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Panelists: Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, MSW, Professor & Director of the Recovery and Community Health Program–Yale University, Dept. of Psychiatry
Fred Dyer, PhD, LADC, Practitioner & Subject Matter Expert of Culturally Responsive Treatment for African Americans
Representative La Shawn Ford, 8th District of Illinois
Dr. Felecia Pullen, Qualitative Researcher of Structural Racism, President/CEO of Community-Based Recovery Organizations
Corrie Vilsaint, PhD, Instructor & Assoc. Director of the Recovery Health Equity Research Institute–Harvard Medical School
Moderators: Kisha Freed, BA, CHESS BHE-TAC Program Coordinator
Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, Illinois State Project Manager - Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, & PTTC
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February 13, 2024, 10:00 AM‒11:30 AM CT
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Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, & PTTC Featured Content
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By: Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
First Lady Betty Ford's 1978 public statement about her alcohol use disorder played a major role in destigmatizing substance use disorders. Residential treatment facilities expanded exponentially to treat substance use disorders. The next several decades after the First Lady's public testimony, the nation experienced a crack and heroin crisis in metropolitan communities and a... [continue reading]
Learn more about Take Action Today and the great work they're doing in their community.
Pictured from left to right: Paul Tart, Shara Robinson, Mike Tyson, Diana Sledge, Chrystal Cantrell, Tessa Leech
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Presenter: Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery to become a national leader in the abolitionist movement. Malcolm X overcame a troubled childhood and a prison sentence to gain prominence as one of leading civil rights activists in the U.S. Both Douglass and Malcolm X offer lessons and implications for counseling African Americans with substance use disorders today.
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By: Elijah Jones, MSW, MEd, LISW-S, LICDC, CDP
In the U.S., national discourse on the development of an improved crisis response system has been growing, but not enough attention has been placed on the importance of creating an equitable system. The challenge of building an equity-centered crisis system is that localized systems across the country are similarly concerned with ensuring their system is also effective and economically sustainable. Without a large system to model, smaller-scale crisis response systems are often riddled with inequity, and significant effort is required to integrate equitable practices into existing systemic frameworks. Our challenge today is to start with equity as we seek to design the ideal crisis system.
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This 90-minute webinar will explore changes in drug use trends in the Great Lakes region and how prevention professionals can integrate the new and evolving data into their existing prevention work. The most up-to-date information on trends in alcohol, cannabis, opioid, and other drug use in the Great Lakes region will be presented. Additionally, we will discuss how these changes may impact everything from the existing priorities, strategies, data needs, and partnerships.
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By: Kisha Freed, BA and Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
Ella Fitzgerald’s 1938 blues song, “When I Get Low, I Get High,” eloquently summarizes the medicinal role alcohol and other drugs have played for African Americans experiencing oppression, isolation, and depression. In this third installment, we focus on the role of the church in supporting mental health and substance use disorder recovery in African American communities. During the holiday season, it’s common for people to struggle with stress, past trauma, and personal loss associated with the holidays, and we discuss how...[
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Visit the ATTC/NIATx Service Improvement Blog to listen to the ATTC's Pearls of Wisdom Podcast—a brand-new series based on the year-long blog celebrating the ATTC Network's 30th anniversary!
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HealtheKnowledge offers hundreds of courses on topics related to substance use disorder, recovery, mental health, and prevention efforts. These self-paced courses are available online, anytime, anywhere! Join over 89,000 behavioral health professionals—take a HealtheKnowledge course today!
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What is Classroom WISE?
What's new?
- State-specific Classroom WISE modules on HealtheKnowledge to satisfy behavioral health education mandates (MD/
OR)
- Presentations that highlight findings from a Classroom WISE Implementation Project
- A manuscript on content development for the Classroom WISE online course
- A summary document highlighting course developments and feedback over Classroom WISE's first year
- Various implementation resources, including case examples from schools that adopted Classroom WISE
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DYK? Many of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC webinars are recorded and available after the live events on our websites' Products and Resources pages, along with presentation slides and other handouts. All of our recorded webinars are also available for viewing on our YouTube Channel, The Great Lakes Current!
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The Great Lakes Current is a monthly e-newsletter published by the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC. © 2021 Great Lakes ATTC, Great Lakes MHTTC, and Great Lakes PTTC.
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