Sunday, July 21

VSIAS is an education provider for a number of credentialing and academic organizations. VSIAS exercises its ethical responsibility to ensure that contact hours are earned fairly and honestly by awarding contact hours for session attendance only if an individual attends a minimum of 80 percent of that session. VSIAS Faculty can not make exceptions to this policy and will take required professional action in cases of misrepresentation.

Abie Tremblay, Ph.D. & Dr. Mary Darden-Robinson

“Finding Solutions Within the System“
Level: Intermediate
Limited: Open
Other: 0.5 Ethics included
Contact Hours: 2.0

Brief Description:                    

This workshop will offer new options to historical SUD treatments based on the current understanding of institutional and systemic challenges in underrepresented populations, with particular emphasis on underserved populations and populations with barriers to treatment. Recent data indicates that abstinence and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) might not be the premier treatment for these populations. This workshop will investigate this new information.

Educational Objectives:

• Will be able to name historical SUD treatments and interventions and identify ranges of efficacy in various populations.
• Will be able to identify barriers to SUD treatment for underrepresented populations.
• Will be able to identify culturally appropriate complementary and alternative treatments and interventions.
• Will be able to do and teach culturally appropriate complementary and alternative treatments and interventions.
• Will be able to identify ethical considerations when treating underrepresented populations for SUD.

Themes Addressed: Cultural competency; Skills training; Ethics.