Keynote Speaker: Ryan Leaf is a former American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He played for the San Diego Chargers and the Dallas Cowboys between 1998 and 2001, and also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Seattle Seahawks. After his NFL career ended, Leaf completed...
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Join us for two powerful sessions in our Justice Webinar Series, each offering 1 hour of FREE CE credit. On April 22, explore “Redeemed: A Recovery Story” with Jocelynn James, a moving testimony on overcoming addiction and finding purpose through restoration, accountability, and community. Then on May 13, Dr. Karen Johnson presents “Someone on Their Side,” an evidence-based training examining...
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This presentation seeks to provide an overview of conducting a client-centered placement interview utilizing ASAM- based considerations. The presentation emphasizes ensuring client understanding, minimizing stigma, and applying trauma-informed practices while gathering clinically relevant biopsychosocial information. It reviews key considerations across ASAM Dimensions 1–6, including substance use patterns, withdrawal risk, medical and mental health conditions, readiness...
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Once information has been gathered, it is the responsibility of the clinician to synthesize the information, make connections across dimensions, and provide level of care and treatment recommendations. This presentation provides a practical, ASAM-based framework for translating comprehensive placement assessment data into defensible risk ratings and clinically appropriate levels of care. It reviews the six...
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The Adolescent Crisis Response & Behavioral Health Summit brings together professionals across Alabama to strengthen how we respond to youth in crisis. This one-day training focuses on practical strategies, cross-system collaboration, and improving access to care for adolescents experiencing behavioral health and substance use challenges. Participants will gain tools to better navigate crisis response, intervention,...
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Join us for two powerful sessions in our Justice Webinar Series, each offering 1 hour of FREE CE credit. On May 13, Dr. Karen Johnson presents “Someone on Their Side,” an evidence-based training examining how stigma impacts care and recovery outcomes for individuals under community supervision. Together, these webinars provide both personal insight and research-driven strategies to better...
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This course explores the complex interplay between brain biology, behavior, and technology in the development of behavioral addictions. Participants will examine the neurobiological mechanisms underlying compulsive behaviors, with a focus on the brain's reward circuitry and dopamine pathways. The session will differentiate substance-related and behavioral addictions, highlighting shared and unique diagnostic criteria in DSM-5 and...
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