Tuesday, March 21

Tuesday Course Schedule

Registration: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Opening  Session: 8:15 aM – 9:15 aM
Break: 9:15 aM – 9:30 aM
Morning Courses: 9:30 AM – 12:30 pM (3 Hours)
  • TAM1: Strategic Productivity, Engagement, and Retention of Staff
    Speaker(s): Joshua Nirella, MSOL
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TAM2: Psychotropics and Pregnancy
    Speaker(s): Dr. Merrill Norton, Pharm.D., D.Ph., CMAC
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
    Handouts:  TAM02 Handout-1 and TAM02 Handout-2
  • TAM3: Creating Change: A Past Focused Model of Trauma and Addiction
    Speaker(s): Summer Krause, LPC, CADCIII
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
    Handouts: TAM03 Handout-1, TAM03 Handout-2, TAM03 Handout-3, and TAM03 Handout-4
  • TAM4:  Working with Families Who Have Lost and Still Love
    Speaker(s):  Jack Sykstus, LMFT, CSAC and Maggie Banger, LPC-S
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TAM5:  HIV/STIs: an Overview for the Substance Abuse/Mental Health Professional
    Speaker(s): Rick Meriwether, B.S.
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
    Handouts: TAM05 Handout-1, TAM05 Handout-2, TAM05 Handout-3, and TAM05 Handout-4
  • TAM6:  Creative/Collaborative Strategies for Rural Alabama Communities to Address the Mental Health Crisis
    Speaker(s): Chief Joseph Stanford and Kathleen Saucier
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TAM7: Mental Health and Wellness in Nurses and Healthcare Workers
    Speaker(s): Abby Migliore, MSN, MBA, RN
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TAM8:  Taking Care of the Caregivers: Identifying and Preventing Compassion Fatigue in the Peer Work Force
    Speaker(s): Ed Johnson, LPC, LAC/S, MAC, CCS, CPRS
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TAM9: From Grief to Gratitude: Finding Hope in Recovery
    Speaker(s): James Campbell, LPC, LAC, MAC, AADC
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
    Handout: TAM09 Handout-1
  • TAM10: The BIG PITCH: Prevention, Recovery, & Treatment SHARK TANK!
    Speaker(s): Jerria Martin, MDIV, CADCA TOT
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
Lunch: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Afternoon Courses: 1:30 PM – 4:45 pM (3 Hours)
  • TPM1:  Strategic Productivity, Engagement, and Retention of Staff
    Speaker(s):  Joshua Nirella, MSOL
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TPM2:  Ethnicity and Substance Use Disorders
    Speaker(s):  Dr. Merrill Norton, Pharm.D., D.Ph., CMAC
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
    Handout: TPM02 Handout-1
  • TPM3:  Women and Addiction: Listening to Themes
    Speaker(s): Summer Krause, LPC, CADCIII
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
    Handout: TPM03
  • TPM4: Drug University Returns! Drug Culture, the Cartels, and Problems with Prevention
    Speaker(s): Derek Osborn, CPS, CPM
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TPM5: Value of Peer Support
    Speaker(s): Pamela Butler, MSW
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TPM6: Entrepreneurship for All
    Speaker(s): Dale O Smith, Jr
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TPM7: Engaging Community Members through Interactive Data Sharing Strategies
    Speaker(s): Lauren Barrette, B.A. and Dr. Jason Wheeler, Ph.D., MS
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TPM8: Re-Creation, De-stressing in a Stressed-out World
    Speaker(s): James Campbell, LPC, LAC, MAC, AADC
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
    Handouts: TPM08 Handout-1, TPM08 Handout-2, and TPM08 Handout-3
  • TPM9: Ethics for the Substance Use Professional
    Speaker(s): Steve Mason, LPC-S, ADC
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details
  • TPM10: Incorporating Recovery Planning into Service Notes: Documentation Training for Certified Peer Recovery Supporters (CPRS)
    Speaker(s): Ed Johnson, LPC, LAC/S, MAC, CCS, CPRS
    Description and Course Objectives:  See Details