Florida Addictions Institute
Training for
Addictions Professionals
A program of the Coalition for a Drug-Free Southwest Florida
Professional Training in Addictions Counseling
Early Bird Registration (Ends March 2, 2010 - extended to March 8!) $50 First Registrant $45 Each Additional Registrant, Same Facility $55: All Registrations After March 2, 2010 Offering 6.0 CEU's 8:30 – 9:00 AM Conference Pre-Registration Packet Pick-Up and On-Site Registration - Light Breakfast 9:00 – 10:30 AM: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Presented by Wendy Gorman, RN, Lee Memorial Health System Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, it's signs, symptoms, and strategies for prevention. 10:30-10:45 AM: Break 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM: Practical Strategies for Assessing Medication Use in the Older Adult Presented by Suzanne Turner, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Lee Memorial Health System Hypermedication is a growing problem amongst older adults. Learn factors that place the older adult at risk for medication errors and pharmoacokinetic patterns that may be altered in older adult patients. Classes of medication having a high potential for toxicity in the older adults will be specified, reasons for non-compliance will be discussed, and educational strategies to prevent non-compliance will be presented. 12:15 - 1:15 PM: Lunch on your own - Specials will be provided by Capt’n Fishbones Restaurant 1:15 – 2:45 PM: Dealing with the Terrorist in the Family: Overcoming the Need to Control the Addict Presented by Dr. Mitchell Wallick, CARE Florida, Florida Addictions Institute Faculty Learn techniques to help families overcome denial, deal with enabling, and overcome the "Dependency Triangle". Understand how simple family sculpting can recreate the family system. 2:45-3:00 PM: Break 3:00 – 4:30 PM: Addiction Alchemy: Beyond Sobriety By Using the Medicine Wheel Presented by Reverend Renee Bledsoe, Addictions Alchemy Discover the power of Medicine Wheel technology and learn how to integrate this ancient, holistic model for healing and empowerment into your practice and everyday life. Not simply a spiritual program, Addiction Alchemy and the wheel cosmology lay the framework to help you attend to each aspect of the self through the use of archetypes, energy medicine, nature, guided medication, journeying, ritual, ceremony and community.
SPRING, 2010 CONFERENCE
March 16, 2010
Early Bird Registration Rates have been extended to Monday, March 8th! Register Today!
Shell Factory and Nature Center
2787 North Tamiami Trail
North Fort Myers, Florida
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