Full Schedule
Please note session times may be subject to change.
Monday, April 17, 2023 - 10 CEs
7:00am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 4:45pm Relational Trauma Repair (RTR) Sociometrics Two-Day Training (7 CEs)
Presented by Dave Moran, CADC/CCDP-D, LCSW, TEP, and Karen Levin Moser, LCSW, PAT
Tian Dayton, PhD, TEP, developed her sociometric processes to fit easily into all modalities of treatment – residential and outpatient programs, clinics, and one-to-one settings. Sociometrics can be used as discreet processes that enhance any program that wishes to integrate experiential, psychoeducational, and embodied processes into their programming. There is no strict protocol as to the order they need to be done in, and they can be incorporated where they best fit the needs of each setting or population. During this two-day training, participants will receive instruction and guidance on how to facilitate Dayton’s core sociometric processes: floor checks, the trauma timeline, the resilience timeline, and experiential letter writing. In addition, participants will get the same guidance and instruction on JL Moreno’s spectrogram and locogram, as well as beginning exposure to the basic psychodrama techniques of doubling and role-reversal.
The RTR Sociometrics training is a separate registration from the Sixth Annual Alaska Training Institute. This training is only available to individuals who registered for the RTR Sociometrics training.
The breaks and lunches listed throughout the day apply to RTR Sociometrics attendees as well.
8:00am - 9:00am OPENING SESSION (1 CE)
Welcome to the Sixth Annual Alaska Conference, presented by Courtney Donovan, PhD, Shari Rigg, LAC, and Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP
Join NAADAC Executive Director Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP, AAPA President Courtney Donovan, PhD, and NAADAC Northwest Regional Vice President Shari Rigg, LAC, for opening remarks.
9:00am - 9:15am Exhibit Hall Break
9:15am - 10:45am keynote session (1.5 CEs)
Emerging from the Drug War: Thank You For Not Killing Us, presented by Kevin McCauley, MD
While the United States’ drug war is evolving, drug users continue to face legal and health consequences of exposure to surveillance, arrest, incarceration, and probationary monitoring. Depending on the drugs considered, drug-related criminal justice involvement in the U.S. is a threat to public health approaching and perhaps surpassing that of drugs themselves. This lecture will address three questions: 1) Could the public health threat of expansion of access to cannabis for recreational use ever outweigh the past and continuing threats of criminal justice involvement for drug-related offenses? 2) What are the long-term health consequences to individuals, families, and communities of criminal justice involvement, including exposure to solitary confinement and police violence? 3) Could a reverse restorative justice process repair the damage caused by the U.S. drug war to individuals, families, and communities? Trauma is increasingly understood to have long-term and perhaps heritable health consequences. It is time to repair the damage done to prevent the ongoing toxic effects of the drug war on current and future generations.
10:45am - 11:00am Exhibit Hall Break
11:00am - 12:30Pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS (1.5 CES each)
- Emotional Freedom Techniques as a Trauma-Sensitive Approach - Part 1, presented by Michael DeMolina, PhD, LPCS, CDCS, MAC
Emotional Freedom Techniques, popularly known as EFT Tapping, can be used as a self-help tool, a stress management technique, an addiction-free pain management strategy, or as a trauma-informed intervention. Come learn a simple, flexible, and powerful approach to swiftly improve the functioning and well-being of your clients while discovering an evidence-supported method of combining energy work with effective psychotherapy that provides rapid relief from trauma.
- Oppression: A Trauma-Informed Perspective, presented by Danny Gladden, MBA, MSW, LCSW
Oppression of others is ingrained in American culture, and micro-aggressions experienced by oppressed populations can have an overwhelming impact on their emotional and psychological well-being. These traumas often manifest functional, emotional, and psychological disturbances. This training will educate providers working with individuals from oppressed populations to engage these individuals through a trauma-informed lens.
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch (1 CE)
State of NAADAC & AAPA, presented by Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP, and Courtney Donovan, PhD
In this session, participants will learn about NAADAC’s six initiatives: creating identity and community, delivering quality education, recruitment and workforce development, advocacy, setting professional standards, and credentialing. AAPA will provide an update on the affiliate’s goals for 2023 and how constituents can get involved at the state level.
RTR Sociometrics attendees are welcome to join this plated lunch, however, CEs will not be provided for RTR registrants.
1:30pm - 3:00pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS (1.5 CES each)
- Emotional Freedom Techniques as a Trauma-Sensitive Approach - Part 2, presented by Michael DeMolina, PhD, LPCS, CDCS, MAC
Emotional Freedom Techniques, popularly known as EFT Tapping, can be used as a self-help tool, a stress management technique, an addiction-free pain management strategy, or as a trauma-informed intervention. Come learn a simple, flexible, and powerful approach to swiftly improve the functioning and well-being of your clients while discovering an evidence-supported method of combining energy work with effective psychotherapy that provides rapid relief from trauma.
- Employee Management in the Hybrid World, presented by Nick Kraska, CDC-I, BHC-II, and Courtney Donovan, PhD
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a historic tidal wave of changes for employers and employees alike that occurred at a scale and pace rarely seen in the workforce. The pandemic affected many facets of business; however, it supercharged the idea of remote work and hybrid workforces. Now, as we find ourselves in the wake of the pandemic, employers are helping their organizational leaders and employees adapt to the new cultural norms of our respective organizations. Some businesses have transitioned back into the office completely; however, many have chosen to move away from this traditional model of returning to the brick-and-mortar full-time. Hands down, this pandemic will likely be accredited as the biggest catalyst to change in the workforce that this generation will have the opportunity to be a part of. Having a solid strategy in place to move towards safely, successfully, and thoroughly implementing and operating hybrid workforces will be crucial to the overall health and sustainability of our business..
3:00pm - 3:15pm Exhibit Hall Break
3:15pm - 4:45pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS (1.5 CEs each)
- Emotional Freedom Techniques as a Trauma-Sensitive Approach - Part 3, presented by Michael DeMolina, PhD, LPCS, CDCS, MAC
Emotional Freedom Techniques, popularly known as EFT Tapping, can be used as a self-help tool, a stress management technique, an addiction-free pain management strategy, or as a trauma-informed intervention. Come learn a simple, flexible, and powerful approach to swiftly improve the functioning and well-being of your clients while discovering an evidence-supported method of combining energy work with effective psychotherapy that provides rapid relief from trauma.
- Interventions for Those Impacted by Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, presented by Tami Eller, MS
Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) can cause lifelong brain differences that impact an individual’s ability to engage in treatment. Often times these individuals need accommodations to successfully engage in and complete treatment. Research indicates that there are a large number of individuals who experience PAE that are unrecognized and have not received accommodations/interventions. Often individuals impacted by PAE will end up in systems of care where if the brain impacts are not recognized, they may receive treatment interventions that are ineffective. This presentation will explore how to explore whether they may be impacted, how to identify how their brain may have been impacted, and how to provide accommodations to support them.
4:45pm - 7:00pm Dinner Break
7:00pm - 9:00pm movie night (2 CES)
The 50
At a time when the California State Prison system was dangerously overcrowded, and more than 85% percent of its inmates were involved in drug use, one unlikely program looked inward for the answer and took a chance on 50 men serving life inside. The 50 is a feature-length documentary that asks how a group so underestimated became agents of radical change and the first men to become California certified counselors while inmates of that same state’s prison system. We step alongside these men in an exploration of trauma, redemption, and the complicated humanity of their stories.
RTR Sociometrics attendees are welcome to join the film screening, however, CEs will not be provided for RTR registrants.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 7.5 CEs
7:00am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 4:45pm Relational Trauma Repair (RTR) Sociometrics Two-Day Training (7 CEs)
Presented by Dave Moran, CADC/CCDP-D, LCSW, TEP, and Karen Levin Moser, LCSW, PAT
Tian Dayton, PhD, TEP, developed her sociometric processes to fit easily into all modalities of treatment – residential and outpatient programs, clinics, and one-to-one settings. Sociometrics can be used as discreet processes that enhance any program that wishes to integrate experiential, psychoeducational, and embodied processes into their programming. There is no strict protocol as to the order they need to be done in, and they can be incorporated where they best fit the needs of each setting or population. During this two-day training, participants will receive instruction and guidance on how to facilitate Dayton’s core sociometric processes: floor checks, the trauma timeline, the resilience timeline, and experiential letter writing. In addition, participants will get the same guidance and instruction on JL Moreno’s spectrogram and locogram, as well as beginning exposure to the basic psychodrama techniques of doubling and role-reversal.
The RTR Sociometrics training is a separate registration from the Sixth Annual Alaska Training Institute. This training is only available to individuals who registered for the RTR Sociometrics training.
The breaks and lunches listed throughout the day apply to RTR Sociometrics attendees as well.
8:00am - 9:00am OPENING SESSION (1 CE)
Defining Comprehensive Care for the Whole Person, presented by Randi Moberly, PhD, CADC
Whole person health involves an awareness of the role of the individual, family, and community in improving health. Though the concept is not necessarily a new phenomenon, defining, operationalizing, and implementing such care can be overwhelming. This keynote will explore models that support care for the whole person and ask attendees to consider how, individually and corporately, we can make meaningful steps to consider and comprehensively serve the whole person.
9:0am - 9:15am Exhibit Hall Break
9:15am - 10:45am BREAKOUT SESSIONS (1.5 CES each)
- Supervision of Peer Services Through Healing Centered Engagement, presented by Christina Love, NCPRSS, CPSS, CRC, CGF
This training will help attendees move toward organizational transformation and healing through supportive relationships and supervisory practices.
- Situational Ethics in 2023 and Law, presented by Carolyn Heyman, JD, and Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP
Descritpion coming soon...
10:45am - 11:00am Exhibit Hall Break
11:00am - 12:30Pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS (1.5 CES each)
- Working with Criminal Justice-Involved Individuals, presented by Shari Rigg, LAC
This presentation is designed for addiction professionals working with individuals who are currently or formerly involved in the criminal justice system, including prisons, jails, parole, probation, intensive supervised probation (ISP), and drug courts. Participants in this session will learn motivational enhancement strategies to help move criminal justice-involved individuals through the stages of change and assist them in managing their recovery, reducing recidivism, and navigating community resources for life-long success.
- Secondary Trauma and Its Impact on Providers, presented by Jill Ramsey, MS, CPRP
This presentation provides information and support for helping professionals who may be experiencing the effects of secondary trauma and stress of many kinds and who can benefit from opportunities to discuss support strategies from both an individual and an organizational perspective.
12:30pm - 1:30pm Networking Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm breakout sessions (1.5 CES each)
- Peer Support in Rural and Urban Alaska, with panelists Bobby Dorton, CDC-I, TPSP-III, and Jenifer Galvan, BA, CPC-S, and moderator Courtney Donovan, PhD
This panel discussion will cover the importance of case management, lived experience, and community supports in rural and urban Alaska.
- Navigating and Understanding Best Practices in Telehealth and Virtual Care: Alaska Providers Update, presented by John Solomon, LPC, Ronto Roney, LCPC, CDS, and Deb Hemphill
This presentation will discuss the recently enacted Alaska legislation (HB 265) that permanently reinforces telehealth service access for Alaskans, including billing parity. Best practices for telehealth, especially telehealth in rural Alaska, will be discussed along with resources to support this care setting. Maniilaq Association will share their experiences, including how access to telehealth has increased the number of people taking part in group therapy as well as increasing the length of time people are receiving treatment services, all leading to a successful model of care.
3:00pm - 3:15pm Exhibit Hall Break
3:15pm - 4:45pm keynote SESSION (1.5 CEs)
The Neuroscience of Addiction in 2023, presented by Kevin McCauley, MD
Research in neuroscience provides an evidence-based and comprehensive understanding of addiction that fits well with the experiences of people needing, seeking, and in recovery. There are several insightful and well-articulated arguments challenging the disease conceptualization of addiction, but two important areas of research – epigenetics and psychoneuroimmunology – greatly advance awareness of how environmental stress creates vulnerability to addiction. This lecture reviews the most up-to-date science of addiction, the current arguments for and against addiction’s conceptualization as a disease, and how the principles of recovery management counter the pathophysiology of addiction and improve a recovering person’s chances of achieving long-term recovery.
4:45pm - 5:15pm closing SESSION (0.5 CEs)
Presented by Courtney Donovan, PhD, Shari Rigg, LAC, and Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP
Wrap up the conference with NAADAC Executive Director Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP, AAPA President Courtney Donovan, PhD, and NAADAC Northwest Regional Vice President Shari Rigg, LAC.