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To post events to the ADP Calendar of Events, submit your request via e-mail to the Public Affairs Office. Please include your name, date of the event, time, location, contact person, phone number, email, event name, and description of the event.
When you are planning a conference, meeting, or other event in which Resource Center publications are needed, we ask that you e-mail the Resource Center no later than two months prior to the event. By doing so, you allow us time to print or order what you'll need and get it to you on time. Your event can then benefit from the fine publications you'll receive.
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| July 2009 | ||||||||||||||
8 - 10 |
Native Women of Strength | The 20th Annual Native American Women's Conference "Women of Strength: Substance, not Abuse". This is a free conference and features a special track for young women ages 14 and up. This year's conference offers training workshops on the topics of methamphetamine, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, core competencies for working with Native American women, historical trauma and sexual abuse recovery. Renée Zito, ADP Director, will be our featured keynote at the Friday luncheon. The young women's track features Deanna Castillo presentation to discuss the meaning of being a young Indian women in today's world. She will focus on honoring self and balancing accountability to family and community. Our Tobacco Education and Prevention Technical Support (TEPTS) program will also present a workshop on tradition tobacco.
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15 |
Gender Matters: Creating Trauma-Informed Services for Women | This one day training is designed to introduce the principles and process of developing trauma-informed services and provide a basic "How To."
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16 |
A Woman's Way Through the Twelve Steps | This one day training will discuss gender differences and the new trauma-informed 12-step program materials that are anchored by the book, A Woman's Way Through the 12-Steps.
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21 |
Office of Problem Gambling Advisory Group Meeting | The Office of Problem Gambling will gather for its quarterly Advisory Group Meeting. Discussion topics include: Gamblers Anonymous Survey Update by Dr. Timothy Fong, M.D., UCLA Gambling Studies Program, Presentation from Tulare County, California Friday Night Live Partnership, and an update on new treatment services provided by OPG and UCLA Gambling Studies Program.
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| August 2009 | ||||||||||||||
4 - 6 |
38th Annual UCSD Summer Clinical Institute in Addiction Studies | UCSD Center for Criminality & Addiction Research, Training & Application (CCARTA) kicks off its 38th annual Summer Clinical Institute with keynote speaker Professor Hamid Ghodse, MD, Director of the United Nations International Narcotic Control Board and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of London. This 3-day conference will also feature Dr. Phaedon Kaloterakis, Assistant Director of Kethea (Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals) in Greece as well as renowned US research scientists and clinical experts. Sessions will focus on science-based strategies on a variety of topics including motivational interviewing, veterans and trauma, and dialectical behavioral therapy.
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14 |
Governor's Prevention Advisory Council (GPAC) Meeting | At this quarterly meeting, the Council will discuss various alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention efforts, including its strategic planning process, its workgroups' activities, and the implementation of the federal grant program (California Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment Grant Program), which the Council oversees.
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19 |
Narcotic Treatment Programs Advisory Committee Meeting | To provide input and recommendations on issues and regulations affecting Narcotic Treatment Programs.
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| September 2009 | ||||||||||||||
9 |
Director's Advisory Council | The DAC is responsive to critical issues from judges, counties and the larger alcohol and drug field, identifies barriers to access for traditionally unserved/underserved populations, and provides feedback to the community. Stakeholders identify and discuss issues and build consensus in major policy areas that impact the alcohol and other drug service systems and clients.
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15 |
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing |
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15 - 18 |
22nd Annual National Prevention Network Prevention Research Conference |
 California is hosting the 22nd Annual National Prevention Network Prevention Research Conference in Anaheim, California.
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16 |
Understanding Addiction Workshop: Prescription Drug Misuse and Alcohol Abuse |
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| October 2009 | ||||||||||||||
1 - 4 |
CAADAC Annual Conference "Moving Beyond Tolerance: Creating a Multiculturally Competent Addiction Workforce" | The conference will offer cutting edge workshops on topics pertaining to alcohol and other drug related issues: clinical interventions, family, ethics, medical, co-occuring disorders and other AOD specific subject matter all specific to developing a multi-culturally competent workforce. Other conference events include: raffles, fun activites (annual membership meeting, luncheon, PAC reception and karaoke night) followed by the traditional Presidents Dinner, dance and awards ceremony.
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A Woman's Way Through the Twelve Steps | A one-day training for the California Association of Addiction Recovery Resources.
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16, 17, 18 |
"Riding the Wave of Recovery" 2009 Recovering Couples Anonymous Convention | Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA), a 12 Step fellowship of recovering couples committed to restoring healthy communication and caring and increasing joy and intimacy, will hold their 19th International Convention Conference, Riding the Wave of Recovery, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Any committed couple wishing to improve their relationship is invited to attend.
Seminars, workshops, keynote speakers and RCA meetings at the convention will provide information on enhancing relationship healing. The convention theme, Let the Sunshine In, Learning to Play and Have Fun Together, focuses on bringing JOY into the relationship, learning new and valuable ways to experience healthy relationship and meeting couples on the same journey in various stages of healthy recovery.
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21 |
Counselor Certification Advisory Committee Meeting | The Counselor Certification Advisory Committee Meeting is designed to provide information and to foster discussion regarding issues and regulations associated with counselor certification.
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| November 2009 | ||||||||||||||
9 |
CCAP Conference | One-day event. Details to be announced
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