Membership Status Membership Expiration Date: Not a Member If you are not a current member, Join Now! Membership Benefits Table of Contents - 2018 Call for Webinar Presenters - We Still Need Your Voice! Contact Your Senators Today to Oppose a Repeal of the ACA - New Basics of Addiction Counseling Module II Now Available - NAADAC Announces In the Field Blog - NCC AP Testing at the 2017 Annual Conference - Upcoming Webinar: NOW What’re We Supposed to Do? Evidence-Based Practices for MAT - 2017 AC Spotlight: CC Nuckols on The Art & Science of Healing: Finding the Healing Self Inside - SAMHSA Voice Awards on August 16th - World Hepatitis Day: July 28th - NAADAC Benefits & Communications Survey - SAMHSA Issued New Report on Trends in SUD Among Adults Aged 18 or Older - July is National Minority Mental Health Month - NAADAC Career Center Events NAADAC WEBINAR SERIES Upcoming Webinars On Demand Webinars FAQS - NOW What’re We Supposed to Do? Evidence-Based Practices for MAT Wed, 07/26/2017 3-5:00pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 2 CEs More Information Register Now! - Value Based Reimbursement: Huge Opportunities for Treatment Programs Wed, 08/09/2017 3-4:30pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1.5 CEs More Information Register Now! - Co-Occurring Inter-Relational Domestic Violence and SUD Wed, 08/23/2017 3-5:00pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 2 CEs More Information Register Now! - Electronic Screen Addiction: Don't Take My Ice Cream Wed, 09/13/2017 3-4:00pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1 CE More Information Register Now! - Addiction as a Relational Disorder: A Neuro-Informed Treatment Perspective Wed, 09/27/2017 3-4:30pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1.5 CEs More Information Register Now! NAADAC EVENTS - 2017 Annual Conference: Elevate Your Practice  Denver, CO  09/22/17-09/26/17 More Information Register Now! - Alaska Training Institute  Anchorage, AK  10/16/17-10/18/17 More Information PARTNER EVENTS - The SAM Marijuana Education Summit  Denver, CO  08/16/17 More Information - 2017 National Cannabis Summit  Denver, CO  08/28/17-08/30/17 More Information Register Now! - National Council for Behavioral Health Public Policy Institute and Hill Day Washington, DC  10/02/17-10/03/17 More Information Register Now! - 2017 Addiction Health Sciences Research Conference Madison, WI  10/18/17-10/20/17 More Information Register Now! AFFILIATE EVENTS - 2017 SDAAPP Fall Conference  Rapid City, SD  09/13/17-09/15/17 More Information - 2017 APNC Fall Conference  Wrightsville Beach, NC 10/18/17-10/20/17 More Information - 2018 SDAAPP Legislative Event  01/11/18 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 95,000 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 Update Your NAADAC Profile Log into NAADAC to verify your contact information and preferences. Make sure you are taking advantage of everything NAADAC has to offer its members! Update Profile Post Your Event on NAADAC's Calendar NAADAC’s Calendar of Events is a marketing tool for the promotion of NAADAC, affiliate, and partner events and webinars. Posting events on the calendar is free and easy to do – just click “submit an event” and fill out the event submission form. Adding your event to the NAADAC calendar has many benefits: - Listed on NAADAC's main calendar - Searchable by State, Webinars, or National events - Listed on State's Affiliate webpage - Upload event logos and links - Automatically listed on NAADAC.org's front page Post Your Event Today July 19, 2017 2018 Call for Webinar Presenters Development of the 2018 NAADAC Webinar Series is underway, and we invite you to collaborate with us! The Webinar Series is wildly successful, with over 90,000 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: Monday, September 18, 2017 [ More Information ] - [ Submit a Presentation ]  We Still Need Your Voice! Contact Your Senators Today to Oppose a Repeal of the ACA While the Senate Healthcare bill has been defeated, the healthcare fight is not done in Washington. The current plan is to force the Senate to vote on legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) early next week and give Congress two years to devise a replacement. NAADAC believes this action will undermine efforts to address the opioid crisis, significantly worsen the public health epidemic, and make it harder for people with substance use disorders to get the help they desperately need. We must stay persistent in our protection of people who rely on the ACA and Medicaid for comprehensive health coverage, services, and supports that help them to live full lives in recovery.We urge legislators on both sides of the aisle to work together to find improvements and workable fixes within the framework of the ACA. Please call the U.S. Capitol directly at 202-224-3121 to urge your Senators to vote NO on repealing the ACA. Click here to find your Senators. [ Take Action ]  New Basics of Addiction Counseling Module II Now Available for Purchase Just released, the new Basics of Addiction Counseling Desk Reference – Module II: Addiction Counseling Theories, Practices, and Skills is designed to provide addiction counselors and other helping professionals with a thorough overview of the major theories and techniques used for addiction counseling. You can buy the 168-page manual alone or purchase the independent study course, which includes the manual and an online exam that can be completed for 17 nationally-approved CEs and serve as useful practice for certification/licensure exams. Order your copy today!The 2017 update includes: DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and newest ASAM criteria 2016 NAADAC/NCC AP Code of Ethics Current terminology Support of evidence-based practice and theory by research published since last edition [ More Information & Buy Course ]  NAADAC Announces In the Field Blog Do you want to follow NAADAC’s staff and leadership as they attend conferences, trainings, and events to educate addiction professionals and advocate for the best interests of NAADAC members, communities and the addiction profession?NAADAC’s In the Field blog follows NAADAC staff and leadership as they travel around the world to work to create healthier individuals, families and communities through prevention, intervention, quality treatment and recovery support. [ More Information ]  NCC AP Testing at the 2017 Annual Conference NAADAC is excited to offer NCC AP testing during the 2017 Annual Conference for the NCAC I, NCAC II, and MAC certifications!Exams will be offered at 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM on Sunday, September 24th. Space is limited and pre-registration is required, so register today! Registration Deadline: September 1, 2017 [ More Information ] Upcoming Webinar: NOW What’re We Supposed to Do? Evidence-Based Practices for Medication-Assisted Treatment Wed, July 26, 2017 @ 3:00 - 5:00pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) With the current opioid overdose epidemic in full flood, Medication-Assisted Treatment is on the horizon of every treatment provider. However, opioid maintenance therapy with medications such as naltrexone, Subutex and methadone challenge both the treatment philosophy and delivery systems of many programs. This webinar will examine the philosophy, research, medications, and evidence-based practices for effective MAT.Earn 2 CEs (free for NAADAC members - join now!). [ More Information ] - [ Register Now ]  2017 AC Spotlight: Cardwell C. Nuckols on The Art & Science of Healing: Finding the Healing Self Inside NAADAC is excited to announce that Cardwell C. Nuckols, PhD, will be presenting a keynote session entitled The Art & Science of Healing: Finding the Healing Self Inside at the upcoming 2017 Annual Conference: Elevate Your Practice in Denver, Colorado, taking place from September 22nd to September 26th. Experience the awareness and awakening of your healing SELF in this powerful program for those who are seeking to enhance their healing potential. This skills building training will increase your clinical effectiveness. It has been stated that as much as 75% of recovery from psychiatric (psychological) disorders such as depression is attributable to the various aspects of the relationship between the therapist and patient. Evidence-based approaches are important but without the creation of a healing relationship compliance is uncertain and effectiveness marginal, at best. The skills training event will help participants learn to take advantage of their natural healing potential. The neurobiology behind this potential will be explained in detail. [ More Information ] - [ Register Today ] SAMHSA Voice Awards on August 16th Join SAMHSA at the Voice Awards in person in Los Angeles or via webcast on August 16, 2017, and help honor people in recovery and their family members who are community champions seeking to improve the lives of people with mental illnesses and addictions. This year, the Voice Awards is putting the spotlight on individuals and entertainment productions that provide hope and support those past and present service members who have faced mental health and addiction challenges.Due to high demand, please reserve your seat (whether in-person or online ) no later than Friday, August 4. [ More Information ]  World Hepatitis Day: July 28th World Hepatitis Day (WHD) brings the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. Hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) are the most common viral hepatitis infections transmitted through the risk behaviors that people with substance use disorders often engage in. Approximately 800,000 – 1.4 million people are living with HBV and 2.7-3.9 million people are living with HCV in the United States. [ More Information ]  Take NAADAC’s Benefits & Communications Survey & Win a Prize! NAADAC is reaching out to NAADAC members and non-members to gain insight into how we can better serve and communicate with our members and the addiction profession. Please take a few minutes to share your valuable thoughts to help improve our membership benefits, services, and communications. Surveys can be answered anonymously, or you can provide your contact information to be entered into a drawing to win one of the following: one of two NAADAC Annual Conference Registrations ($600 value each); one of five signed copies of William White’s The History of Addiction Counseling in the United States (priceless); or one of four $25 Amazon gift cards. Help us better help you to help others! [ Take Survey ] SAMHSA Issued New Report on Trends in SUD Among Adults Aged 18 or Older The Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has issued a new report based on data from its annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health highlighting the number of American adults with substance use disorders in the past year and trends in substance use disorders between 2002 and 2014. [ Read the Report ] July is National Minority Mental Health Month In 2008, the US House of Representatives established July as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. This observance aims to improve access to mental health treatment and services for multicultural communities through increased public awareness. Learn more from the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) about what you can do to raise awareness in your community. [ More Information ]  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 Substance Abuse Therapist at Regional Mental Health Center in East Chicago, IN Supervisor Substance Abuse Program at Alameda Health System in Oakland, CA Care Navigator at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, AK Clinical Supervisor at Montgomery Recovery Center in Rockville, MD Addiction Counselor for Wilderness Program at Wilderness Treatment Center in Marion, MT Chemical Dependency Counselor at Kodiak Area Native Association in Kodak, AK CDT/CDPT - Chemical Dep

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