supervisors' understanding of interns' treatment context needs
2. Increase active involvement in meaningful intern relationships
3. Effectively ensure that interns become knowledgeable about purpose and function of treatment program such that it's manifested in their client interactions