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Membership Benefits Table of Contents - Announcing Annual Alaska Training Institute October 21-22 - Today's Webinar: Gender Responsive Trauma Informed Care - The First 72 Hours - 2019 Annual Conference Spotlight: Kevin McCauley on the Neuroscience of Addiction - Only One Week Left to Submit a 2020 Webinar Presentation Proposal - NAADAC Is Hiring Two Senior Positions - Apply Now for a 2019 Communities Talk Planning Stipend - Help NAADAC Honor Our Deceased - Get Ready for National Addiction Professionals Day on September 20th! - FDA Seeking Comments on Opioid Analgesic Drug Applications Guidance Document - NAADAC Career Center Events NAADAC WEBINAR SERIES Upcoming Webinars On Demand Webinars FAQS - Gender Responsive Trauma Informed Care: The First 72 Hours Wed, 07/10/19 3-4:30pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1.5 CEs More Information Register Now! - Rise in Recovery: The Science of Addiction and Spirituality of Healing Wed, 07/24/19 3-4:30pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1.5 CEs More Information Register Now! - Strength-Based Mind-Body Practice: Building Internal Resources Wed, 08/21/19 3-4:00pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1 CE More Information Register Now! - Intersection of Race, Culture, Chronic Disease and Chronic Pain Wed, 08/28/19 3-5:00pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 2 CEs More Information Register Now! - Tobacco Use Disorder: The Neglected Addiction Wed, 09/11/19 3-4:00pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1 CE More Information Register Now! - Rites of Passage: Culture of Recovery/Recovery of Culture Wed, 09/25/19 3-4:00pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1 CE More Information Register Now! NAADAC EVENTS - NAADAC 2019 Annual Conference: Navigating the Addiction Profession Orlando, FL  09/28/19 - 10/03/19 More Information - Annual Alaska Training Institute: Trauma, Resilience & Advanced Skills for Substance Use Disorders Anchorage, AK  10/21/19 - 10/22/19 More Information PARTNER EVENTS - National Recovery Month: Join the Voices for Recovery - Together We Are Stronger  09/01/19 - 09/30/19 More Information - NCRG Conference on Gambling and AddictionLas Vegas, NV 10/13/19 - 10/14/19 More Information AFFILIATE EVENTS - Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies 2019  Williamsburg, VA 07/14/19 - 07/17/19 More Information - Forty-Fifth Annual TAAP State Conference on Addiction Studies San Antonio, TX 09/05/19 - 09/07/19 More Information - MAADAC Conference: Science of Addiction  Great Falls, MT 09/19/19 - 09/20/19 More Information Promote Your Job Listing with NAADAC Need to fill a position in your agency or educational program? NAADAC's Career Center is the place to go. Your career ads will reach NAADAC members and a professional mailing list of 48,000+ professionals each week for three months. That is almost half of the 100,000 addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals that the Department of Labor estimates work in the United States. Each career ad runs until its closing date or for three months. More Information July 10, 2019 Announcing Annual Alaska Training Institute October 21-22 - Earn 16.5 CEs! Join NAADAC and the Alaska Addiction Professionals Association (AAPA) for the Fourth Annual Alaska Training Institute: Trauma, Resilience & Advanced Skills for Substance Use Disorders, on October 21-22, 2019 at the Anchorage Marriott Downtown in Anchorage, AK.  Earn up to 16.5 CEs!  [ More Information ] - [ Register Now ]  Today's Webinar: Gender Responsive Trauma Informed Care - The First 72 Hours Wednesday, July 10, 2019 @ 3:00-4:30pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT) Join presenter Charlene Sears-Tolbert, MA, ABD, CAP, ICD&AC, for this free NAADAC webinar that will discuss developing a gender-specific trauma-informed approach during the intake and orientation period in residential treatment programs. Earn 1.5 CEs (free for NAADAC members - join now!). NAADAC is proud to announce that closed captioning is now available on live NAADAC webinars! In addition, transcripts will be made available for on-demand webinars recorded on and after March 27, 2019. [ More Information ] – [ Register Now ] 2019 Annual Conference Spotlight: Kevin McCauley on the Neuroscience of Addiction NAADAC is excited to announce that Kevin McCauley, MD, will be presenting a keynote session entitled The Brain and Recovery: An Update on Neuroscience of Addiction at the upcoming NAADAC 2019 Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, taking place from September 28 - October 3, 2019. Addiction shows us how the brain constructs pleasurable experiences, what happens when this process goes wrong, and why this can have a dramatic impact on our ability to make proper choices. In his presentation, Dr. McCauley will cover the current neuroscientific models of this brain disorder and the links between the pathophysiology of addiction to the symptoms of SUD as listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). [ Full Schedule ] - [ Conference Overview ] - [ Register ]  Only One Week Left to Submit a 2020 Webinar Presentation Proposal Development of the 2020 NAADAC Webinar Series is underway, and we invite you to collaborate with us! The Webinar Series is wildly successful, with over 200,000 professionals trained so far. If you are a subject-matter expert on a topic relevant to addiction professionals, we encourage you to complete the online Call for Webinar Presentations for a chance to present on a nationally-broadcasted webinar. Submission deadline: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 [ More Information ] – [ Submit a Presentation ]  NAADAC Is Hiring Two Senior Positions NAADAC is looking for a new Director of Membership & Affiliatesand a new Senior Operations Manager.  The Director of Membership & Affiliates is a full-time position that reports to the Executive Director and requires 15-20% of travel. This position provides primary leadership and management for all aspects of membership and affiliate growth and engagement. The Senior Operations Manager is a full-time position that reports to the Director of Membership & Affiliates. Responsibilities include assisting the Director of Membership & Affiliates in managing the membership and affiliates department and managing the main office operations and association-wide information technology.  [ More Information ] Apply Now for a 2019 Communities TalkPlanning Stipend The Communities Talk: Town Hall Meetings to Prevent Underage Drinking initiative is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as the lead agency for the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD). Every two years, SAMHSA distributes planning stipends to community-based organizations, institutions of higher education, and local or statewide organizations to host Communities Talk events to educate youth, families, and communities about the potentially harmful consequences of underage and high-risk drinking among individuals 12 to 25 years old. This year, SAMHSA is providing $750 stipends to the first 1,000 organizations that register to host a 2019 Communities Talk event. The stipends are meant to assist in planning and hosting the event in your community. The number of stipends is limited. SAMHSA will distribute them on a first- come, first-served basis. To apply for a stipend, please send an e-mail (Subject: Communities Talk Invitation Request) to info@stopalcoholabuse.net. [ More Information ] – [ Apply for a Stipend ]  Help NAADAC Honor Our Deceased Help NAADAC honor addiction professionals who have passed in the last year in an In Memoriam slideshow at the NAADAC 2019 Annual Conference. To have your colleague or loved one included, please send a photo, his or her name, and state to Caitlin Corbett at ccorbett@naadac.org. [ Submit Name ] Get Ready for National Addiction Professionals Day on September 20th! National Addiction Professionals Day, the day established by NAADAC to commemorate the hard work that addiction professionals do on a daily basis, is on September 20, 2019!  What are you doing to celebrate? Whether you're holding a local event to celebrate the powerful work of addiction services professionals, or commemorating the day in another way, we want to hear from you! Send information about your event to Caitlin Corbett at ccorbett@naadac.org.   [ More Information ] FDA Seeking Comments on Opioid Analgesic Drug Applications Guidance Document The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking public comments on its recently released Opioid Analgesic Drugs: Considerations for Benefit-Risk Assessment Framework Guidance for Industry. The purpose of this guidance document is to describe the benefit-risk assessment framework that the FDA uses in evaluating whether applications for opioid analgesic drugs meet the standard for approval under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This guidance document summarizes the information that should be included in a new drug application for an opioid analgesic drug to facilitate the FDA’s benefit-risk assessment. To ensure that the FDA considers your comment on the draft guidance document before it begins work on the final version, submit either online or written comments on the draft guidance document by Tuesday, August 20, 2019. [ More Information ] - [ Download Draft Guidance Document ] NAADAC Career Center The NAADAC Career Center provides a variety of employment listings at no charge for addiction-focused professionals. If you are looking to find a new career, the NAADAC Career Center can help! Check out our latest listings! Licensed Clinical Social Workers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon, Manchester, Concord, Bedford and Nashua, NH Director, StepUP Program at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN ACTT Substance Abuse Professional at Monarch in Lexington, NC Licensed Addiction Counselors I & II at Valley Hope Association in Norton, KS Mental Health Counselor - AWARE Programs at University of Wyoming Counseling Center in Laramie, WY Clinician at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, AK Addictions Counselor at Christ House in Washington, DC  Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor at Minnesota Department of Human Services in Fergus Falls, MN Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, CO Chemical Dependency Supervisor at Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington in Wenatchee, WA Certified Addictions Counselor II at Jubilee Housing in Washington, DC Executive Director at The Springboard Center in Midland, TX Licensed Substance Abuse Program Manager at EHS, Embrace Healthy Solutions in Roanoke, VA [ All Career Center Listings ]

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